Job summary
Are you an inspiring leader with a vision and drive to deliver excellent support to the medical staff? If so, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust would love to hear from you!
You will have a pivotal role within the HR function working alongside our Chief Medical Officer in providing professional leadership to the Medical Workforce.
You will have the opportunity to shape the Medical Staffing function. You will apply your vision and leadership skills in creating and managing a high performing team by setting clear objectives and monitor the teams' performance.
Your HR experience in the medical workforce will bring great value in building and maintaining stakeholder relationships, and in planning the medical workforce activities. We will provide you with excellent support throughout your journey in achieving your personal and professional goals.
Main duties of the job
Be a key member of the People and Culture Directorate Senior Management Team, managing and leading the Medical Workforce teams and service across the Trust to deliver a professional and responsible medical workforce service.
Provide expert advice and guidance on all medical workforce related matters including terms and conditions, employee relations, job planning, appraisals, revalidation, rota design, and education, development, and transformation.
Take the lead on the interpretation and local application of national policy/legislation, developing and implementing appropriate Trust policies, systems, and processes as they apply to the medical workforce.
Ensure relationships are built quickly, demonstrating a pleasant and professional manner when dealing medical and non-medical staff.
Be highly motivated, organised, and able to learn quickly under pressure with minimal supervision.
About us
You will be joining a supportive team where we support and encourage your personal and professional career development.
We are committed to promote a healthy work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Staff Management
1. Provide leadership support to the team, monitor compliance with Trust-wide people management policies and procedures and take remedial action where shortfalls occur.
2. Create a culture of continuous improvement across the team and promote Improvement methodologies.
3. Ensure that all staff have annual appraisals and Personal Development Plans which support the Trusts excellence agenda.
4. Provide guidance, support and feedback to the members of the team in handling queries/issues.
5. Act as a source of expert advice to all staff in Medical HR regarding Trust policies and procedures and good management practice.
6. Undertake the full Recruitment and Selection process for staff within the team.
7. Effectively manage all conduct and capability issues within the team.
8. Ensure the teams are appropriately developed to provide high quality advice on medical personnel issues.
Recruitment
1. To lead the development of a medical recruitment strategy that reflects the future needs of the service in terms of service delivery, for example, growth in services, future skill shortage areas, demographic changes, and the needs for skill mix review/new roles.
2. To lead the development and design of innovative and robust recruitment and selection methods that deliver an excellent candidate experience and ensure that the highest calibre of people are appointed.
3. Assess the impact of the emerging new models of care on the medical workforce
4. Support the Medical Director and Divisional Medical Directors with creating a performance management and quality improvement framework that is embedded in clinical practice. Ensure appropriate work streams are set up and managed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Staff Management
1. Provide leadership support to the team, monitor compliance with Trust-wide people management policies and procedures and take remedial action where shortfalls occur.
2. Create a culture of continuous improvement across the team and promote Improvement methodologies.
3. Ensure that all staff have annual appraisals and Personal Development Plans which support the Trusts excellence agenda.
4. Provide guidance, support and feedback to the members of the team in handling queries/issues.
5. Act as a source of expert advice to all staff in Medical HR regarding Trust policies and procedures and good management practice.
6. Undertake the full Recruitment and Selection process for staff within the team.
7. Effectively manage all conduct and capability issues within the team.
8. Ensure the teams are appropriately developed to provide high quality advice on medical personnel issues.
Recruitment
1. To lead the development of a medical recruitment strategy that reflects the future needs of the service in terms of service delivery, for example, growth in services, future skill shortage areas, demographic changes, and the needs for skill mix review/new roles.
2. To lead the development and design of innovative and robust recruitment and selection methods that deliver an excellent candidate experience and ensure that the highest calibre of people are appointed.
3. Assess the impact of the emerging new models of care on the medical workforce
4. Support the Medical Director and Divisional Medical Directors with creating a performance management and quality improvement framework that is embedded in clinical practice. Ensure appropriate work streams are set up and managed.
Person Specification
EDUCATION/ TRAINING
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent
- CIPD Qualified and member of CIPD.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Masters degree in HRM or Employment Law or equivalent experience.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential
- oLeadership
- oAbility to prioritise and time manage own workload.
- oUse of IT systems
- oAbility to work effectively with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
- oProject management skills
- oCoaching
- oEmpathy
Experience/ knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a business-focused approach to HR in a large complex organisation.
- Extensive experience of delivering advice and guidance to Senior Managers and Directors, advising on employee relations issues, delivering change management projects and carrying out investigations.
- Experience of developing and delivering management training
- Significant experience of managing and creating employee relations interventions that evidence a demonstrable impact
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Pro active and customer focused to deliver excellence in HR service Manage own workload, prioritise effectively, and work to deadlines.
- A problem solver with a 'can do' attitude.
Person Specification
EDUCATION/ TRAINING
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent
- CIPD Qualified and member of CIPD.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Masters degree in HRM or Employment Law or equivalent experience.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential
- oLeadership
- oAbility to prioritise and time manage own workload.
- oUse of IT systems
- oAbility to work effectively with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
- oProject management skills
- oCoaching
- oEmpathy
Experience/ knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a business-focused approach to HR in a large complex organisation.
- Extensive experience of delivering advice and guidance to Senior Managers and Directors, advising on employee relations issues, delivering change management projects and carrying out investigations.
- Experience of developing and delivering management training
- Significant experience of managing and creating employee relations interventions that evidence a demonstrable impact
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Pro active and customer focused to deliver excellence in HR service Manage own workload, prioritise effectively, and work to deadlines.
- A problem solver with a 'can do' attitude.
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).
