Job summary
The Nursing Workforce Lead post is designed to deliver on the nursing workforce priorities in the CNO nursing strategy and the long-term workforce plan/ new 10-year plan. Specific pieces of work will likely include safer staffing, enhancing nursing as a career, workforce efficiencies e.g. reducing temporary staffing, supporting ICBs to develop comprehensive workforce strategies and wrap around support for Trusts if required
Main duties of the job
As a Nursing Workforce Lead, the post holder will:
Have an up to date working knowledge of rostering practices, safe staffing, nursing establishments and the use of the temporary workforce (bank and agency) to fill staffing gaps and the balance between quality, safety and budgetary envelopes.
Work with NHS providers to support the drive to increase their nursing workforce in line with staffing establishments and against recruitment targets.
Champion the wellbeing of the nursing workforce sharing good practice and establishing shared processes to ensure parity across the region.
Work with ICS workforce and nursing/midwifery leads to develop system based approaches to growing the nursing workforce e.g. international recruitment to establish sustainable joint processes for future workforce supply.
Support the Deputy Director of Nursing Workforce and the Head of Clinical Quality - Nursing Workforce to manage and deliver the nursing workforce agenda in the south east region, including reporting on progress and identifying trusts in need of further support within the region.
Working alongside trusts to provide 'wrap around support' where required for their nursing workforce.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work closely with key stakeholders to obtain best practice approaches in attraction, recruitment, retention e.g. preceptorship and safe staffing that can be shared and adopted regionally and nationally.
Actively promote best practice to provide national case studies for NHS Employers etc.
Possess a track record of managing and resolving complex workforce issues in large organisations.
Have the ability to work with senior trust/ICS nursing/ midwifery and HR leads and educators to deliver the nursing workforce agenda.
Possess experience of working with senior officials across organisations to coordinate delivery of policy and/or regulatory programmes.
Report on improvement initiatives across NHS England on occasion to director level.
Lead on national workforce related quality improvements for region or generate regional programmes for improvement as required driving workforce change.
Create effective working relationships with key stakeholders to foster a collaborative approach with providers and ICBs inter regionally and across regions within NHSE.
Provide specialist expertise and support within region to progress the aims of the Long Term Workforce Plan and new NHS 10 Year Plan, working collegiately with colleagues from the Workforce Training and Education, and other directorates.
Through collaborative practice promote good practice in the recognition and development of the global majority workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work closely with key stakeholders to obtain best practice approaches in attraction, recruitment, retention e.g. preceptorship and safe staffing that can be shared and adopted regionally and nationally.
Actively promote best practice to provide national case studies for NHS Employers etc.
Possess a track record of managing and resolving complex workforce issues in large organisations.
Have the ability to work with senior trust/ICS nursing/ midwifery and HR leads and educators to deliver the nursing workforce agenda.
Possess experience of working with senior officials across organisations to coordinate delivery of policy and/or regulatory programmes.
Report on improvement initiatives across NHS England on occasion to director level.
Lead on national workforce related quality improvements for region or generate regional programmes for improvement as required driving workforce change.
Create effective working relationships with key stakeholders to foster a collaborative approach with providers and ICBs inter regionally and across regions within NHSE.
Provide specialist expertise and support within region to progress the aims of the Long Term Workforce Plan and new NHS 10 Year Plan, working collegiately with colleagues from the Workforce Training and Education, and other directorates.
Through collaborative practice promote good practice in the recognition and development of the global majority workforce.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level in relevant subject or currently studying
- Significant evidence of continued professional development
- Current NMC Registration
Skills
Essential
- High level of analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Flexibility, adaptability to manage rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
- Leadership vision strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensibility and awareness
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and operational experience of the NHS nursing workforce agenda including recent leadership on nursing workforce programmes and solutions across an organisation
- Experience of applying best practice to drive continuous improvement
- The ability to plan and deliver in line with programme aims and objectives
- An understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Experience of Project Management and leading quality improvement ideally gained in the NHS
- The ability to organise/galvanise stakeholders
- Experience of planning and delivering events to a high standard and with good user satisfaction and defined benefits resulting from these
- Proven leadership experience and/or formal management qualification
- The ability to work with others and develop strong collaborative networks
- Strong interpersonal and communication/presentation skills including expertise with developing presentations using a range of IT systems
- The ability to make good decisions based on complex, ambiguous or partial information which may require strong leadership in challenging arenas
- The ability to plan and prioritise work effectively, switching resources between priorities where necessary
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to collect data, analyse and present complex information where material may be sensitive, contentious or open to misinterpretation
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Leadership vision strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensibility and awareness
- Flexibility, adaptability to manage rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level in relevant subject or currently studying
- Significant evidence of continued professional development
- Current NMC Registration
Skills
Essential
- High level of analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Flexibility, adaptability to manage rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
- Leadership vision strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensibility and awareness
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and operational experience of the NHS nursing workforce agenda including recent leadership on nursing workforce programmes and solutions across an organisation
- Experience of applying best practice to drive continuous improvement
- The ability to plan and deliver in line with programme aims and objectives
- An understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Experience of Project Management and leading quality improvement ideally gained in the NHS
- The ability to organise/galvanise stakeholders
- Experience of planning and delivering events to a high standard and with good user satisfaction and defined benefits resulting from these
- Proven leadership experience and/or formal management qualification
- The ability to work with others and develop strong collaborative networks
- Strong interpersonal and communication/presentation skills including expertise with developing presentations using a range of IT systems
- The ability to make good decisions based on complex, ambiguous or partial information which may require strong leadership in challenging arenas
- The ability to plan and prioritise work effectively, switching resources between priorities where necessary
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to collect data, analyse and present complex information where material may be sensitive, contentious or open to misinterpretation
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Leadership vision strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensibility and awareness
- Flexibility, adaptability to manage rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
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).
