Jane Burtoft's Consultancy has been developed to support and inspire executives and HR teams into improving their performance.

As an award winning HR professional specialising in the healthcare sector, Jane's extensive NHS experience means that she has built up an evidence-based knowledge of organisational development, change/management conflict and employee relations.

'Through organisational development it is possible to inspire individuals into transforming their personal practice, ultimately leading to a direct improvement in client care.' Jane Burtoft.

Jane's awards to date

Team of the Year Award, The Healthcare People Management Association, October 2006

Best Management Practice in handling workplace stress, Healthcare People Management Association - Excellence in HRM Awards 2005. This was awarded for work around supporting staff at work.

Good Practice - Improving Staff Morale Award, HR in the NHS 2004. This was awarded for work around personal responsibility.

An introduction to Jane

My vision is to use organisational development to innovate and involve individuals in transforming their personal practice and ultimately improve patient care. I am passionate about creating a coaching culture in organisations and thereby achieving improved performance for the benefit of patients/service users and carers.

I have a wide NHS experience across all health sectors over 25 years and I have extensive experience of employee relations and management of change and conflict. I was the HR director at the Leeds Partnership Foundation NHS Trust until November 2007. The Trust had 2,500 staff operating over 60 sites. Prior to this appointment I was deputy Director of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals, which had 6,500 employees.

I have won three National awards for best Human Resource Management practice. I am now sharing my experience through my own Human Resources Consultancy – Jane Burtoft Ltd.

Award-winning projects

Jane Burtoft has worked on several award-winning projects. Read more about these projects in the following articles:

People Management (2008)

Doubts over plans to let private sector run trusts ...read more...

HSJ (2007)

Why good HR practices are not an overhead...read more...

Personal Responsibility

Health Service Journal (2003)

Low morale, poor staff relations and a blame culture - too common a problem in many Trusts. Until last year, all these terms could have applied to Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust. But a radical solution has begun to make a difference...read more...

Personnel Today (2003)

A Leeds NHS Trust has slashed the number of disciplinary cases it faces by 75 per cent after introducing a new framework which encourages staff to take responsibility for their actions...read more...

Personnel Today (2006)

This organisation has dealt with the important issue of the rights and responsibilities of employer and employees...read more...

Supporting staff at work

HRM Awards 2005 - Healthcare People Management Association (2005)

Best Management Practice in tackling workplace stress...read more...
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