Head of HR & Medical Staffing | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Fulbourn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare foundation trust in Fulbourn is seeking a Head of HR and Medical Staffing to lead HR and medical staffing functions ensuring effective practices and compliance with legal standards. Responsibilities include oversight of HR services, strategic direction on workforce issues, and managing employee relations. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to develop HR policies that support the Trust's objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in HR and Medical Staffing.
• Strong understanding of legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to manage complex employee relations and promote a positive culture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee HR Operational Services and Medical Staffing.
• Provide strategic direction on workforce management and compliance.
• Lead initiatives on HR policies ensuring alignment with legislation.

Job description

Head of HR and Medical Staffing

The Head of HR and Medical Staffing leads the Operational HR and Medical Staffing teams, ensuring effective workforce and HR practices to support high-quality patient care within the Trust. This senior role involves strategic direction, operational management, and partnership working across multiple HR and medical staffing functions. The role will lead the teams to ensure that modern, up-to-date, and focused workforce and HR practices are in place to provide the best support to management and clinical leads, while ensuring legal and statutory requirements are met and resources are used effectively. The post holder will build strong, effective relationships with all stakeholders in developing and delivering the HR agenda, including positive partnership working with Trade Union representatives. They will work closely with Directors, clinicians, managers, and staff across the organization to shape future employment practices.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and Accountability: Oversee HR Operational Services, Medical Staffing, Employee Relations, and Occupational Health.
2. Strategic Workforce Management: Provide strategic direction on workforce issues, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and effective resource use to support clinical and management teams.
3. Policy Development and Implementation: Lead initiatives on HR policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with legislation, Department of Health requirements, and Trust priorities.
4. Employee Relations Leadership: Manage complex employee relations cases, promote a restorative and just culture, and advise on disciplinary and grievance matters.
5. Medical Workforce Oversight: Lead medical staffing, including recruitment, retention, workforce planning, appraisal, revalidation, job planning, and rota management, collaborating with clinical leaders and education teams.
6. Operational Excellence: Ensure HR services are prompt, efficient, and responsive, adapting processes to meet organizational needs and evaluating service impact.
7. Commitment to Values and Equality: Champion the Trust's values, equality and diversity policies, safeguarding responsibilities, and a safe, discrimination-free working environment.

The Trust is dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to improve health and wellbeing. Our services span inpatient, primary care, community settings, and include mental health, forensic, learning disabilities, primary care, substance misuse, social care, and research.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Managerial responsibility for HR Operations, Employee Relations, Medical Staffing, and Occupational Health.
2. Support development and implementation of the People Strategy aligned with Trust and national priorities.
3. Lead on policy development, negotiation, consultation, and monitoring across the Trust.
4. Provide professional advice on organizational issues, including change processes and service redesign.
5. Produce reports for Trust committees, including the Board and staff forums.
6. Implement new policies and practices responding to legislation and organizational needs.
7. Support a just and learning culture, ensuring team impact is positive and enabling managers to excel.
8. Advise on organizational change, service delivery, and complex employee relations, managing workforce impact sensitively and efficiently.
9. Ensure HR operational services are high quality, prompt, and aligned with organizational evaluation.
10. Identify and implement changes within HR and Medical Staffing teams to maintain relevance and responsiveness.
11. Coordinate with Medical Directors and staffing leads to ensure consistency in medical staffing processes.
12. Maintain effective Workforce Information processes for performance monitoring and action.
13. Lead strategic change projects across the Trust.
14. Report to the Associate Director of People Services on systems, policies, and performance metrics.
15. Support the delivery of the Trust's People Strategy, including culture, engagement, EDI, and wellbeing initiatives.
16. Champion best HR practices, influence decision-making, and develop workforce management skills among managers.