Job summary
Join Team BCHC!
Are you a senior clinician (nursing or allied health professional) with the passion to make a real difference supporting the delivery of Best Care in Healthy Communities. You will be responsible for maintaining and embedding the Trust's temporary staffing business goals, vision and values through the provision of a proactive, effective Temporary Staffing Service, you will support clinical and non-clinical service delivery and high-quality patient care Trust wide.You will have a passion for providing senior clinical leadership and expertise to the Temporary Staffing Service, developing and implementing a range of clinical and non-clinical/management interventions for staff as outlined in the main duties of this post. Clinically reporting to the Associate Director of Nursing/Chief AHP, you will be supported to professionally develop your skills and competencies and have the opportunity to shape how we deliver Best Care with exposure to professional forums working collaboratively with Divisional clinical colleagues and external stakeholders.You will also work closely with the temporary staffing management team, coordination teams, HR and the Executive team to ensure that the Temporary Staffing Service provides an effective and efficient temporary staffing service.You will support minimising and eliminating risk to the Trust by ensuring compliance with internal and external rules and regulations impacting on temporary staffing delivery.
Please note that previous applicants in the last 6 months need not apply
Informal discussions are very welcome and strongly encouraged by calling the recruiting manager Jonathan Cassidy on 0121 466 7473
Main duties of the job
- Clinical Lead role
- Recruitment for Temporary Staffing
- Compliance and Assurance
- Systems Management Information and Reporting
- Temporary Staffing Leadership
About us
BCHC have an exciting opportunity for a senior practicing nurse or therapist to lead and manage our Temporary Staffing Department!
Our Temporary Staffing team makes a vital contribution to all our services by working closely with our clinical staff and managers to ensure that staffing gaps are covered making this a busy and vibrant team. The Head of Temporary Staffing is a key role within the HR senior management team and across the Trust as a whole, as well as working with external partners across Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB). This is the ideal opportunity for a senior nurse or therapist with the right skills and experience to make a real difference.
Working as part of a dynamic team, you will lead the team to support with the delivery of an efficient customer focused and clinically effective service, working in close partnership with our Clinical Divisions. You will have core responsibility for ensuring the delivery of a proactive and effective customer friendly service to demanding volumes and key performance indicators as well as supporting our temporary workforce.
This will involve collaboration and partnership with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure retention initiatives are developed and implemented. To be successful you will need to be able to demonstrate that you have temporary staffing knowledge and the skills to lead, set direction and motivate a busy team, as well as a good knowledge of general HR compliance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties are:
To act as a source of advanced clinical expertise, knowledge and experience relating to the management of temporary workers.
Provide strong and visible senior clinical input and general leadership to the team, ensuring that the Trusts values and behaviours are embedded in Temporary Staffing policies and Standard Operating Procedures and systems for temporary staff in line with national, professional and Trust policies;
Provide clinical support and clinical supervision to clinical management team.
Provide effective clinical and professional leadership to clinical bank workers including nurses, therapists and non-qualified clinical workers and provide clinical supervision and revalidation support as required to support clinical temporary workers, liaising with Divisional clinical leads as appropriate and necessary.
Identify, report and manage clinical risks associated with the bank and overview of nonclinical complaints and incidents which are managed by the Operations Manager/Systems and Compliance Manager for their respective areas of responsibility Overall responsibility for ensuring that all clinical complaints are managed in a timely manner and in accordance with Trust processes and procedures and that the Temporary Staffing clinical support roles manage these effectively, escalating where appropriate.
Ensure that clinical risks are evaluated and inputted on to the risk register.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties are:
To act as a source of advanced clinical expertise, knowledge and experience relating to the management of temporary workers.
Provide strong and visible senior clinical input and general leadership to the team, ensuring that the Trusts values and behaviours are embedded in Temporary Staffing policies and Standard Operating Procedures and systems for temporary staff in line with national, professional and Trust policies;
Provide clinical support and clinical supervision to clinical management team.
Provide effective clinical and professional leadership to clinical bank workers including nurses, therapists and non-qualified clinical workers and provide clinical supervision and revalidation support as required to support clinical temporary workers, liaising with Divisional clinical leads as appropriate and necessary.
Identify, report and manage clinical risks associated with the bank and overview of nonclinical complaints and incidents which are managed by the Operations Manager/Systems and Compliance Manager for their respective areas of responsibility Overall responsibility for ensuring that all clinical complaints are managed in a timely manner and in accordance with Trust processes and procedures and that the Temporary Staffing clinical support roles manage these effectively, escalating where appropriate.
Ensure that clinical risks are evaluated and inputted on to the risk register.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current clinical professional qualification
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent
- Coaching/Mentoring qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a clinical management role at a senior level
- Substantial experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team
- Experienced in developing clinical policies and processes, competencies; assessment of nursing practice and audit;
- Significant experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful partnerships across a range of stakeholders to influence and drive change
- Senior management experience working in an NHS or workforce field
- Significant level of experience working at a senior level
- Experience of conducting formal investigations and presenting to formal panels
- Specialist clinical knowledge to make assessments regarding clinician's compliance to Trust and professional body standards
- Understanding of and a strong commitment to the values and goals of the Trust putting the patient at the heart of what we do.
Desirable
- Senior management experience working in an NHS or workforce field
- Understanding of NHS staff groups and of the NHS labour market.
- A good understanding of employment law, policies and procedures relating to temporary staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current clinical professional qualification
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification or equivalent
- Coaching/Mentoring qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in a clinical management role at a senior level
- Substantial experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team
- Experienced in developing clinical policies and processes, competencies; assessment of nursing practice and audit;
- Significant experience of building, maintaining and utilising successful partnerships across a range of stakeholders to influence and drive change
- Senior management experience working in an NHS or workforce field
- Significant level of experience working at a senior level
- Experience of conducting formal investigations and presenting to formal panels
- Specialist clinical knowledge to make assessments regarding clinician's compliance to Trust and professional body standards
- Understanding of and a strong commitment to the values and goals of the Trust putting the patient at the heart of what we do.
Desirable
- Senior management experience working in an NHS or workforce field
- Understanding of NHS staff groups and of the NHS labour market.
- A good understanding of employment law, policies and procedures relating to temporary staff
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
