Head of Medical WorkforceNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated leader to join Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as our Head of Medical Workforce & Business (Band 8b).

Working directly with the Chief Medical Officer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the Trust's medical workforce strategy, ensuring the effective recruitment, retention, development and management of our medical workforce. You will provide strategic leadership across workforce planning, medical education, business management, workforce transformation and organisational development initiatives.

This is a high-profile role requiring exceptional leadership, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with responsibility for leading the Medical Workforce Team, influencing senior leaders across the organisation, and supporting the delivery of high-quality, safe and person-centred care.

We are seeking an individual with substantial experience working at a senior level within healthcare, a strong understanding of NHS workforce challenges, and a proven track record of delivering strategic workforce initiatives and service improvement

Main duties of the job

• Lead the development and implementation of the Trust's medical workforce and recruitment strategies.
• Provide professional and operational leadership to the Medical Workforce Team, ensuring delivery of high-quality workforce services.
• Support the Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Medical Directors with medical workforce planning, job planning, appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Lead on medical workforce business cases, workforce transformation projects and organisational change initiatives.
• Develop workforce solutions that improve recruitment, retention, productivity and staff wellbeing whilst reducing reliance on temporary staffing.
• Monitor and analyse workforce performance metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting delivery of key organisational objectives.
• Prepare and present reports, business cases and board-level papers for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Lead the review and implementation of medical workforce policies, ensuring compliance with NHS standards, legislation and best practice.
• Build effective partnerships with clinical leaders, operational teams, universities, professional bodies and trade unions.
• Support the development of medical education, research and innovation initiatives to strengthen the Trust's reputation as a leading employer and training organisation.

Job description

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.