Job summary
Working Full Time: 37.5 Hours Per Week
Following successful application for project funding the Countess of Chester Hospital are delighted to host the role of Attraction and Retention lead on behalf of our health and social care colleagues within the Cheshire West region.
This role will develop and implement a range of attraction and retention initiatives and activities in line with the Cheshire West System, and the Cheshire West partners to address challenges within the Health care support worker and AHP workforce.
The successful post holder will be required to work collaboratively across all organisations within the partnership to plan and develop strategies of attraction, recruitment, development, and retention of HCSWs and AHPs. The role would work closely with providers retention and resourcing leads / HR departments to share best practice and remove duplication as well as acting as a conjugate to wider regional and national programmes led via NHS, Local authority and ICB.
Main duties of the job
- Scoping current identified Workforce capacity and demand within the Cheshire west system relating to AHP and Unqualified Health Care Support Workers from across NHS, Local Authority and Home Care providers
- Understand the range of benefits and terms and conditions of employment identifying where inequality exists across the system
- Develop perspective candidate programme, including focus on those who may come from underrepresented groups
- Holding regular action learning sets and peer support sessions with newly commenced (less than 2 years) AHP & unqualified Support Worker workforce on regular intervals providing pastoral support where appropriate to sign post support where appropriate.
- Support the onboarding process for new employees but prior to commencement to reduce attrition post offer stage
- Working in partnership with providers to develop and expand the awareness and attractiveness of roles
- Work on wider employee engagement initiatives to benefit system level initiatives
- Supporting the development and delivery of the areas retention action plan
- Support the Trust in developing its Workforce supply pathways to diversify these to increase supply from previously underrepresented socio demographic groups
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Willingness to complete additional training in line with role requirements
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding relating to Care Provision across Acute, Mental Health and Home Care
- Demonstrable experience of supporting colleagues in the workplace
- Experience of providing mentorship and other associated coaching activities
- Experience of advancing practice in others
- Detailed proven knowledge of current national NHS policy and strategy in relation to retention
- In depth understanding of the NHS workforce, current challenges, and priorities for an acute NHS organisation, as well as external healthcare providers within the Cheshire West area
- Demonstrable experience of managing and the successful delivery of highly complex projects
Desirable
- Experience of producing workforce plans within Health settings
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines and exhibit excellent organisation skills
- Ability to actively engage and develop relationships with internal stakeholders across clinical professions
- Ability to interpret, analyse and understand clinical information and best practice guidance across specialities.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of staff
- Aptitude for offering creative and innovative solutions linked to attraction and retention
- Clear analytical skills, ability to present complex information and a pragmatic approach to problem solving
- Presentation skills including sharing complex data
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Willingness to complete additional training in line with role requirements
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding relating to Care Provision across Acute, Mental Health and Home Care
- Demonstrable experience of supporting colleagues in the workplace
- Experience of providing mentorship and other associated coaching activities
- Experience of advancing practice in others
- Detailed proven knowledge of current national NHS policy and strategy in relation to retention
- In depth understanding of the NHS workforce, current challenges, and priorities for an acute NHS organisation, as well as external healthcare providers within the Cheshire West area
- Demonstrable experience of managing and the successful delivery of highly complex projects
Desirable
- Experience of producing workforce plans within Health settings
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines and exhibit excellent organisation skills
- Ability to actively engage and develop relationships with internal stakeholders across clinical professions
- Ability to interpret, analyse and understand clinical information and best practice guidance across specialities.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of staff
- Aptitude for offering creative and innovative solutions linked to attraction and retention
- Clear analytical skills, ability to present complex information and a pragmatic approach to problem solving
- Presentation skills including sharing complex data
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
