Job summary
Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust is expanding our AHP
corporate team to work alongside our new Director of AHPs in delivering our
ambitious AHP workforce strategy.
The Head of AHP workforce will have leadership and management
responsibility for on-going development and sustainability of high quality and
innovative workforce and education development for AHPs in line with our Trust
strategies and values. This will be a dynamic role, responding to changing
internal and external influences and priorities over time.
Our ideal candidate will be highly motivated, a strategic
thinker and a confident leader who can collaborate and influence multiple key
AHP stakeholders. Excellent communication skills and a flexible approach are
essential.
The Head of AHP workforce with be a key member of the ICS
AHP faculty and support with system wide AHP workforce programmes of work,
ensuring transformation and alignment with local, regional and national
priorities.
You will be an AHP
with relevant senior leadership experience at band 8.
The interview date is 16th October.
Main duties of the job
The Head of AHP Workforce has a leadership and management responsibility for on-going development and sustainability of high quality and innovative workforce and education development for AHPs in line with Trust strategies. As such this will be a dynamic role, responding to changing internal and external influences and priorities over time. The post holder will work closely with the Lead for Nursing workforce and Associate Director of Education.
Manage identified staff/teams within the Corporate Directorate such as Professional Development/Practice Facilitators.
Improving
Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment:
As
part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action
is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+
candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview
Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person
specification for this role.
Applicants
will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be
considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response
would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
If
you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact
Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email
robert.saunders1@nhs.net.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will ensure;
- Education and development activities support the delivery of the Trusts business plan and strategic priorities.
- The implementation and development of new roles must meet the needs of the organisation and ensure that there is a robust education and training package to ensure that patients receive safe and quality care.
- Commissioning and contract monitoring processes are meeting the needs of the service and profession.
- Excellent working relationship with universities, other educational providers along with other key stakeholder across the primary and secondary care landscape.
- AHP safer staffing data and papers alongside the biannual workforce review for AHPs to ascertain as to whether the AHP workforce meets the acuity and dependency demands of the clinical areas.
Please refer to supporting documents for full job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will ensure;
- Education and development activities support the delivery of the Trusts business plan and strategic priorities.
- The implementation and development of new roles must meet the needs of the organisation and ensure that there is a robust education and training package to ensure that patients receive safe and quality care.
- Commissioning and contract monitoring processes are meeting the needs of the service and profession.
- Excellent working relationship with universities, other educational providers along with other key stakeholder across the primary and secondary care landscape.
- AHP safer staffing data and papers alongside the biannual workforce review for AHPs to ascertain as to whether the AHP workforce meets the acuity and dependency demands of the clinical areas.
Please refer to supporting documents for full job description.
Person Specification
Special Aptitudes/Abilities
Essential
- A collaborative and natural leader able to build and sustain effective working relationships both internally and externally to the organisation
- Self-motivated and resilient, with the ability to preserve order to achieve objectives and have the flexibility to take the views of others
- Demonstrate understanding of the Trust values and the role they play in delivery of workforce and education
- Politically astute
- Experience of working across the health economy to deliver improvements in workforce and the educational agenda
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure while delivering high quality outcomes within agreed timescales
- Inspirational, innovative and dynamic
- Proven experience of working successfully as part of several teams
Experience
Essential
- Strong management and leadership skills with a proven record of motivating staff
- Evidence of delivery in at least two areas of the role at an organisational level
- Senior operational experience at Band 8 or above
- Evidence of the delivery of sustainable change management and service improvement projects locally
- Knowledge and understanding of workforce and educational issues in an acute trust setting
- Sound knowledge of the NHS strategic agenda together with an understanding of the current issues in nursing policy and practice
- Understanding the role and function of workforce and education within operational service delivery
- Ability to produce clear and concise written material, including data analysis using appropriate IT packages such as Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
- Evidence of the ability to confront and manage challenging issues taking a problem solving approach
- Proven staff management experience with the ability to gain their support, motivate and develop them
- An understanding of the implementation of integrated governance in education, workforce delivery
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered AHP (HCPC)
- Educated to Masters Degree Level or equivalent
- Qualification related to workforce and education - i.e. teaching qualification
- Evidence of continuous personal development
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
Essential
- As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
Person Specification
Special Aptitudes/Abilities
Essential
- A collaborative and natural leader able to build and sustain effective working relationships both internally and externally to the organisation
- Self-motivated and resilient, with the ability to preserve order to achieve objectives and have the flexibility to take the views of others
- Demonstrate understanding of the Trust values and the role they play in delivery of workforce and education
- Politically astute
- Experience of working across the health economy to deliver improvements in workforce and the educational agenda
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure while delivering high quality outcomes within agreed timescales
- Inspirational, innovative and dynamic
- Proven experience of working successfully as part of several teams
Experience
Essential
- Strong management and leadership skills with a proven record of motivating staff
- Evidence of delivery in at least two areas of the role at an organisational level
- Senior operational experience at Band 8 or above
- Evidence of the delivery of sustainable change management and service improvement projects locally
- Knowledge and understanding of workforce and educational issues in an acute trust setting
- Sound knowledge of the NHS strategic agenda together with an understanding of the current issues in nursing policy and practice
- Understanding the role and function of workforce and education within operational service delivery
- Ability to produce clear and concise written material, including data analysis using appropriate IT packages such as Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
- Evidence of the ability to confront and manage challenging issues taking a problem solving approach
- Proven staff management experience with the ability to gain their support, motivate and develop them
- An understanding of the implementation of integrated governance in education, workforce delivery
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered AHP (HCPC)
- Educated to Masters Degree Level or equivalent
- Qualification related to workforce and education - i.e. teaching qualification
- Evidence of continuous personal development
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment
Essential
- As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
