Medical Workforce Manager

Description:

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced Medical Workforce Manager to work with a Sussex-based NHS Trust on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week (Mon – Fri) on an initial three month contract. This role will involve working onsite for four days with one day of home working.

Main Duties:

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* Responsible for ensuring that information and advice on medical staffing, contracts and working time directive (WTD) is accurate and up to date

* Ensuring that queries are resolved promptly and accurately, ensuring decisions are made on the basis of best advice to both internal and external bodies.

* Undertake regular meetings with General Managers and Clinical Directors to resolve any business unit issues.

* Provide advice to business units on the relevant and current Consultants, Specialty Doctors (SAS) and junior doctor contracts.

* Provide support with MHSP and employee relations case work.

* Advise and work with General Managers/Clinical Directors/Consultants in the development of job descriptions and person specifications for medical posts.

* Update the Head of Employee Services on a regular basis on forecasted recruitment activity, issues, ideas and concerns.

* Produce reports on recruitment trends and advise service managers accordingly.

* Facilitate and advise on all Advisory Appointment Committees (AAC) for Consultant recruitment panels including liaising with Executive Assistants for availability of panel members and room bookings as required.

* Support the Resourcing Team with all medical and dental recruitment episodes and ensure correct documentation and information is provided to ensure that verified information of previous service is obtained as required; assess, together with testimonials of service, so as to ascertain accurate starting salary and calculate correct incremental date for service

* Attend and fully participate in selection interviews and assessment days (as and when required), ensuring that professional advice is provided and that objective and fair selection takes place.

* Work closely with the Business Units to ensure that all new starters are safe to practice and to minimise clinical risk.

* Work closely with the Medical Education Manager and Health Education England to ensure that junior doctors’ recruitment and retention issues are dealt with in a coordinated way and that issues are understood and resolved.

* Ensure systems are in place to map all medical vacancies across the Trust on an on-going basis to support responsive recruitment activities and reduce reliance on temporary workforce.

* Support the General Manager and senior medical managers to develop robust workforce plans.

* Ensure that the Business Units are always aware of which junior doctors will be leaving, joining and rotating and when these changes occur and identifying any issues and risk

* Responsible for the ongoing assessment and monitoring of working practices/rotas to ensure they are compliant with local and national guidelines and agreed terms and conditions.

* Responsible for monitoring and developing compliant rotas for junior doctors through liaising with relevant personnel.

Essential Criteria:

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* Postgraduate/ Master’s Degree level education or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge within this field through practical experience

* Substantive relevant experience in medical workforce

* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

* Production of complex reports and experience of formatting within Excel

* Experience of working to support senior individuals

* Conversant in IT software systems e.g. Microsoft Office including excel, word, and PowerPoint.

* Knowledge of Medical & Dental Terms and Conditions of Service

* Knowledge of Medical Job Planning

* Knowledge of Medical appraisal and Revalidation

If this role is of interest to you, please apply with your updated CV or contact Leah at Belmont Recruitment