The job-sharing scheme for the health service was introduced in 1985. The terms of the scheme provide that the operation and maintenance of job-sharing arrangements are a matter for the management of each health agency and must necessarily depend on the demands of the service.
Accordingly; the management of the Southern Health Board has responsibility for the operation and maintenance of job-sharing arrangements amongst the Board's nursing and other employees. The Board has indicated that it is fully committed to facilitate both now and in the future as many staff as possible with job-sharing subject to service demands.