Head of People - Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Description

The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range ofongoing benefitsto our valued workforce across the Trust.

From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Do you have experience working in the field of HR, Organisational Development, Workforce, Staff Experience/Engagement, or Retention, and have knowledge and experience in leading large-scale programmes of work?

If you answer yes to the above and are passionate and driven to deliver transformational change, we have an exciting opportunity for a newly created fixed-term People Promise Manager role in our organisation that will offer a challenging and interesting programme of work.

You will also have colleagues doing the same role in other organisations regionally and nationally to relate to and to offer and receive support.

It will be essential to pass vital information from their organisation to inform retention policy and changes in practice, as necessary.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.

Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.

Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Able to travel across various sites where applicable

6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave Dependant on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.

NHS discounts and shopping vouchers Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.

Learning and Development opportunities In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.

KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).

The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT's subject specialists and include the required training.

The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.

New starter bonus At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring.

To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.

Staff Network Forums A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.

Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme The list goes on
Probation Period .

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check .
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values :
Working together - We work together to make a difference for our service users.
Innovation - We find creative ways to run efficient, high quality services.
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