Head of Medical HR (Permanent/Secondment Opportunity Considered)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide excellent, flexible and proactive leadership and support to the Medical Director, Deputy Medical Director (DMD), Chief People Officer, Deputy Chief People Officer and Clinical Directors in all matters pertaining to the medical workforce.

Provide expert and effective management and governance policies and processes, for example in job planning, medical appraisal, revalidation, rotas, private work, etc.

To work with the Deputy Medical Director / Responsible Officer to ensure the Trust processes support future requirements for Revalidation.

Provide relevant training in management and governance policies and processes.

Ensure excellent communication and governance arrangements in relation to the GMC and other external bodies.

Provide leadership for the Local Negotiating Committee.

Produce timely high level relevant reports, assurance, information and statistics and where helpful the development of appropriate Key Performance Indicators relating to medical management, using complex computer systems. The quality of these reports must reflect the executive board standard.

Provide key support for the Medical Director and Deputy Medical Directors, ensuring they receive high quality, prompt advice and support on all matters relating to the medical workforce.

Proactively support divisions as necessary to ensure the achievement of compliance of the medical workforce across a range of statutory and mandatory requirements.

Lead on Employee Relations issues in relation to doctors, including managing and leading on Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) cases and linking in as required externally with NHS Resolution to resolve complex Medical Staffing Performance issues, alongside the Medical Director.

To support the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officer to liaise with legal representatives on all matters relating to the Medical Workforce.

Give senior level advice on appropriate employee relations activity including advice on safeguarding, MHPS, police action and dismissals and re-instatements to a variety of audiences both directly face to face or in writing by e-mail, letter or reports.

Medical Terms and Conditions

Ensure the Trust complies with nationally agreed terms and conditions for all grades of medical staff.

Regularly review local Terms and Conditions for Trust Doctors ensuring they are fit for purpose and support retention.

Regularly review the contracts issued to all medical staff at the Trust ensuring they are current and compliant.

Lead on the projects to implement new medical terms and conditions, and contracts, as and when agreed in line with national agreements.

On behalf of the Medical Director and Chief Executive lead on Clinical Excellence Award processes at a local level and support requirements for National Awards.

Support Guardian of Safe Working and write reports and support remedial actions and have understanding of the aims and principles underpinning the role.

Employee Relations

Supporting and working with the Trust LNC and Regional BMA representatives to ensure there is positive climate of employee relations between medical staff and the trust.

Ensuring there is appropriate consultation on a range of matters which relate to medical staff i.e. new contracts, changes to terms and conditions, policy development, etc.

Providing administrative support for the LNC.

Attendance at Junior Doctors forum.

Support the HR Business Partners on issues concerning T&Cs and employee relations issues as appropriate.

Provide professional leadership in all matters relating to medical employee relations under the maintaining high professional standards policy and procedure, including supporting the ER Lead with the management of highly complex cases up to and including Employment Tribunals.

Identify the implications of changes to employment legislation and Medical and Dental terms and conditions and advise on the implementation thereof.

Ensure a high quality of support and advice to managers and clinical leaders, updated in the light of changes in employment law.

Provide the expert advice and training on all matters of medical staff terms and conditions of service and contracts, supporting change for improvement with flexible and innovative solutions.

Design and deliver relevant training and development to managers, clinical leaders, and medical staffing team including other HR colleagues in dealing with employee relations matters relating to medical staff.

Provide expert Medical HR advice and support to all members of the Trust Executive and Board involved in formal employee relations action (including MHPS).

Responsible for managing a highly complex, contentious and politically sensitive employee relations caseload.

Give senior level advice on appropriate employee relations activity including advice on safeguarding, MHPS, police action and dismissals and re-instatements to a variety of audiences both directly face to face or in writing by e-mail, letter or reports.

Undertake regular analysis of medical ER activity and related workforce data, including trend analysis, identification of short, medium and long terms issues, taking appropriate action, be that immediate response or development of longer term plans.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• MCIPD
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional odevelopment (CPD)

Desirable

• Project management qualification, e.g. Prince II or working towards/equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of supervising, supporting, developing and appraising - managing a Medical Staffing Team or Department
• Demonstrable experience in developing procedures and systems to enhance medical staffing issues

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of using ESR
• Immigration rules & regulations
• Consultant & SAS Job planning experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent knowledge of terms and conditions of service for doctors' hours and contractual arrangements, pay banding, job planning, medical appraisal and re-validation.
• Current and detailed knowledge of all UK and EU contractual and employment law factors affecting doctors.
• Proven ability to motivate and lead a team

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City Road

City road

London

EC1V 2PD

Employer's website

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)