Where did the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme come from?
The Job Evaluation Working Party (JEWP) included both management and staff side members working nationally in partnership. They developed the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme which has resulted in a system based on 16 factors. Throughout 2001/2002, a ‘benchmarking’ exercise took place, which evaluated over 400 NHS jobs. Questionnaires were circulated in test sites along with a factor plan, an agreed protocol for conducting the exercise and a post-holder job evaluation guide. The protocol emphasised the need for a partnership approach. Post-holders completed questionnaires and were interviewed by two analysts, one management, and one staff side. Both were trained to a national standard to assist post-holders in completing questionnaires and to ensure the information was an accurate representation of the postholder’s job. Completed questionnaires had to be signed off by both post-holders and their managers. Staff side organisations supported their members throughout this process. A trained pane
