Head of Medical Workforce - Worthing, United Kingdom - 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Worthing, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The Head of Medical Workforce is the Trust's specialist and professional lead for medical staffing, recruitment, and talent acquisition.

The post holder has strategic management responsibility for the development and delivery of the long term medical workforce strategy to meet the current and future workforce requirements of the organisation.

The Head of Medical Workforce will use highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of complex medical staffing terms and conditions and national policy/best practice to lead workforce strategies.

The post holder acts as the Trust lead for medical workforce matters and provides strategic business focused advice to Chief of Services, the Chief Medical Officer and other senior leaders.

The post holder will ensure that doctors, managers and medical leaders have access to high quality medical HR services and that customer experience, innovation and improvement is a core component of their work.

The post holder will be required to develop and deliver long term strategic business plans/policy that supports their service and the Trust.

This will require the interpretation of national and regional policy and strategy.

The attached job description is an outline of the role and responsibilities.

From time to time due to the needs of the service, we may ask you to flexibly undertake other duties that are consistent with your role and banding, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the department and the organisation.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS.

As one of theUK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives:

We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put ourPatient First.

Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in ourwellbeing programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us:

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.

From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Do you have an interest in medical staffing? Are you looking for a leadership role managing a busy medical workforce service?

Can you demonstrate excellent leadership skills and the ability to improve medical HR services? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest acute NHS Trusts in England as Head of Medical Workforce.

Experience of medical Staffing would be an advantage, however, what's more important is that you can demonstrate experience of managing HR or medical education within an NHS setting and have an interest in progressing your career in medical staffing.

You will need to demonstrate an excellent understanding of service improvement and have the skills to manage teams to deliver quality and customer focused services.

An aptitude to extend your knowledge of medical staffing processes, policy and practice and the ability to manage a busy operational HR service is essential.

The Head of Medical Workforce is a great opportunity to help shape and improve our medical workforce department.

As Head of Medical Workforce, you will be involved with a combination of service delivery and developing medical staffing policy in a Trust employing over 2,400 medical staff.

Forging excellent relationships with our Chiefs of Service, you will use your leadership to deliver a first-class medical workforce service for our medical leaders, doctors, and managers.

Benefitting from the support of a Chief People Officer who has a passion for medical HR, you will work to improve medical staffing systems and processes and lead the delivery of quality services.

A credible individual, you will have the ability to build strong relationships with the consultant body and operational management teams to ensure that you can fully contribute to the deployment and management of our medical workforce.

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