Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Recruitment & Retention Project Manager

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Job summary

This is a great opportunity to have a big impact in the Care Group, working in partnership with service and corporate colleagues to help improve recruitment and retention in some key service areas.

You will work alongside service leads and hiring managers, designing and supporting effective and innovative recruitment programmes and retention strategies.

The role is for 12-month secondment or fixed term.Hours are flexible up to 37.5 hours a week

Location hybrid, with time in the UTC at the Royal London and in Waltham Forest

More details are set out in the role description below.

Main duties of the job

To apply please send a CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages setting out why you are interested in the role to nicholaspercival@nhs.net.

Closing date is Monday 8th July at 4pm.

Please contact Nic from Monday 1st July if you want to discuss the role.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

  • Innovation and support for primary care
  • Being a great place to work
  • Integrating primary and community care
  • Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
  • Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Details

Date posted

25 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,000 a year Inclusive

Contract

Secondment

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-24-0061

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE BRIEF

Workforce Plans

Work in partnership with operational and corporate services to develop workforce plans for Urgent Treatment Centre and Waltham Forest 0-19, designed to deliver over the next 12/18 months:

  • Increased supply of appointable candidates and reduction in vacancy levels
  • Reduction in agency spend

Recruitment

To lead and manage project delivery of the workforce plans and associated activities.

To work in partnership with HR colleagues to develop and deliver effective recruitment programmes over the next 12/18 months.

To work with the Comms Team to further develop Care Group employer brand to support effective recruitment activity.

To actively support UTC and Waltham Forest 0-19 with delivering effective recruitment campaigns, providing operational support and advice as appropriate.

To work with colleagues to develop recruitment content that supports the recruitment & retention programme, including drafting engaging job adverts and publicity materials.

To manage key performance indicators for the project, taking corrective action where targets are not being achieved.

To provide monthly update reports for presentation at People Committee.

Retention

To design and conduct an audit of our current position:

  • Staff retention survey
  • Leavers survey
  • Review turnover data
  • Engagement with leads and managers

Report audit findings and develop strategies and plans to address turnover challenges, in partnership with HR colleagues and service leads and managers.

Project manage retention programme activities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE BRIEF

Workforce Plans

Work in partnership with operational and corporate services to develop workforce plans for Urgent Treatment Centre and Waltham Forest 0-19, designed to deliver over the next 12/18 months:

  • Increased supply of appointable candidates and reduction in vacancy levels
  • Reduction in agency spend

Recruitment

To lead and manage project delivery of the workforce plans and associated activities.

To work in partnership with HR colleagues to develop and deliver effective recruitment programmes over the next 12/18 months.

To work with the Comms Team to further develop Care Group employer brand to support effective recruitment activity.

To actively support UTC and Waltham Forest 0-19 with delivering effective recruitment campaigns, providing operational support and advice as appropriate.

To work with colleagues to develop recruitment content that supports the recruitment & retention programme, including drafting engaging job adverts and publicity materials.

To manage key performance indicators for the project, taking corrective action where targets are not being achieved.

To provide monthly update reports for presentation at People Committee.

Retention

To design and conduct an audit of our current position:

  • Staff retention survey
  • Leavers survey
  • Review turnover data
  • Engagement with leads and managers

Report audit findings and develop strategies and plans to address turnover challenges, in partnership with HR colleagues and service leads and managers.

Project manage retention programme activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Please submit CV.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Please submit CV.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Nicholas Percival

nicholaspercival@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

25 June 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,000 a year Inclusive

Contract

Secondment

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0136-24-0061

Job locations

Island Health

145 East Ferry Road

London

E14 3BQ


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