Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to work as the Medical Staffing and Education Manager at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a team member who can work independently in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of the service often within tight timescales, possess good communications skills and a visible, open, and collaborative leadership style that will be essential to supporting and developing a highly engaged Oxleas Medical workforce.
The post holder will support the Head of Medical Staffing in providing operational leadership in relation to medical staffing across the Trust. This will include providing a centralised, responsive, and quality medical staffing service that incorporates medical recruitment, medical education, medical appraisals and revalidation, medical job planning, medical staff operational rota management, exception reporting, the undergraduate medical student and sixth form medical work experience programmes within the organisation. This will be achieved through effective operational management of the Medical Staffing team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a support and advisory service to the clinical directors and lead doctors; undergraduate medical education lead, director of postgraduate medical education, medical appraisal lead, SAS Tutor, Guardian of Safe Working Hours and service managers on all aspects relating to medical staffing.
We are looking for a manager who has the ability to work independently in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of the service within very tight timescales.
For additional detailed information on key tasks and responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
We were rated Good across all domains by the CQC in 2017.
As an organisation Oxleas sees itself as offering the best practice in needs led technology that has been implemented through the electronic care records, and an intranet system to support best clinical practice. The trust has a successful track record in submitting bids for new, innovative service developments.
For the full job description and person specification please view the attachment. The full job description will provide you with an overview of tasks and responsibilities of the role. The person specification details the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We were rated Good across all domains by the CQC in 2017.
As an organisation Oxleas sees itself as offering the best practice in needs led technology that has been implemented through the electronic care records, and an intranet system to support best clinical practice. The trust has a successful track record in submitting bids for new, innovative service developments.
For the full job description and person specification please view the attachment. The full job description will provide you with an overview of tasks and responsibilities of the role. The person specification details the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- CIPD or equivalent
- Further specialist training or equivalent experience in medical workforce management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a medical HR or staffing setting and medical education.
- Experience of project management
- Extensive experience in implementing changes to medical workforce terms and condition
- Experience of leading and managing high volume operational teams with conflicting priorities
- Experience of facilitating and managing change across services
- Experience of Job Planning and Rota management processes and systems
- Experience of collating and analysing data
- Experience of working in the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Strong Problem-Solving ability through careful and systematic evaluation of information, possible alternatives, and consequences with no blame culture
- Ability to work as a team and work autonomously under unpredictable situations, under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Communication, Organisation and Time keeping
- Use of IT systems and automation for efficiencies Analytical skills and use of data Project and change management skills
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- CIPD or equivalent
- Further specialist training or equivalent experience in medical workforce management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a medical HR or staffing setting and medical education.
- Experience of project management
- Extensive experience in implementing changes to medical workforce terms and condition
- Experience of leading and managing high volume operational teams with conflicting priorities
- Experience of facilitating and managing change across services
- Experience of Job Planning and Rota management processes and systems
- Experience of collating and analysing data
- Experience of working in the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Strong Problem-Solving ability through careful and systematic evaluation of information, possible alternatives, and consequences with no blame culture
- Ability to work as a team and work autonomously under unpredictable situations, under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Communication, Organisation and Time keeping
- Use of IT systems and automation for efficiencies Analytical skills and use of data Project and change management skills
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
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).
