Medical Workforce Manager

§ To provide specialist employment advice and support to Care Group Directors, Managers, Resident Doctors and other stakeholders across the Trust. § To provide leadership and management of the Medical Workforce team for day to day and operational duties including providing specialist, efficient and professional Medical HR advice. To be agreed and overseen by the Head of Medical Workforce. § Ensure robust relationships are developed within the Trust to influence, challenge and support managers and to monitor the success of the key performance indicators relating to Employee Relations for Medical Staff. § To contribute to the development and delivery of a comprehensive Medical Workforce service to the Trust in order to support operational effectiveness and the achievement of the Trust's strategic plan. § Provide professional advice and expertise on a range of workforce issues, identifying interventions and initiatives as appropriate. Supporting services in achieving fair and effective management of their employees, reducing corporate liabilities through effective risk management and workforce activity. § To contribute to the implementation of the Trust's Medical Workforce framework of policies and procedures. To line manage, support and coach the Medical Workforce Advisors as appropriate., To deliver a high quality Medical Workforce service to the Trust to enable the clinical departments to meet their overall objectives. To act as senior point of contact on all medical staffing issues, including employee relation management and other procedural matters, ensuring adherence to trust policies, employment legislation, terms and conditions of service and best practice. To oversee all the medical recruitment and selection processes for consultant appointments and other designated grades of medical staff in accordance with legal requirements, good employment practice and Trust policy. To ensure all pre-employment checks are carried out on all incoming medical staff to the trust either employed or in-directly employed by the Trust. To regularly review recruitment and selection practices and processes to ensure the continuing provision of a quality, cost-effective service which supports the employment and retention of medical staff. To support any specific recruitment campaigns for medical staff. To regularly review all procedures relating to medical staff within the Trust and align them to HR best practice. To deputise for the Head of Medical Workforce when required at the Joint Local Negotiating Committee (JLNC) and support the Head of Medical Workforce with matters arising and as delegated., To undertake the role of support to the case investigator, as appropriate, in relation to the Trust's Maintaining High Professional Standards policy and disciplinary and grievance cases in conjunction with guidance from the Head of Medical Workforce To support the Chief Medical Officer and the Head of Medical Workforce in the annual review of consultant job plans. Ensure that pay changes are signed off as per process. To attend the resident doctor, LED, Consultants and SAS groups providing support and advice. The ability to advise and support with sponsorship requirements of migrant workers, ensuring the Trust maintains its licence for use of the Home Office UKBA's sponsorship management system. To attend regional NHS England and other external meetings as required and advised by the Head of Medical Workforce. To review relevant employment policies in line with service developments and changes in employment law, in conjunction with the Head of Medical Workforce.

• Educated to postgraduate / CIPD level (or equivalent).
• Good Knowledge of current Medical Staffing issues.
Desirable criteria
• Familiarity with ESR or other HR systems and applications., Substantial experience in a Medical Workforce, of advising managers in complex employee relations cases e.g. sickness absence, disciplinary matters, grievance and performance management.
• Previous experience of managing a team.
• Expertise of working within a healthcare environment in terms of application on M&D NHS policy and process.
  
  Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community." We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical. Diversity is what makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding. Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community., By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period. The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.

Staff Benefits
• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• NHS pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• On-site nursery (based at RBH)
• Full educational library services
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
• Bus to work scheme
• Excellent rail and bus links
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.