HR Manager - Medical Workforce

NHS Scotland; Kilmarnock; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Kilmarnock is seeking an experienced HR Manager to lead the Medical Staffing Team. The role involves providing expert HR advice and developing strategies to ensure the sustainability of the medical and dental workforce. Ideal candidates should have a Masters level education or equivalent experience along with strong interpersonal and communication skills. This permanent position offers a salary range of £50,861 to £59,159.

Qualifications

• Autonomous HR practitioner, ideally with previous NHS experience.
• Demonstrate advanced interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong negotiation abilities to reach compromise solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the small Medical Staffing Team.
• Support the sustainability of the medical and dental workforce.
• Provide expert HR advice across local, regional, and national programmes.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Masters level education or equivalent experience

CIPD membership

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Who we are

NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of 14 territorial NHS Boards within NHS Scotland.

Position

HR Manager – Medical Workforce

Band 7 (£50,861 to £59,159 per annum)

Location People Safety & Culture Directorate, Lister Street, University Hospital Crosshouse (office based)

Hours 37 per week

Contract type Permanent

What you will do

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced HR Manager to lead and develop our small Medical Staffing Team. This pivotal role plays a key part in supporting the sustainability of our medical and dental workforce, while ensuring robust governance and compliance with national policy and direction.

Reporting to the Deputy HR Director, you will provide expert HR advice and leadership across a range of local, regional, and national programmes specific to the medical and dental workforce—spanning doctors and dentists in training through to career grade medical staff.

You will work closely with the Medical Director and wider medical management teams across the organisation, offering professional expertise in areas such as:

• Terms and conditions
• Rota monitoring
• Appraisal and revalidation
• Job planning

Knowledge, training and/or experience required

We are looking for a confident and autonomous HR practitioner, ideally with previous NHS experience. You should be educated to Masters level, or possess equivalent experience, and hold CIPD membership.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate advanced interpersonal and communication skills, strong negotiation abilities to reach compromise solutions and the ability to reason and interpret information from a variety of sources.

Contact

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Kirsty Symington, Executive Assistant, via email at [e-mail] in the first instance to arrange a conversation with Sarah Leslie, Director of People, Safety & Culture.

Please note interviews for this post will be held early/mid January.

Additional information for candidates

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Eligibility to work in the UK

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found within the attached Candidate Information Pack.

It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored before submitting your application form if this would be required. The Recruitment Team are unable to answer individual queries at application stage about this, please visit here for further information.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is, without exception, granted by UK Visas and Immigration. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.