Head of Temporary Staffing

Job summary

The purpose of this role is to lead the efficient delivery of the Trust's temporary staffing service. The purpose of this role is to ensure that the Trust receives a service which represents value for money in terms of both quality and cost.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that, in relation to the provision of temporary staffing, there are contractual arrangements and measures in place to minimise risk and which are linked to the provision of high quality patient care and service improvement.

The post-holder is responsible for managing the outsourced bank contract, overseeing the bank service and ensuring that this meets the ongoing needs of the organisation. The post-holder will that there are systems and processes in place to provide robust assurance to the Trust in relation to a range of indicators such as pre-employment checks, compliance with the Agency Workers Regulations and NHS Improvement.

Main duties of the job

Providing leadership on temporary staffing issues to support the Trust in meeting its corporate objectives and financial savings targets;

Managing the performance of the Trust's managed bank service provider;

Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation to lead the project to deliver minimal agency usage across the organisation in line with agreed timeframes, regularly reporting on progress to the Workforce Efficiencies Programme Board;

Working closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure the successful roll-out and maintenance of an integrated eRoster and bank software solution;

Undertaking a regular programme of in-house auditing of the Trust's bank and agency suppliers against any or all of the contractual arrangements, reporting on the findings and providing assurance to the Head of Workforce Compliance which forms the basis of reports to the Workforce Compliance Management group;

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

London

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

London

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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