An introduction to job evaluation | Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trusts
12 Oct 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
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Join us between 6 – 8pm for our webinar on everything you need to know about job evaluation and the band 5 review in England. Hosted by RCN South West Pay Delivery Officer Shani Woodbridge, this webinar is exclusively for members working at either Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust or Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
With your help, we secured a commitment from the Westminster government to review every band 5 job description in England by October 2028. If you're a band 5 nurse, it's crucial that you engage with the review, which is being carried out using a scheme contained within your Agenda for Change contract, known as job evaluation.
While the review is starting with band 5s, nursing staff on other bands need to start learning about job evaluation too. Last year, new nursing job profiles were published. Your job descriptions are matched against these national profiles as part of the job evaluation scheme, which is used to determine the pay bands for all NHS roles.
All nursing jobs should be reviewed or have recently undergone a review against these new profiles – no matter which band you’re on.
Why join our webinar
RCN South West Pay Delivery Officer Shani Woodbridge will break down the job evaluation scheme and explain what you need to be doing now. This is bigger than just the band 5 review – this is your best chance of a pay rise, ensuring that you are being paid fairly for the work you do now.
Make sure you don't miss out – learning about job evaluation now will help ensure you're prepared to update your job description, ready for when your employer starts the review.
Visit our 'Know your worth' hub and explore our resources so that you can come prepared with questions.
Please be aware, when you join this event your name, email address and organisation may be visible to other attendees. The meeting may be attended by both RCN members and non-members.
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South West Pay Delivery Officer Shani Woodbridge
Shani Woodbridge is a registered midwife and the Pay Delivery Officer for the South West region. With more than a decade of experience in the trade union movement, she has served as a workplace representative, staff side secretary, and led a major job evaluation programme, developing extensive expertise in NHS pay, workforce policy, and job evaluation.
Having experienced progression from band 5 to band 6 early in her clinical career, Shani has long been passionate about ensuring that nursing staff are fairly recognised and rewarded for the complexity, responsibility, and expertise they bring to patient care. She has a particular interest in the national developments surrounding Annex 20, the band 5 nursing review, and the updated nursing and midwifery profiles, which together provide an important opportunity to ensure nursing roles are appropriately evaluated and rewarded.
In her current role, Shani works with NHS organisations across the South West to support the delivery of the national nursing job evaluation review, helping to ensure that the process is undertaken consistently, fairly, and in line with national guidance and agreed time frames. She is committed to supporting employers, staff representatives, and nursing professionals throughout this significant programme of work.
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