Job summary
- Main area
- People & Workforce
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 106-ICB-6243648
- Employer
- NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kirkham House
- Town
- Worcester
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/06/2024
Employer heading
ICS Workforce Planning Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Within the Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB, we are committed to providing an environment of inclusion and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marital status, religion or belief. Our goal is to be a diverse organisation that is representative, at all levels, of the communities we serve and we are especially keen to receive applications from our BAME communities and our LGBTQ+ communities. Applicants who identify as disabled who meet the minimum criteria for a post will be invited to interview.
The ICB strives to be a supportive, caring employer and expects all colleagues to behave in a professional, inclusive and respectful manner and to demonstrate the values which underpin our vision for the population of Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- People: We are inclusive, compassionate, and caring. We value, respect and appreciate each other
- Trust: We are honest, reliable and act with integrity at all times. We deliver on our promises
- Collaboration: We will work collaboratively are united in our commitment to improving lives in our community.
- Inspire: We are committed to learning and to improved ways of working. We will pursue new ideas and challenge the status quo.
- Excellence: We will deliver our best, strive for quality of care and excellence and celebrate outstanding performance
We believe that our people bring our values to life and therefore prospective employees will be expected to fully demonstrate their alignment with these values throughout the recruitment process.
Job overview
This is a new role within the People and Workforce team in the Integrated Care Board for Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The ICB oversees the Integrated Care System (ICS) which brings together the organisations providing health and social care services to patients and residents within our counties
This is an exciting role which will take the workforce planning across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to the next stage of its evolution. Across Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Social Care, the availability of workforce has been a key risk. Over the past eighteen months, teams have worked together to identify critical areas of workforce shortage and put some plans in place to mitigate these, as well as try to reduce the system’s reliance upon expensive agency staff. With the infrastructure now in place to do this, this role will take that work to the next level, ensuring that services that have workforce issues are supported by HR and operational teams to implement the people and workforce interventions needed to resolve the issues and enable stronger and more resilient services.
Main duties of the job
At the heart of the workforce planning process, the post-holder will be responsible for providing project management expertise to all workforce activity, working closely with service leads, organisations, and professional groups. As operational leads, with the support of workforce planners identify changes that need to be made to enable their service to deliver more effectively and efficiently, this role-holder will turn that into reality through strong project and programme management techniques, stakeholder management skills and thorough reporting.
Working for our organisation
By operating as an ICS we aim to break down siloes between organisations so that people receive care centred around their needs, regardless of the organisation providing it. We also aim to reduce health inequalities across our geography, ensuring that the same quality of care is available to all. The People and Workforce team in the ICB bring together people teams across the system to enable this work, reducing barriers to delivering together and looking for ways to train and develop staff collectively.
What we offer
In return, we provide a supportive and collaborative environment where we work with our staff to provide opportunities for you to reach your full potential and to develop a rewarding career within an exciting and evolving environment. We aim to enable our employees to achieve a positive work-life balance through a blend of collaborative workplace attendance combined with regular home working. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of attractive benefits including:
- Employee Assistance programmes and access to a wealth of on-line health and wellbeing support
- Competitive NHS Pension Scheme
- Comprehensive opportunities to learn new skills and to develop your career within a caring and inclusive environment
- Generous holiday entitlement, which increases in line with service. There is also the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- Flexible working patterns to support individuals work-life balance (Hybrid Working)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Work with service leads and workforce planners to compile the workforce issues that they report. Ensure that there is a plan against each to resolve the issues and oversee the implementation of that plan, working closely with HR, digital, operational and clinical colleagues to achieve this.
- Build key relationships, manage stakeholders and maintain networks internally and externally to ensure the delivery of the projects.
- Communicate complex information and issues to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, persuading them of the need for change and influencing their decision-making when appropriate. Provide summaries of recent publications to share with internal and external colleagues where relevant.
- Support the ICS Workforce Planning Lead in the delivery of programmes of work and agreeing the priority and allocation of projects to members of the team to ensure that project and programme objectives are met.
- Actively monitor how the improvements made contribute to the reduction of use of temporary staff as more substantive staff become available. Be able to track and report upon this.
- Test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment. Regular horizon scanning of best practice and ways of working within the sector.
- Work with members of the People and Workforce team to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters degree level education or equivalent experience
- Project management qualification or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Additional training in project management/change management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS and/or Councils
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of change management processes
Skills, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential criteria
- Competent with databases, Excel spreadsheets, Word and Outlook
- Awareness of roles of key stakeholders including NHSE and commissioning organisations
- Excellent communication skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Professional
- Inclusive
- Respectful
- Reliable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Hartwright
- Job title
- Director of People, Workforce & Digital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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