Primary Care Workforce Lead

3 weeks ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom Conexus Healthcare Ltd Full time

**The closing date is 21st May 2023.**
- We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who may have a background in workforce development and training, workforce planning and strategic workforce development, human resources, change management or project management in complex organisations. If you are CIPD qualified and have a background at a senior HR level we would also be extremely interested as we are looking to build up our HR capacity with the organisation._

**JOB PURPOSE**

Conexus employs around 130 staff across the 7 Wakefield District Primary Care Networks (PCNs) the majority of which are through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRs) and have an ambitious plan to increase these roles over the coming 12 months. Each PCN has a business manager who is responsible for the day-to-day management of this resource and the central Conexus team provides financial/payroll support, HR support, corporate governance advice and support. Part of the role will be to work collaboratively with the central teams and PCN Managers to ensure the recruitment and retention plan for ARRS workforce are maximised to its full potential and where appropriate and in line with the postholder’s experience support line managers with workforce related matters.

The main purpose of the incumbent will be to support our PCNs and Conexus to plan, recruit and retain staff in these areas either through direct employment via Conexus or working in partnership with General Practice, secondary care, voluntary organisations etc through sub-contracting or secondment arrangements for example. The postholder will also be responsible for the development of new and innovative recruitment and retention strategies including international recruitment (including the establishment and support for Tier 2 Sponsorship arrangements both within Conexus and across primary care), working with the West Yorkshire Training and Development Hub, across the Integrated Care System and development of a competency assurance approach providing professional supervision for ARRS staff.

**ABOUT US**

Conexus Healthcare CIC is the Federation for general practice in Wakefield, we have four areas of work.
- 1. Delivery of high-quality public facing Health and Wellbeing services across the Wakefield District: _We develop, manage and deliver health and care services that support the population of the whole Wakefield district
- 2. Delivery of Training, Development and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom: _We

design and deliver a range of training courses, development activity and provide advice and guidance that supports general practices and other primary care organisations.
- 3. Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs): _We support general practices and

PCNs across the Wakefield district to be more resilient, sustainable and deliver better patient care and care for the health needs of their populations.
- 4. Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the Health and Care System: _We provide a forum to develop a unified voice for General Practice and support general practices to cooperate and work collaboratively with the wider health and care sector partners in the district.

Built within primary care, for primary care, Conexus Healthcare CIC works with local GPs and their practices to champion investment in and deliver effective primary care at scale. By connecting in this way, we are stronger, more resilient and can care effectively for over 370,000 local people together.

**ROLE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES**

The duties and responsibilities will evolve as we develop our services and the postholder develops their knowledge and understanding of the system but the postholder will be required to undertake the following duties:
**Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Planning development**
- Lead the development of our PCN recruitment and retention strategy and workforce planning approach, ensuring continual improvement in workforce planning, operational performance, workforce deployment, development and efficiency. Including but not limited to the following:

- Building capacity and capability at all levels;
- Facilitating the design of robust and sustainable workforce plans in the short, medium and long term;
- Working closely with finance and PCN colleagues to ensure funding streams are maximised and seeking out opportunities to attract new or additional funding streams;
- Develop effective, pro-active working relationships with PCN’s to ensure recruitment and resourcing issues are identified, understood and individual service needs are dealt with effectively in terms of planning the future.
- Work alongside the Head of General Practice and PCN Support and PCN’s to implement strategies that aid retention, gathering feedback from employees to inform future plans.
- Provide strong recruitment, retention and workforce planning support and guidance to the PCN Business Managers and Clinical Directors that enables them to

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