Job summary
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Wirral Community Trust seek an exceptional Joint Chief People Officer to lead one of the most important transformations in our organisations' history.
Healthcare is changing rapidly, demand is rising, workforce models must evolve & the NHS must adapt to deliver high-quality, compassionate care in new & innovative ways. At Wirral, we are about to embark on a significant integration program & believe that meaningful transformation starts with our people.
This role offers a rare opportunity to reimagine how a major NHS organisation supports, develops & empowers its workforce. As Chief People Officer & a key member of the Trust Board, you will lead a bold & ambitious people agenda that underpins organisational transformation, service redesign & cultural renewal.
You will not simply lead HR. You will shape the future workforce of the Trusts.
This is a pivotal executive role with responsibility for building a modern, agile & inclusive workforce capable of delivering outstanding care for our communities.
Working alongside the Chief Executive & executive colleagues, you will lead a step-change in how we attract, develop & support our people. You will champion a culture where innovation, collaboration & continuous improvement thrive.
You will also play a critical role across the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System, helping to develop system-wide workforce solutions & partnerships that support sustainable healthcare.
Main duties of the job
The Joint Chief People Officer (CPO) is a non-voting member of the Board of Directors in Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) and Wirral Community Health and Care Trust (WCHC), sharing corporate responsibility for the strategic direction of the two Trusts and the delivery of the strategic plans and objectives. The CPO is responsible for developing and delivering the joint People Strategy across the two Trusts and ensuring that it meets the requirements of the NHS People Plan, Long Term Workforce Plan, NHS People Promise and supports objectives of the Boards.
The post holder will provide leadership and direction to the Boards on all People and organisational development matters, playing a vital role in shaping an integrated People Strategy that makes a real difference to staff and patients.
The People Directorate will provide integrated, effective, and efficient People services to support the business of the two Trusts. The CPO is the executive lead for workforce Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
As the most senior lead for the People agenda, the post-holder will role-model the shared values of both Trusts, and drive a culture of compassion, inclusion, and civility through a range of initiatives and in all the practices of the People Directorate.
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
- Provide professional and strategic leadership to the People Directorate functions, aligning, streamlining, and transforming services to ensure delivery of the highest level of professional standards and making a clear and visible difference to staff employed across the two Trusts.
- Working closely with Executive colleagues, the post holder will take adynamic approach to workforce transformation and planning. The post holder will provide innovative and effective solutions to workforce challenges, ensuring a sustainable workforce plan that enables the Trusts to provide the best and safest patient care.
- The CPO will build strong relationships with education and training partners to develop a workforce that can adapt to, and adopt new ways of working, to provide care that is more integrated, data-driven, and digitally optimised - with a focus on the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- The CPO will lead on workforce integration, ensuring that workforce planning, workforce transformation, Organisational Design, and cultural development are a key part of integration delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide professional and strategic leadership to the People Directorate functions, aligning, streamlining, and transforming services to ensure delivery of the highest level of professional standards and making a clear and visible difference to staff employed across the two Trusts.
- Working closely with Executive colleagues, the post holder will take adynamic approach to workforce transformation and planning. The post holder will provide innovative and effective solutions to workforce challenges, ensuring a sustainable workforce plan that enables the Trusts to provide the best and safest patient care.
- The CPO will build strong relationships with education and training partners to develop a workforce that can adapt to, and adopt new ways of working, to provide care that is more integrated, data-driven, and digitally optimised - with a focus on the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- The CPO will lead on workforce integration, ensuring that workforce planning, workforce transformation, Organisational Design, and cultural development are a key part of integration delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent
- Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent
- Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of personnel and development (CIPD)
- Board level experience in NHS healthcare organisations or large, complex organisation
- Experience of developing and delivering high quality and transformative HR and OD strategies
- Substantial experience of successfully leading organisation-wide transformation
- Experience of successfully delivering performance improvement and efficiencies through workforce transformation
- Evidence of motivating, setting direction whilst communicating vision and leading change through others
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Track record in shaping a values-based leadership culture and leading change across a complex organisation
- Highly developed emotional intelligence excellent and versatile communication skills
- Excellent change management skills and professional expertise
- Detailed understanding of employment legislation, best HR practices and workforce planning
- Demonstrable understanding of current and future drivers for people management and people development underpinned by an evidenced based approach
- Strong track record in developing workforce transformation in a large multi-disciplinary organisation to drive organisational effectiveness including workforce efficiency, planning and productivity
- Ability to develop working partnerships and alliances an ability to establish processes that provide assurance to the integrated Board and executive colleagues
- Demonstrable operational, strategic, and business focus
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent
- Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent
- Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of personnel and development (CIPD)
- Board level experience in NHS healthcare organisations or large, complex organisation
- Experience of developing and delivering high quality and transformative HR and OD strategies
- Substantial experience of successfully leading organisation-wide transformation
- Experience of successfully delivering performance improvement and efficiencies through workforce transformation
- Evidence of motivating, setting direction whilst communicating vision and leading change through others
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Track record in shaping a values-based leadership culture and leading change across a complex organisation
- Highly developed emotional intelligence excellent and versatile communication skills
- Excellent change management skills and professional expertise
- Detailed understanding of employment legislation, best HR practices and workforce planning
- Demonstrable understanding of current and future drivers for people management and people development underpinned by an evidenced based approach
- Strong track record in developing workforce transformation in a large multi-disciplinary organisation to drive organisational effectiveness including workforce efficiency, planning and productivity
- Ability to develop working partnerships and alliances an ability to establish processes that provide assurance to the integrated Board and executive colleagues
- Demonstrable operational, strategic, and business focus
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Arrowe Park Hospital
Arrowe Park Road, Upton
CH46 6DJ
Employer's website
https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
