Main area: Human Resources
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working)
Job ref: 267-CS7082024
Site: White Building, Town: Oxford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum | pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/04/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Oxford Health is seeking an experienced Medical Workforce Manager to join our team. Working closely with the Head of Medical Workforce and Education and the Medical Education Lead, you'll support the delivery of a comprehensive service to doctors and dentists across the organisation.
You'll provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring a high-quality and responsive service across all medical workforce matters, including resident doctor and consultant contracts, contract reform, medical recruitment, and appraisal and revalidation. You'll lead the Medical Workforce team (up to 7 direct reports) using your expertise to navigate complex terms and conditions while supporting the recruitment and retention of top medical talent.
We're looking for candidates with experience in medical workforce or HR management, a strong understanding of recruitment processes, and the ability to interpret and implement complex contractual terms. Excellent working knowledge of HR systems and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision are essential.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting the Trust’s strategic goal of achieving an “outstanding” CQC rating. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and drive excellence in medical workforce management, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Responsibility for the medical workforce; new and existing medical staff, ensuring that their period of employment runs smoothly.
* To provide advice to medical managers on all medical workforce issues, procedural matters, ensuring adherence to national terms and conditions of service (T&C’s), including pay, local Trust policies, referring issues to the Senior HR Business Partners where appropriate.
* Work on projects across key areas of the medical workforce transformation plan, supporting the team with rota design, analysis and ensuring adequate cover is in place at all times.
* Lead on the management and resolution of complex payroll queries for medical staff.
* Responsibility for ensuring that all medical staff maintain their registration with the General Medical Council and that the Trust is aware of any investigations, warnings, conditions or restrictions to practice.
* To provide expert advice as necessary regarding contractual terms of service on medical contracts to include resident doctors, career grade doctors, GP’s, consultants and dentists.
* Working in partnership with the BMA where appropriate. Supporting collective bargaining processes to drive change and the improvement of working conditions for doctors and dentists.
* Responsible for issuing of medical staff contracts of employment and maintaining up to date versions made available by NHS Employers.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* CIPD associate membership
Experience
* Experience of working in a medical workforce or HR senior role
* Demonstrable knowledge of medical and dental terms and conditions
Other requirements
* Ability to travel between sites and to attend regional meetings, working from other trust sites where required.
* Driving licence and access to a car
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.
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Name: Heather Daw
Job title: Head of Medical Workforce and Education
Email address: heather.daw@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07796 487389
Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
If you are considering a career change and don’t know which role would be suitable for you, please visit the NHS careers website to discover which of our 350 roles might be right for you.
All of our current vacancies can be found on our careers site and if you are interested in a role but unsure if it might be the right move for you, please do get in touch with the named contact listed at the bottom of the vacancy. This will give you the opportunity to have an informal discussion about your suitability prior to making a formal application.
If you have any general queries about applying for roles, need any support completing your application, or an alternative method to apply or have a query regarding an upcoming event then please do contact us at careers@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
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