Job summary
The Operations and Productivity Lead role will provide forward-thinking operational and project leadership to the medical directorate, and medical staff management in general, ensuring both stakeholder engagement and an effective standard of organisation of the processes related to medical staff management.
The post-holder will be a core member of the Medical Directorate Management Team, working to support the Chief Medical Officer and Associate Medical Director for Workforce to deliver the long-term medical workforce strategy.The post-holder will be expected to lead on and apply a programme management approach to projects within the medical workforce portfolio as they present themselves, with the aim of ensuring that the medical workforce adapts to the changing availability of medically trained staff and in addition meets the levels of attainment as set out by NHS Improvement.
There is a current focus on medical job planning, both ensuring a consistently high rate and improving the quality of job planning, and the measurement of job planned activity. Experience in medical job planning would therefore be of benefit.
Main duties of the job
Leading on the delivery of e-Job Planning and Productivity:
There is a current focus on medical job planning, both ensuring a consistently high rate and improving the quality of job planning, and the measurement of job planned activity. The post-holder will be expected to provide support to the medical workforce to enable them to complete their job plans, have sufficient knowledge of data analysis to provide accurate figures for the rates of job plan completion at all levels to complete the NHS England returns and complete bespoke reports as requested. It is also hoped that the successful candidate will be able to continue programmes of work which are aimed at the measurement of job planned activity.
Other areas of work include
include the delivery of workstreams that improve medical staff management and productivity, such as, (but not limited to) the following:
Leading on the procurement of software packages (medical workforce management)
Leading on the evaluation and introduction of e-rostering packages
Leading, managing, or supporting in the evaluation of new staffing models
Leading, managing, or supporting other projects as suggested by outputs from regulatory and advisory bodies such as the General Medical Council, NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and NHS England
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
POST SUMMARY please refer to the detailed job description which is attached.
The Operations and Productivity Lead role will provide forward-thinking operational and project leadership to the medical directorate, and medical staff management in general, ensuring both stakeholder engagement and an effective standard of organisation of the processes related to medical staff management.
The post-holder will be a core member of the Medical Directorate Management Team, working to support the Chief Medical Officer and Associate Medical Director for Workforce to deliver the long-term medical workforce strategy. The post-holder will be expected to lead on and apply a programme management approach to projects within the medical workforce portfolio as they present themselves, with the aim of ensuring that the medical workforce adapts to the changing availability of medically trained staff and in addition meets the levels of attainment as set out by NHS Improvement. This will specifically include the delivery of workstreams that improve medical staff management and productivity, such as, (but not limited to) the following:
Leading on the procurement of software packages (medical workforce management)
Leading on the evaluation and introduction of e-rostering packages
Leading on the delivery of e-Job Planning and Productivity
Leading, managing, or supporting in the evaluation of new staffing models
Leading, managing, or supporting other projects as suggested by outputs from regulatory and advisory bodies such as the General Medical Council, NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and NHS England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
POST SUMMARY please refer to the detailed job description which is attached.
The Operations and Productivity Lead role will provide forward-thinking operational and project leadership to the medical directorate, and medical staff management in general, ensuring both stakeholder engagement and an effective standard of organisation of the processes related to medical staff management.
The post-holder will be a core member of the Medical Directorate Management Team, working to support the Chief Medical Officer and Associate Medical Director for Workforce to deliver the long-term medical workforce strategy. The post-holder will be expected to lead on and apply a programme management approach to projects within the medical workforce portfolio as they present themselves, with the aim of ensuring that the medical workforce adapts to the changing availability of medically trained staff and in addition meets the levels of attainment as set out by NHS Improvement. This will specifically include the delivery of workstreams that improve medical staff management and productivity, such as, (but not limited to) the following:
Leading on the procurement of software packages (medical workforce management)
Leading on the evaluation and introduction of e-rostering packages
Leading on the delivery of e-Job Planning and Productivity
Leading, managing, or supporting in the evaluation of new staffing models
Leading, managing, or supporting other projects as suggested by outputs from regulatory and advisory bodies such as the General Medical Council, NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and NHS England.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Prince2 Practitioner level and / or equivalent project management training
Desirable
- Educated to degree level / or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience of managing and leading a team / projects
Essential
- Proven experience in the delivery of projects using a range of software and tools to aid productivity (project management skills_
- Ability to assess and evaluate project progress against agreed time scales and objectives and provide solutions to address any deviations.
- Well-developed presentation and communication skills - with the ability to present new and unfamiliar concepts to operational management teams
Personal qualities
Essential
- The ability to develop both formal and informal networks to share learning and knowledge both locally and externally
- The ability to work with and potentially challenge the ways of working of senior medical colleagues
Desirable
- Excellent listening skills and the ability to advise and influence in stressful situations.
IT skills
Essential
- Ability to receive, interpret and communicate complex information / data and produce reports for performance management and improvement
- Skilled in the use of MS Office, including Excel and Powerpoint
Desirable
- Previous experience with job planning software
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Prince2 Practitioner level and / or equivalent project management training
Desirable
- Educated to degree level / or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience of managing and leading a team / projects
Essential
- Proven experience in the delivery of projects using a range of software and tools to aid productivity (project management skills_
- Ability to assess and evaluate project progress against agreed time scales and objectives and provide solutions to address any deviations.
- Well-developed presentation and communication skills - with the ability to present new and unfamiliar concepts to operational management teams
Personal qualities
Essential
- The ability to develop both formal and informal networks to share learning and knowledge both locally and externally
- The ability to work with and potentially challenge the ways of working of senior medical colleagues
Desirable
- Excellent listening skills and the ability to advise and influence in stressful situations.
IT skills
Essential
- Ability to receive, interpret and communicate complex information / data and produce reports for performance management and improvement
- Skilled in the use of MS Office, including Excel and Powerpoint
Desirable
- Previous experience with job planning software
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
