Pay Progression - Manager Responsibilities
The expectation is that all staff will meet the required standards and will be able to progress on their pay step date:
- Familiarise yourself with Annex 23 of the NHS Terms and conditions handbook in relation to pay progression.
- Familiarise yourself with the useful resources available on this page in particular the Pay Progression FAQ document
- Familiarise yourself with and begin to regularly check your Manager dashboard via the MYESR Portal and notifications
- Be aware of any up and coming Pay Step reviews that are due for your team members. Your MyESR manager pay progression portlet will highlight this.
- Ensure PDPRs have been conducted in the last 12 months for the employees you manage.
- Be aware of the recent NHS Employers guidance on pay progression and COVID19
- Notify your employee and set up a specific ‘pay step review’ meeting.
- Conduct the Pay Step review meeting with your employee to review whether standards have been met.
- Record the outcome of the pay progression meeting via the ESR portal
- Arrange any follow up meetings should a pay step be deferred and seek HR support
Manager helpful guidance
- Annex 23 (pay progression framework from the NHS T&C Handbook)
- Application of Pay Progression due to COVID19 guidance document
- Top tips to prepare for pay progression
- MyESR Pay Progression guidance on confirming pay progression outcome
- How to check which of your employees is due a pay affecting step
- Manager ESR Access and Resolutions
- PDPR policy and process guidance
- Disciplinary policy document
- Capability policy document
- Pay Progression FAQ document