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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of Strategic Medical Workforce

The closing date is 10 September 2025

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Job summary

Tenacity, creativity, and resilience are things we value here. We are looking for our new Head of Strategic Medical Workforce to take up this newly re-focused role with an increased emphasis on strategic medical staffing. This role will make a real difference, focusing on areas such as improvements in job planning, medical productivity and resident doctor engagement/experience.

Bringing imaginative thinking and innovative ideas, you'll work collaboratively and autonomously, leading the way and supporting the development and evolution of our Medical Workforce Service. Supported by a Deputy Head of Medical Workforce and reporting into our Associate Director of Workforce, you'll have project management and process improvement experience you will shape and develop the service for the better, championing change and continuous improvement.

It's likely you'll be in a medical workforce management role already, an experienced senior medical team leader looking for your next career move or even a senior business partner with extensive experience or specialist interest and knowledge in medical staffing contracts and terms, conditions and pay. Your experience will strongly support your fit for the role.

You'll need to be flexible and used to working in and leading teams in a busy operational environment, with no two days the same. Agile and flexible working is supported but at least 3 days a week onsite in Preston is essential.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 18th September 2025

Main duties of the job

You will work strategically and operationally at a senior level within our Trust, truly partnering with our senior clinical leaders, building relationships and driving change for the advancement of the service. You will also collaborate with peers at other Trusts across our region to improve medical staffing policies, procedures and practices for the better.

Your portfolio will include high-quality and specialist medical and dental advice on terms, strategic resourcing, recruitment, planning, revalidation and appraisal, medical workforce planning and temporary staffing.

Supported by your team leaders and working collaboratively with our Head of Workforce Advice and business partners you will lead and manage the medical workforce and medical bank portfolio and teams. You will ensure systems, policies and processes and commercial contracts are robust in place to comply with all medical and dental terms and conditions of service and employment legislation.

Providing expert advice and guidance on all medical contractual arrangements, effective resourcing and deployment, our inhouse medical bank and strategies to reduce agency use. You will also lead wider medical workforce related programmes associated with financial and performance sustainability. Working closely with our Medical Director you will develop effective working relationships with recognised trade unions (BMA & HCSA) and implement partnership working arrangements through our LNC.

About us

Bringing significant expertise & experience, you'll help shape our service. We want to be challenged, to look at new delivery models & to continually strive to be the best service possible. Contributing to patient safety & providing a high-quality service is at the heart of everything we do.

We know this is a big role, but we have big ambitions and plans so need someone who can help us achieve and surpass them. What can we offer you in return? You will have the freedom to innovate and be creative,strengthening your skills and enhancing your experience across a broad portfolio. We will also encourage and support you with any development you need to grow.

We really value our people and have 10,000 fantastic colleagues working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.Why not take a look at our website: https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/join-our-workforce and our social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram: @LancsHospitals) to find out much more about us and see so much more about our world:

our simply amazing teams

our award-winning technology

our world class stories

It's hard to cram everything into one advert, so we welcome you to get in touch to chat informally about the role. For further information please contact our existing Head of Medical Staffing- Lisa Eccles atlisa.eccles@lthtr.nhs.uk, or Kathryn Downey, Associate Director of Workforce at kathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk.

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

438-PB3416

Job locations

Preston Business Centre

Preston

PR2 8DY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification or for further details please contact Head of Medical Staffing- Lisa Eccles atlisa.eccles@lthtr.nhs.uk, or Kathryn Downey, Associate Director of Workforce at kathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification or for further details please contact Head of Medical Staffing- Lisa Eccles atlisa.eccles@lthtr.nhs.uk, or Kathryn Downey, Associate Director of Workforce at kathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent
  • CIPD qualified or equivalent management qualification.

Desirable

  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

Knowlegde & Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and experience in medical & dental terms and conditions
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Medical education
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Medical rota design and roster implementation
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Employment policies (including MHPS)
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Recruitment
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in oEmployment law
  • Experience of managing and leading a team, ideally a recruitment, medical staffing or HR operational team
  • Experience of continuous improvement of processes.
  • Experience of delivering coaching / training to senior managers
  • Experience of leading organisation wide projects and management of change
  • Experience of negotiating policy development / TCS with trade union representatives, full time officers etc.

Desirable

  • Considerable experience in a senior Medical Workforce role
  • Experience of managing a Medical Workforce function
Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent
  • CIPD qualified or equivalent management qualification.

Desirable

  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

Knowlegde & Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and experience in medical & dental terms and conditions
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Medical education
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Medical rota design and roster implementation
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Employment policies (including MHPS)
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in Recruitment
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in oEmployment law
  • Experience of managing and leading a team, ideally a recruitment, medical staffing or HR operational team
  • Experience of continuous improvement of processes.
  • Experience of delivering coaching / training to senior managers
  • Experience of leading organisation wide projects and management of change
  • Experience of negotiating policy development / TCS with trade union representatives, full time officers etc.

Desirable

  • Considerable experience in a senior Medical Workforce role
  • Experience of managing a Medical Workforce function

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Preston Business Centre

Preston

PR2 8DY


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Preston Business Centre

Preston

PR2 8DY


Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Director of Workforce

Kathryn Downey

kathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

438-PB3416

Job locations

Preston Business Centre

Preston

PR2 8DY


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