Head of Workforce Investigations Unit

This is an exciting and challenging post that plays a critical role in delivering our ambition to make OUH one of the best Trusts to work for in the country.

We are committed to continuing our transformation of our workforce investigations service and this role leads our dedicated Workforce Investigations Unit within our Employee Relations team.

As our Head of Workforce Investigations Unit, you will report to the Assistant Director of Workforce (Employee Relations) and lead a small team of investigators overseeing complex and sensitive workforce investigations, in addition to your own caseload.

You will need experience of undertaking workforce investigations within an NHS or other healthcare setting. You may be an HR professional with extensive employee relations and investigations experience, or an experienced investigator with formal training and experience of working with NHS/healthcare organisations. You will champion an employee-centred approach by ensuring confidential, impartial and thorough investigations are completed into employee concerns, bringing a swift and professional conclusion to investigations.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading healthcare provider and manage a high-quality professional team. There is significant scope for impact in this role, both in terms of the continuing development of the Unit and more widely on improving the experience of our patients and employees.

Main duties of the job

Your key responsibilities will include:

Providing a high quality, proactive and timely investigations service for employee relations cases.

Managing, developing, and supporting the Investigations team with a particular emphasis on case allocation, quality assurance and professional development.

Maintaining an excellent working knowledge of employment legislation, case law and best practice in the field of investigations and ensuring that this knowledge is shared to support best practice across the Trust.

Developing and implementing the Workforce Investigations Standard Operating Procedure and producing a portfolio of tools and guidance documents for use within the team and wider organisation

Acting as the Trust in-house investigations expert for Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) cases.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.