People and Culture
Welcome
Welcome to the people and culture pages for the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud to support our colleagues throughout their career with our compassionate, inclusive, and forward-thinking approach.
Who We Are
We are a team of professionals with diverse skills, committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and the delivery of a wide range of services which are outlined below. Our work is guided by our PRIDE values and the principle of “Know Your Staff,” which ensures compassionate leadership and a just culture across the Trust.
What We Do
We deliver a wide range of services that support the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding to development, wellbeing, and strategic workforce planning. Our work is aligned with legislative and NHS standards such as:
- Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) (WRES Report 2024 and WRES Action Plan 2022 – 2025)
- Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) (WDES Report 2024 and WDES Action Plan 2022 – 2025
- Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting (Gender Pay Gap Report and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report)
- People and Culture Strategy
- Education, Learning and Development Strategy
- Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy
- NHS Employers Your Occupational Health Service
- NHS Workplace Health & Safety Standards
Our Services
We offer comprehensive support through the following teams:
- Recruitment Team – Supporting the full recruitment journey, including DBS, references, and Right to Work checks (recruitment@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Temporary Workforce Team – Providing the opportunity to work ad-hoc shifts in a range of professional groups and various roles (office.staffbank@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Apprenticeships and Career Development –We offer apprenticeship opportunities for individuals of all ages, whether you’re starting your career in the NHS or looking to develop new skills within your role (nnuhapprenticeships@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Work Experience – Our work experience programmes are available for individuals aged 14 and above, offering a great way to explore a career in the NHS (skillsacademy@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Learning and Development– Delivering impactful learning experiences through workshops, leadership programmes, and flexible eLearning resources to enable the growth of our people (train.mandatory@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Organisational Development (OD) – OD seeks to improve patient and staff experience and the performance of the Trust through creating programmes, tools and interventions which develop our culture, values, leadership and support our people (odteam@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing – Offering occupational health, safety, and wellbeing support (workplace.health@nnuh.nhs.uk; healthandsafety@nnuh.nhs.uk; wellbeing.trainingandevents@nnuh.nhs.uk).
- HR Operations and Business Partnering – Providing professional and up to date advice on best practice, HR policy, employment law, strategic workforce planning (hrpolicysupport@nnuh.nhs.uk)
- Medical Workforce – Supporting medical and dental colleagues with operational HR services (medical.staffing@nnuh.nhs.uk).
- Workforce Information Team – Delivering high-quality reporting and analytics.
- Rostering and Payroll Liaison Teams – Enabling rostering across the Trust and timely payroll processing (esrpayrollliaison@nnuh.nhs.uk; e-rostering@nnuh.nhs.uk).
If you are interested in working with us, our vacancies can be found here.
If you require an employment or tenancy reference regarding an employee, please see here.