Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hiring for Tomorrows NUH Workforce Planning Manager at Nottingham Full Time

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area

People Planning and Transformation (HR)

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

6 months (6-12months Secondment / Fixed Term depending on hours agreed)

Hours

Full time

Part time

Flexible working

Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week (Full or Part Time hours available)

Job ref

164-4664886-A

Site

City Hospital

Town

Nottingham

Salary

£48,526 – £54,619 per annum (pro rata)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

20/11/2022 23:59

Interview date

02/12/2022

Job overview

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting programme to deliver world class services in modern, state of the art buildings at Nottingham University Hospitals. We are looking for the right person to join the team, you will need to have project management experience and an interest in workforce planning. As a supportive team we welcome discussions around hours/job mixing with any existing roles and commitments.

NUH has been identified as an organisation to benefit from investment in NHS estate through the Hospital Infrastructure Plan (HIP) including plans to modernise and upgrade the buildings and facilities of NUH in order to deliver high-quality, cutting-edge care for our population, the Tomorrows NUH Programme, where our vision for the future of our hospitals is to become “outstanding in health outcomes and patient and staff experience”.

We recognise the importance of our staff in the development of our plans for Tomorrow’s NUH and how vital it is that workforce issues are identified and considered in the early part of our planning process.

This is a unique opportunity to gain strategic experience within a large acute organisation; as you will directly support the development of a strategic workforce plan for the programme, including the consideration and development of new roles, job design and skill mix; and training and development requirements.

Main duties of the job

With senior management experience, you will have knowledge of local and national organisations that support workforce development.

To develop these workforce plans, the postholder will engage with lead clinicians and service managers, (from the workstreams and wider NUH) using a project management approach and timeline within an agreed set of principles, to lead and support the workstream through an approved workforce planning methodology to:

Support service reconfiguration through the use and development of its workforce within financial affordability. Identify workforce requirements (demand, capacity and supply). Transform the workforce to deliver new models of care, new ways of working and new roles to address national shortages. Embrace opportunities to use new technology and technological applications, supporting staff to work at the top of their license. Achieve a fully established workforce with credible strategic plans to fill vacancies. Efficiently and sustainably use the workforce, whilst maintaining safe staffing levels. Develop workforce profiles and functional mapping of functions, activity and tasks for service areas. You will use workforce analytics and data, including the ability to benchmark with other organisations to understand the workforce challenges and inform the workforce planning process.

Working for our organisation

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

You will be instrumental in the development of a strategic workforce plan for the programme by supporting the following six workstreams in developing their individual workforce plans

Family Care, Elective Care, Emergency Care, Ambulatory Care, Cancer Care, Ancillary Service

You will be working within a supportive People Investment and Planning Team and with a range of internal partners and stakeholders to take forward the development of the workforce plan, and you need to have excellent interpersonal skills, tenacity and resilience.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly and with the ability to work across all Trust and external sites as required, including a hybrid approach between home and office working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Design, lead and implement specific workforce planning projects with the Tomorrows NUH clinical workstreams which support strategic priorities, linking with service improvement initiatives to ensure changes to skill mix, development of new ways of working and promotion of new roles.

Ensure that people investment and planning is integrated across medical and non-medical workforce, developing appropriate workforce planning tools and associated guidance for Trust-wide application.

Support and provide expertise as a workforce planning manager to service managers and Divisional HRBPs in relation to role redesign and other workforce change techniques to support workforce reform and modernisation across the Trust.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant senior management level experience in a multi-professional organisation.

Communication

Essential criteria

Ability to develop and maintain relationships across a wide range of managers/clinicians/and staff at all levels

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

Able to analyse and interpret complex information in a variety of formats

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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.

Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:
Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.

Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.