Strategic Workforce Optimisation Lead

Exemplar Health Care; Cubley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Lifestyle and retail discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting a Workforce Planning and Optimisation Manager to shape staffing across more than 60 care homes. You’ll lead deployment, use data to drive plans and partner with Operations, Finance and HR to deliver safe, high-quality care.

Hybrid role with travel to care homes and Central Support Services; permanent, full-time, 40 hours per week. You’ll influence budgeting, forecast demand and create sustainable workforce solutions that improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• a strong analytical thinker, able to turn complex data into meaningful insights and practical recommendations
• a confident and influential communicator, comfortable challenging existing approaches and driving positive change through collaboration
• commercially aware, balancing financial performance with the need to deliver safe, high-quality care and support
• resilient, organised and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities, navigate changing operational demands and maintain momentum when implementing improvements
• a relationship-builder who thrives on continuous improvement, working effectively across teams to develop innovative, sustainable ways of working and deliver better outcomes

Responsibilities

• lead workforce optimisation across our homes, working with operational leaders to ensure colleagues are deployed effectively, safely and sustainably
• use data to identify trends, risks and opportunities, turning insight into practical recommendations and action plan
• develop and improve workforce planning strategies, ensuring staffing models align with the needs of the people we support, regulatory requirements and operational priorities
• drive performance and efficiency improvements, challenging unsustainable practices, reducing reliance on temporary staffing and supporting better workforce forecasting and budget management
• build strong partnerships across Operations, Finance, HR and Recruitment, leading a joined-up approach to workforce planning and contributing to wider operational improvement projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Commercial awareness

Resilience

Organised

Relationship building

Job description

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting a Workforce Planning and Optimisation Manager to shape staffing across more than 60 care homes. You’ll lead deployment, use data to drive plans and partner with Operations, Finance and HR to deliver safe, high-quality care.

Hybrid role with travel to care homes and Central Support Services; permanent, full-time, 40 hours per week. You’ll influence budgeting, forecast demand and create sustainable workforce solutions that improve patient outcomes.