Job summary
Are you enthusiastic about Growing and Developing our future
workforce?
We are looking for someone who
understands that people and values come first and someone who can motivate colleagues
through a shared vision to deliver the highest quality training through our Workforce
Development Hub to provide the outstanding person-centred care to our patients.
This is a unique and evolving opportunity providing
stretch, challenge, and development for the successful candidate.
The role
requires an agile experienced leader who can lead well, keeping inclusion and
empathy at the forefront whilst ensuring the services we deliver are efficient,
effective and add value.
The core of
this role is workforce development therefore it is essential the lead
can flex across both workforce and occupation/vocational education and training
matters. The lead has overall operational responsibility for the Workforce
Development Hub team and works closely with key stakeholders both internally
and externally to support the Head of Nursing with strategic planning and
future developments. Autonomous working, initiative, negotiation skills,
creativity, innovative thinking are essential.
The role has
grown and developed since December 2022. The role is being advertised because
it is changing from a secondment to a substantive post.
Main duties of the job
The LTHT
Workforce Development Hub within our Care Academy supports predominantly LTHTs
unregistered workforce. The collaborative team you will lead have flexible
roles to ensure they can support the recruitment, education, training, and
retention of both New to Care Band 2 Clinical Support Workers (CSW) and deliver
the new Band 3 Excellence in You CSW programme. The role is not limited to
these projects and spans across wider workforce planning, development, and
continuous quality improvement.
Other key
projects including ensuring there are current and clear career development
opportunities and pathways at LTHT for unregistered staff, compliance with
national recommendations such as the Care Certificate and widening our offer
across all unregistered Nursing Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professional
(NMAHP) roles and supporting local people with a focus on targeting health
inequalities and health promotion.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is
one of the largest and busiest in Europe,employing over 18,000 staff including circa. 8,000
Nursing and Midwifery staff, supporting 1,500 student Nurses/Midwives and AHPs
per year, operating over 7 sites with 93 inpatient wards covering more than 14
different frontline specialty CSUs.
The Workforce and Education team are within the Chief Nurse CSU supporting the Trusts corporate and operational/clinical functions. The team is is current home to three Lead Professional with distinct portfolios supporting circa. 20 WTE staff members. The pace within the team is fast and there are new challenges, projects and priorities daily.
There are vast opportunities for professional development. It is essential the candidate maintains operational and clinical credibility due to the nature of the portfolio. Being a visible, helpful and keeping in touch with the front-line workforce is crucial.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description (JD) for full JD.
JOB
DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Lead Professional
- Workforce
Reports To: Head of
Nursing Workforce & Education
Accountable To: Head of
Nursing Workforce & Education
Band: 8a
Unit / Department: Corporate Nursing Directorate
Location: Corporate
Nursing Directorate (Chief Nurse CSU)
CSU Directorate: Corporate Nursing Directorate
AFC Job Number: 3341
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The lead professional
- workforce contributes to the development of the Trusts strategic approach to
nursing and midwifery staffing and will take a significant lead role in the
implementation of new roles, workforce redesign, recruitment and retention,
temporary staff management and safer staffing requirements for our current and
future nursing and midwifery workforce.
The post
holder will provide professional leadership and specialist expertise with
regard to the nursing and midwifery workforce within the Trust and working with
key stakeholders on a regional and local basis.
The post
holder will support the Head of Nursing Workforce & Education in the
delivery of the Trusts strategic approach for the nursing and midwifery
workforce. These strategies encompass the entire nursing and midwifery
workforce (c.6000 WTE) across all clinical specialities and Trust sites.
The post
holder will act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for managers,
leaders and healthcare professionals on all aspects of safer staffing,
recruitment, retention and temporary staff management
The lead professional
- workforce will support the Head of Nursing Workforce & Education as
required with the wider responsibilities of their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description (JD) for full JD.
JOB
DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Lead Professional
- Workforce
Reports To: Head of
Nursing Workforce & Education
Accountable To: Head of
Nursing Workforce & Education
Band: 8a
Unit / Department: Corporate Nursing Directorate
Location: Corporate
Nursing Directorate (Chief Nurse CSU)
CSU Directorate: Corporate Nursing Directorate
AFC Job Number: 3341
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The lead professional
- workforce contributes to the development of the Trusts strategic approach to
nursing and midwifery staffing and will take a significant lead role in the
implementation of new roles, workforce redesign, recruitment and retention,
temporary staff management and safer staffing requirements for our current and
future nursing and midwifery workforce.
The post
holder will provide professional leadership and specialist expertise with
regard to the nursing and midwifery workforce within the Trust and working with
key stakeholders on a regional and local basis.
The post
holder will support the Head of Nursing Workforce & Education in the
delivery of the Trusts strategic approach for the nursing and midwifery
workforce. These strategies encompass the entire nursing and midwifery
workforce (c.6000 WTE) across all clinical specialities and Trust sites.
The post
holder will act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for managers,
leaders and healthcare professionals on all aspects of safer staffing,
recruitment, retention and temporary staff management
The lead professional
- workforce will support the Head of Nursing Workforce & Education as
required with the wider responsibilities of their role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered professional with a regulatory body (NMC/HCPC).
- Masters degree level of education or demonstrable evidence of working at this level.
- Post graduate leadership qualification.
Desirable
- Project management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence experience of senior professional leadership.
- Evidence of recent personal and professional development.
-
- Evidence of experience in a clinical workforce post.
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local nursing and midwifery, safer staffing and health policy issues.
- Knowledge of service improvement, modernisation and change management approaches and initiatives.
- Demonstrates a commitment to providing quality services.
- Is adaptable and flexible in a dynamic health environment.
- Respects and supports colleagues, co-workers and partners.
- Able to communicate highly complex information.
- Ability to manage diverse and complex workload to strict and competing timescales.
- Ability to manage and deliver on diverse and complex projects to competing timescales.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Leeds Improvement Method (LIM).
- Experience in all aspects of Human Resource (HR) Management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered professional with a regulatory body (NMC/HCPC).
- Masters degree level of education or demonstrable evidence of working at this level.
- Post graduate leadership qualification.
Desirable
- Project management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence experience of senior professional leadership.
- Evidence of recent personal and professional development.
-
- Evidence of experience in a clinical workforce post.
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local nursing and midwifery, safer staffing and health policy issues.
- Knowledge of service improvement, modernisation and change management approaches and initiatives.
- Demonstrates a commitment to providing quality services.
- Is adaptable and flexible in a dynamic health environment.
- Respects and supports colleagues, co-workers and partners.
- Able to communicate highly complex information.
- Ability to manage diverse and complex workload to strict and competing timescales.
- Ability to manage and deliver on diverse and complex projects to competing timescales.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Leeds Improvement Method (LIM).
- Experience in all aspects of Human Resource (HR) Management.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
