Workforce Planning and Information Lead

3 weeks ago


StokeonTrent, United Kingdom North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

This is an exciting new role where you will be providing expert advice and guidance on highly complex Workforce Information issues. You will manage and lead the Workforce Information Team in providing an efficient, effective and workforce information service to the Trust, and provide analytical, statistical, forecasting and modelling capability in order to meet the workforce planning needs of the Trust

Reporting to the People Operations Lead, the Workforce Planning and Information Lead, as the lead workforce planning and information specialist, will lead the Workforce Information Team to deliver key objectives and take responsibility for the provision of planning, information and analytics services to support business needs.

Workforce Planning and Information are key resources used by the Trust to develop strategies, deliver business objectives and manage risk.

As the lead workforce planning and information specialist, will lead the Workforce Information Team to deliver key objectives and responsibility for the provision of planning, information and analytics services to support business needs. This includes providing expert advice and guidance on highly complex workforce information issues, managing and leading the Workforce Information Team in providing an efficient, effective and workforce information service to the Trust, and providing analytical, statistical, forecasting and modelling capability in order to meet the workforce planning needs of the Trust.

At North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, we are extremely proud to be one of only two specialist Mental Health Trusts in England which has an overall CQC Outstanding rating. We are a Trust that prides itself on having achieved a financial surplus for the past 25 years making us one of the top financial performers in the region. We remain bold and ambitious with further plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care delivered in a sustainable way.

Service Delivery

Workforce Planning

Lead on the production of workforce plans and information reports and appropriate documents

Deliver a workforce planning and performance analysis function, including the design and production of workforce reports and completing external and internal workforce information returns

Lead co-ordination of the Trust’s annual workforce planning processes, collaborating with key stakeholders where appropriate

Lead on co-ordination, completion and submission of the Trust’s numerical and narrative workforce planning submissions to Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (ICS) and to NHSE, working closely with Finance and People Business Partners to understand future workforce changes, investment and challenges

Undertake statistical analysis of workforce information to project trends covering future workforce demand, vacancy fill rates, turnover, workforce development schemes and bank and agency usage

Understand and articulate the impact of Trust-wide workforce development schemes, e.g. apprenticeships, to project impact on workforce plans, working closely with colleagues in Nursing & Quality and Organisational Development

Present assurance and progress updates against workforce plans to the Trust’s People, Culture and Development Committee and wider People, OD and Inclusion Directorate

Work closely with Finance and People Business Partners in relation to data validation and quality

Lead on the roll out of workforce planning methods, tools and techniques in relation to workforce planning and information for use within the Trust

Active membership and contribution to the Workforce Planning Peer Network and other System workforce planning conversations / meetings, within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS

In relation to Trust workforce plans, provide assurance and respond to challenge at Workforce Planning and Information Oversight Meetings with the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS, disseminating information and key headlines with People Business Partners and key business stakeholders as appropriate

Understanding of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, NHS National People Plan, NHSE West Midlands and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS Workforce Plans, to accurately translate the impact internally and where appropriate lead on the collation of assurance plans

Reporting and Analysis

Provide expert advice and guidance on highly complex workforce information issues to key business stakeholders

Work closely with Managers, Finance and People Business Partners to identify, interpret and communicate the relationship between activity, workforce trends and budget (including bank/agency usage)

Have an overview of all ESR data accuracy, ensuring data is readily available, using expertise and knowledge as an ‘expert end user’ of data and software

Responsible for providing solutions/recommendations relating to work


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