NCL Framework Support Lead

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join UCLH as the North Central London Temporary Staffing Framework Lead.

This is a high-profile role and will require the individual to work with stakeholders at all levels across multiple NHS Trusts as well as proactively engage new trusts to ensure organisations maximise opportunities.

You will be responsible for supporting the Head of the Framework with the provision of high quality strategic and operational temporary staffing workforce transformation initiatives across North Central London. This will include supporting the sector to identify and implement solutions to temporary staffing requirements.

There are currently a variety of approaches to provision of temporary staffing services across North Central London (NCL), with a mix of outsourced and in-sourced provision. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that temporary staffing services could be operated more efficiently and effectively, if they were larger in scale. An agreed priority across London is to maximise the use of trust banks and establish regional banks or collaboration between banks to enable flexible workers to work across different trust banks and reduce agency spend significantly. The NCL Temporary Staffing Framework was created to support this strategy.

Main duties of the job

You will support the Head of the Framework to develop a clear plan for the framework and temporary staffing provision across NCL and support collaboration and improvement in temporary service practices. This involves reviewing and assessing the Framework Supplier performance and promote continuous improvement to the benefit of all Trusts operating under the framework.

Ability to analyse and translate complex data to support this is vital. You will be expected to support covering the NCL HOF's absence and chair/host stakeholder meetings, manage escalations, organise diary's, book meetings, prioritise tasks and report to the Senior Leadership team.

A proven champion of collaborative working, you will be an exemplar for excellent customer service with outstanding interpersonal skills and an ability to nurture key relationships and influence at a senior level across multiple organisations.

You will be an integral part of the team, demonstrating outstanding communication and influencing skills, motivated by challenging timelines and thriving in a fast-paced environment. There will be significant autonomy in the role and high levels of professional judgement is required.

Full training will be provided but experience of temporary staffing and NHS/Public Sector outsourced contracts would be an advantage.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.