Head of Workforce Transformation - Crewe, United Kingdom - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is the name given to describe the work being undertaken to design, build and implement a replacement for the existing Leighton Hospital. The NHP Workforce Lead holds a crucial role within the NHP, developing and delivering on all aspects of the project relating to our people.

Main duties of the job

The NHP Workforce Lead holds a crucial role within the NHP, developing and delivering on all aspects of the project relating to our people.

The post holder will work proactively with the project team, to support the timely delivery of all people aspects of the project, working closely with the existing Workforce teams. Providing expert advice and guidance, they will lead the development and delivery of workforce plans to ensure a smooth transition between current practice and new ways of working and the transition to the new build.

The postholder will play a crucial role in shaping and enhancing the talent management strategy and organisational effectiveness initiatives for the development and operation of the new hospital. A key responsibility will be to ensure the recruitment, development, and retention of highly skilled professionals, as well as driving organisational excellence and efficiency.

There will be a focus on transformational and effective change management, ensuring this is both inclusive and engaging; the development of new roles and ways of working to ensure both quality and efficiency improvements. The role will be responsible for Workforce Transformation as part of the NHP, working closely with the senior People and OD Team and the Business Partner team.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care,child health,maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through ourCentral Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Job responsibilities

Lead on the production of a Trust wide workforce plan for the new hospital, working collaboratively with ICB, local leaders and wider health and social care partners, ensuring the approach is coordinated and strategic.

To act as the project lead for the workforce elements of the NHP - ensuring that the project is structured and managed within agreed frameworks

To create detailed project plans for the delivery of all of the workforce aspects of the NHP with support from the NHP programme management team including identification of dependencies and risks and regular monitoring and reporting.

Identify opportunities and barriers to the success of the Workforce workstream and develop solutions to address these.

To provide workforce support to the NHP Board and clinical, divisional and department leads.

To be a key contributor for the Estate Redevelopment Programme Board and future governance arrangements as the programme develops.

To act as the workforce lead for wider workstreams Communications, Estates

Lead on workforce planning and workforce remodeling for the NHP, leading, developing and implementing project workforce plans thereby ensuring delivery of all people aspects of the project.

Identify all workforce changes required considering the wider ways of working across the organisation and the impact on the workforce.

Work with clinical leads to develop new and innovative ways of working within the new healthcare facility.

Be the lead for all divisional leadership teams in the development and implementation of effective Trust-wide strategic workforce planning as part of the NHP.

Be the key workforce conduit between the NHP and the Trusts Sustainability and Social Value Lead to ensure that anchor institution principles are embedded as part of the future design.

As a significant responsibility, working with divisional teams, research and identify new ways of working across the new hospital, considering new roles, upskilling and the impact of advancing digital technology on the workforce and identifying training opportunities to support a move to new ways of working in a new building safely.

Develop and implement an organisational development approach to engage staff in developing new way of working and delivering services, through design and delivery of staff engagement strategies and action plans.

Develop and implement an induction/ transfer process for all staff moving to new ways of working.

Lead in the development of staff engagement plans ensuring staff involvement, motivation and contribution to the project.

Work in collaboration with colleagues in Education and Training to use a range of support methods to develop training and engagement packages as required.

Engage with divisions to understand the current models of delivery and associated workforce. Identify challenges and opportunities and proactively partner with service leads to design future requirements.

Expert advisor to the wider workforce team to inform the future People Strategy to deliver the NHP and priorities.

Be responsible for the delivery of workforce project KPIs providing an efficient and timely supply of relevant information for project management.

To promote the use of comparative benchmarking within the Trust, the local NHS community and regional and national organisations to support efficiency and use of best practice.

Present workstream progress to the project management team and Trust Executive Board, as and when required.

To work with NHP Project Management Office to deliver regular reporting in line with PMO requirements on workforce work streams and project delivery activity, risks and dependencies to the NHP Board and other groups and committees.

Present at ad hoc forums to inform and support visibility and ensure NHP requirements are fed into divisional and departmental workforce planning and decision making.

Lead the process of staff consultation and assist in the facilitation of change necessary to enable the divisions to introduce new ways of working, in line with employment law.

Act as an advocate for the project, by identifying the need for delivering productivity and efficiency improvements through new working practices.

Provide lead workforce support and specialist advice on a range of organisational change processes.

Consult and negotiate with staff side organisations when planning and implementing organisational change and transformation.

Coach managers in the process of implementing change and supporting those involved and affected by it.

Work in partnership with the finance and project leads providing expert workforce intelligence and solutions.

To work alongside the HR team on relevant aspects of processes and procedures relating to job creation, job evaluation, job matching / banding and recruitment in the context of service redesign and workforce planning.

Collaborate with hiring managers to identify critical roles and develop effective recruitment and selection processes.

Develop and implement a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy to attract and retain top-tier talent for the New Hospital Programme.

To work with people team colleagues to develop leadership capability and talent including developing succession plans for key roles.

Education

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge

Essential

Skills

Essential