Head of Medical Staffing

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Are you an inspiring leader with a vision and drive to deliver excellent support to the medical staff? If so, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust would love to hear from you

You will have a pivotal role within the HR function working alongside our Chief Medical Officer in providing professional leadership to the Medical Workforce.

You will have the opportunity to shape the Medical Staffing function. You will apply your vision and leadership skills in creating and managing a high performing team by setting clear objectives and monitor the teams’ performance.

Your HR experience in the medical workforce will bring great value in building and maintaining stakeholder relationships, and in planning the medical workforce activities. We will provide you with excellent support throughout your journey in achieving your personal and professional goals.

Main duties of the job

·Be a key member of the People and Culture Directorate Senior Management Team, managing and leading the Medical Workforce teams and service across the Trust to deliver a professional and responsible medical workforce service.

·Provide expert advice and guidance on all medical workforce related matters including terms and conditions, employee relations, job planning, appraisals, revalidation, rota design, and education, development, and transformation.

·Take the lead on the interpretation and local application of national policy/legislation, developing and implementing appropriate Trust policies, systems, and processes as they apply to the medical workforce.

·Ensure relationships are built quickly, demonstrating a pleasant and professional manner when dealing medical and non-medical staff.

·Be highly motivated, organised, and able to learn quickly under pressure with minimal supervision.

Working for our organisation

 You will be joining a supportive team where we support and encourage your personal and professional career development.

We are committed to promote a healthy work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Staff Management

1.Provide leadership support to the team, monitor compliance with Trust-wide people management policies and procedures and take remedial action where shortfalls occur.

2.Create a culture of continuous improvement across the team and promote Improvement methodologies.

3.Ensure that all staff have annual appraisals and Personal Development Plans which support the Trust’s excellence agenda.

4.Provide guidance, support and feedback to the members of the team in handling queries/issues.

5.Act as a source of expert advice to all staff in Medical HR regarding Trust policies and procedures and good management practice.

6.Undertake the full Recruitment and Selection process for staff within the team.

7.Effectively manage all conduct and capability issues within the team.

8.Ensure the teams are appropriately developed to provide high quality advice on medical personnel issues.

Recruitment

1.To lead the development of a medical recruitment strategy that reflects the future needs of the service in terms of service delivery, for example, growth in services, future skill shortage areas, demographic changes, and the needs for skill mix review/new roles.

2.To lead the development and design of innovative and robust recruitment and selection methods that deliver an excellent candidate experience and ensure that the highest calibre of people are appointed.

3.Assess the impact of the emerging new models of care on the medical workforce 

4.Support the Medical Director and Divisional Medical Directors with creating a performance management and quality improvement framework that is embedded in clinical practice. Ensure appropriate work streams are set up and managed.

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