Job summary
Be a champion for change
With 750,000 residents in Manchester and Trafford, the challenge of providing a first-class integrated health and social care system, equipped to meet the needs of a large population, is both immense and fascinating. Despite the challenge, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is passionate about meeting it head-on. As England's largest NHS Foundation Trust, we encourage our 28,000 employees to work collaboratively to deliver forward-thinking services. As such, we embrace a culture of continuous improvement, resulting in progressive workplaces in which we rank our people as our most valuable asset and where you are able to pursue your interests, gain job satisfaction and provide the highest level of care for our patients and their families.
Apply to join us
If you're ready to take on the biggest challenge of your career, and you have the relevant skills and knowledge to excel in this role, then we would be delighted to receive your application. Alternatively, if you'd like to discuss these roles further, then please don't hesitate to get in touch with michael.kelly@mft.nhs.ukwho will be able to answer any questions you may have.
Main duties of the job
The role
As a Workforce Systems Specialist you will be responsible for facilitating and supporting the Empactis Absence Management solution.
The post-holder will be responsible for maintaining Absence Manager, delivering virtual and face to face training sessions, providing support to staff teams across the MFT Trust to increase system confidence and digital maturity, and making changes to the data within Absence Manager to ensure accuracy and efficiency is maintained.
The role of the Workforce Systems Specialist requires high attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and deadlines.
The role is challenging but very rewarding as it offers a good balance between working 'behind the scenes' in a warm and vibrant office environment, and engaging with frontline clinical professionals to support and improve their processes and practices.
This role offers a great opportunity to be part of an exciting future, delivering technology solutions that will drive and maintain improvements across our hospitals and services.
Skills & knowledge required
The role of Workforce Systems Specialist requires a positive attitude, an approachable nature as well as excellent organisation and time management skills.You will have excellent interpersonal skills and you will be great at building effective relationships at all levels.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Teaching/Training Qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in system administration
- Understanding of local health needs
- Experience of supporting the management of change and associated behaviours.
- Experience of project implementation.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS or Relevant I.T.
- Experience of supporting and implementing policies and procedures.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisation & interpersonal skills.
- Proven experience of working with different departments and outside organisations.
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Ability to work under pressure and within set timescales.
- Adaptable to meet changing environments and goals.
- Ability to write and present clear, concise and relevant reports to various audiences.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Teaching/Training Qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in system administration
- Understanding of local health needs
- Experience of supporting the management of change and associated behaviours.
- Experience of project implementation.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS or Relevant I.T.
- Experience of supporting and implementing policies and procedures.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisation & interpersonal skills.
- Proven experience of working with different departments and outside organisations.
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Ability to work under pressure and within set timescales.
- Adaptable to meet changing environments and goals.
- Ability to write and present clear, concise and relevant reports to various audiences.
Desirable
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).
