INTRODUCTION
Riverdale Healthcare is a group of independent dental practices located across England. Following the establishment of the Group in December 2018, we have grown rapidly acquiring 59 practices and a dental laboratory to date. As a group we are now focusing on developing our people processes and policies as well as embedding our values. This activity has included the introduction of a pay structure for our practices, which has rewarded our employees and has addressed pay inequalities in our acquired practices. The benefit of this will continue to be visible in our future reports.
OUR VALUES
We Care About People
‘We are kind to each other. We build relationships and support each other’s development to fulfil our aspirations and be happy and engaged.’
‘We have fun together, with a ‘can -do’ attitude, delivering outstanding care to the people in our communities to live life with confident and happy smiles.’
We Practice with Integrity
‘We provide high quality ethical dental care. We believe in giving choice to both our patients and our clinicians.’
‘We are open and honest and always act with integrity. We commit to always do the right thing, for our people, patients, communities and the environment.’
We Like Different
‘We embrace individuality. We are diverse and inclusive and want the unique character of our practices to shine through, just like an extended family.’
‘We listen to each other, giving everyone a voice. We respect each other’s opinions, learn from each other, creating an environment for our teams to flourish.’
WHAT IS GENDER PAY GAP?
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average (mean or median) earnings of men and women across a workforce. Since 2017, employers with a headcount of 250 or more must comply with regulations on gender pay gap reporting. This requires employers to annually report and publish specific data about their gender pay gap from the defined snapshot date which is the 5th of April.
2023 GENDER PAY GAP DATA
No bonus payments were made in 2023
PROPORTION OF WOMEN IN EACH PAY QUARTILE
WHY A GENDER PAY GAP EXISITS AT RIVERDALE
As with other organisations in the dental sector we continue to carry a larger gap than we would like between the pay of men and women. We recognise creating a better gender balance among the group is a long-term challenge and while we have made positive efforts to create more balance this will take time to be reflected in the gender pay reporting figures.
Most of our practice employees are women where we do not have a gender pay gap. We also operate an Apprentice programme in our practices who begin their careers on a lower rate of pay with an increase upon qualifying.
Our support and operational roles across Riverdale typically attract a higher rate of pay. Riverdale supports career progression for our practice employees into support and operational roles.
OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE OUR GENDER PAY GAP
At Riverdale we want to ensure that any actions we take are aligned to our vision and values.
We will continue to work to address the gender pay gap and what best supports the needs of gender differences in our business, to ensure equitable employment and opportunities.
Women are represented at Executive level, which consists of one female People and Culture Director. At senior leadership level we have two female’s; one as Head of Operations and another as Head of Region. Since the snapshot date we have also recruited a female Clinical Director.
We are consistently promoting within our practices – since the snapshot date we have strengthened our operations team which has been created from practice employees supporting our career pathway. All of these individuals are female.
Nurse pay has increased at a higher percentage compared to our support and operational teams and we have introduced a further two Nurse levels since the snapshot date, offering career pathway. As our Nurse Cohort are predominantly women, we will continue to see the benefits of these initiatives in future reports.
We are committed to encourage and facilitate career progression via internal applications for operational and central support roles.
