Sirona care & health CIC

Workforce Business Partner – Medical Staffing & Central Services

The closing date is 09 April 2026

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced Workforce Business Partner to provide senior medical workforce expertise within our Medical Directorate. Working closely with the Chief Medical Officer and senior medical leaders, you will offer strategic, data-driven insight that supports safe, effective and sustainable services.

You will also provide senior workforce partnering to our Central and Corporate Services, giving leaders high-quality workforce analysis, planning support and people advice.

The role leads key medical workforce processes -- including appraisal, revalidation, job planning and MHPS -- ensuring strong governance, statutory compliance and a positive workforce experience. Using workforce intelligence and KPI trends, you will identify risks, highlight opportunities and shape practical workforce solutions.

About YouYou are an experienced people professional with specialist knowledge of medical workforce systems and the confidence to partner with senior clinical leaders. You bring sound judgement, clear communication and the ability to turn data into meaningful insight. Skilled in complex processes and compliance, you promote high governance standards and help build capability in others. Collaborative and values-driven, you support just-culture approaches and are committed to improving workforce experience and patient care.

This post is for 20 hours per week over 4/5 days.

Main duties of the job

Provide senior oversight of medical workforce systems including appraisal, revalidation, job planning, study leave and governance processes.
Lead on quality assurance of medical workforce processes, ensuring statutory compliance and high-quality data.
Triangulate medical workforce information with performance, quality and operational data to identify hotspots, trends and risks.
Produce high-quality narrative, insight and assurance reports for the CMO, Executive Team and Board.
Monitor performance against medical workforce KPIs and drive forward improvement plans where needed.
Act as senior specialist adviser for complex medical workforce issues, including MHPS processes, capability concerns, professional standards and high-risk situations.
Act as senior workforce partner to the Medical Directorate and (where required) other Directorates.
Use workforce dashboards, ESR data, Allocate/e-rostering, FourteenFish/PReP and other datasets to provide strategic insight.
Support workforce planning, modelling and design of future workforce requirements.
Identify risks to recruitment, retention, rota viability, wellbeing, or service sustainability and propose mitigations.
Provide expert advice on terms and conditions for medical/AfC staff and ensure consistent application.
Support recruitment and retention initiatives to reduce vacancies and reliance on temporary staffing.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Date posted

27 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7899742-HH

Job locations

Yate HQ

Badminton Road

Yate

BS37 5AF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oCIPD Level 7 (or Level 5 with substantial relevant experience) or equivalent HR qualification/experience.

Desirable

oAssociate or Chartered CIPD membership.
oCoaching/mentoring qualification and/or project management training.

Experience

Essential

Substantial HR advisory/partnering experience in a complex, unionised organisation
Significant experience in medical workforce governance (appraisal, revalidation, job planning)
Experience advising on complex ER cases, including MHPS or high-risk medical workforce issues
Ability to analyse and interpret large datasets and KPIs, providing clear recommendations
Excellent understanding of employment law and medical T&Cs
Experience supporting service change and consultation processes

Desirable

NHS or community healthcare HR experience
Experience working with MHPS or complex medical workforce systems (FourteenFish, PReP, Allocate Medical)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oCIPD Level 7 (or Level 5 with substantial relevant experience) or equivalent HR qualification/experience.

Desirable

oAssociate or Chartered CIPD membership.
oCoaching/mentoring qualification and/or project management training.

Experience

Essential

Substantial HR advisory/partnering experience in a complex, unionised organisation
Significant experience in medical workforce governance (appraisal, revalidation, job planning)
Experience advising on complex ER cases, including MHPS or high-risk medical workforce issues
Ability to analyse and interpret large datasets and KPIs, providing clear recommendations
Excellent understanding of employment law and medical T&Cs
Experience supporting service change and consultation processes

Desirable

NHS or community healthcare HR experience
Experience working with MHPS or complex medical workforce systems (FourteenFish, PReP, Allocate Medical)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.