Job summary
The post holder will work with the Directorate Management Teams, in the development of strategic workforce planning within the Trust. Working with colleagues across the organisation to develop workforce profiles and identifying appropriate workforce models. Ensuring that workforce plans align to NHSi and HEE requirements and other reviews and initiatives within the Health Service.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Workforce Planning Manager position available at WUTH.
Main duties of the job
Play a key role in the design and development of workforce solutions to address the workforce challenges in the Organisation, for example new ways of working through different roles and skills.
Ensure that workforce planning monitoring reports are accurate and informative, accompanied by adequate explanation and presented in a manner which is easily understandable for the target audience and related to organisational needs; working with finance colleagues and others corporate and clinical divisions to ensure consistency of data reported.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Workforce Planning Manager position available at WUTH.
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Workforce Planning Manager position available at WUTH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Workforce Planning Manager position available at WUTH.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly proficient keyboard and IT skills, with the ability to use Microsoft Office functionality
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Project management qualification (eg Prince 2) or other project management qualification or extensive experience of successfully managing projects
- Experience of workforce planning
- Evidence of continuous personal professional development
Desirable
- Experience of using the WRaPT Tool
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of managing projects in complex and challenging environments and managing people through change.
- Experience of developing a range of reports displaying analysis and supporting narrative pieces in relation to complex information and writing concise and effective reports.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of undertaking analysis using a range of data including operational performance data to assess improvement opportunities and use appropriately to inform process improvement and redesign service delivery
- Ability to prioritise, organise and plan own work and that of others and respond to pressure in a positive manner.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to liaise and communicate with all levels within the organisation
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working partnerships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies.
- Demonstrable experience of planning over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Knowledge and experience of undertaking process mapping, process improvement and implementing change
- Ability to perform effectively with constant interruptions and distractions
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own work without supervision
- Self-motivated with an ability to deliver work in line with priorities and time-scales
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly proficient keyboard and IT skills, with the ability to use Microsoft Office functionality
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Project management qualification (eg Prince 2) or other project management qualification or extensive experience of successfully managing projects
- Experience of workforce planning
- Evidence of continuous personal professional development
Desirable
- Experience of using the WRaPT Tool
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of managing projects in complex and challenging environments and managing people through change.
- Experience of developing a range of reports displaying analysis and supporting narrative pieces in relation to complex information and writing concise and effective reports.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of undertaking analysis using a range of data including operational performance data to assess improvement opportunities and use appropriately to inform process improvement and redesign service delivery
- Ability to prioritise, organise and plan own work and that of others and respond to pressure in a positive manner.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to liaise and communicate with all levels within the organisation
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working partnerships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies.
- Demonstrable experience of planning over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Knowledge and experience of undertaking process mapping, process improvement and implementing change
- Ability to perform effectively with constant interruptions and distractions
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own work without supervision
- Self-motivated with an ability to deliver work in line with priorities and time-scales
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
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).
