Site Thames House Town Teddington Salary £105,327 - £120,385 pa pro-rata incl HCAS (outer) Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2024 23:59 Interview date 24/05/2024
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
Are you a visionary leader with a passion for people? We're searching for a Deputy Chief People Officer to join our high-performing, integrated team across Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Trust and provide strategic leadership and operational management to the People function. We're dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care, and putting our people at the heart of everything we do. Working closely with the Chief People Officer, you'll drive our People Strategy forward and be integral to building a strong, inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and be at their best.
Main duties of the job
A strong communicator and influencer, you'll collaborate closely with senior leaders to further develop and implement our People Strategy. You will be prepared to constructively challenge the status quo, understand that our staff really are our greatest asset and actively seek to deliver a proactive, professional and high-quality People service. With a strong focus on equality, diversity and inclusion and on driving continuous improvement and innovation in people practice, you’ll get to influence positive change from all aspects of the employee journey, from recruitment to retention and across the South West London Integrated Care System (ICS).
Highly motivated and organised, you will be an inspirational leader in the people team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. You will also have responsibility for the SWL Recruitment Hub, where you’ll balance the needs of our Trust, with those of our three partner trusts in this innovative APC initiative, aimed at revolutionising recruitment in our region.
Working for our organisation
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated “Outstanding” for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'.
If you're ready to be part of something extraordinary and shape the future of patient care, we want to hear from you! Read the attached job description and person spec for more details and get in contact if you’d like an informal discussion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Requirements:
* Master's degree, MCIPD qualification or equivalent qualification in HR or comparable experience.
* Extensive experience in HR leadership, covering a range of HR functions.
* Proven track record of leading complex organisational change initiatives.
* Commitment to promoting openness, inclusiveness, and professional standards.
* Resilient with the ability to work under pressure and deliver results.
* Aligned with our Trust values and a role model for our culture.
Interviews due to be scheduled on the 24th of May 2024
Person specification
Education
* Educated to a Masters degree or equivalent post-graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience
Experience
* Demonstrable track record of HR leadership and management covering a range of people functions
* Experience of operating at or near Board level, either as a Deputy or Associate/Assistant Director
Skills/Abilities
* Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams
* Able to maintain strong operational delivery and execution focus across competing priorities
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Watch a short video message below from our Chief Executive, Jo Farrar:
About Kingston Hospital
We were the first acute Trust in south west London to gain Foundation Trust status in 2013, and in late 2018 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as “Outstanding” for overall quality and leadership.
Our values guide the way we deliver outstanding care each and every time to our patients.
Kingston Hospital has been ranked in the top ten trusts in the country following the most recent NHS staff survey.
* 75% of staff said that they would recommend Kingston to others as a place to work, putting the hospital significantly above the national average for NHS trusts
* When asked if they would recommend the hospital as a place to receive care, 82% of the hospital’s staff confirmed that they would, putting the Trust in the top performing group of hospitals and the second best score in London
Our People Pledge
Our People Pledge outlines the wide range of support employees can expect at HRCH and Kingston Hospital, from agile and flexible working to training and development. It also outlines our ask of you as a member of our team. It is a simple guide to the wide range of benefits available, all in one place.
We pledge to offer our people holistic support that distinguishes us from other health and care employers. The People Pledge has been developed in collaboration with our staff who shared their views about what matters most to them. From this work seven key themes emerged, which are all covered in the pledge. They are:
* Agile and flexible working
* Diversity and inclusion
* Health and wellbeing
* Induction and orientation
* Pay and conditions
* Training and development
* Communication and engagement
Supporting our staff
Kingston Hospital has an excellent track record of supporting staff development and training. We have an onsite Education Centre and a dedicated Learning and Development Team to support staff in reaching their aspirations.
We know that well supported and happy staff provide the best care for our patients and the wellbeing of our staff is an important priority for the Trust. As a member of staff at Kingston Hospital, you will have access to a wide range of benefits including access to our onsite Day Nursery, season ticket loans, discounts in our onsite Boots pharmacy and hospital restaurant and support from our dedicated in-house Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team.
Our monthly staff excellence award scheme and long service awards ensure that our staff receive the recognition and celebration that they deserve.
Staff benefits and wellbeing
We know that well supported and happy staff provide the best care for our patients and the wellbeing of our staff is an important priority for the Trust. As a member of staff at Kingston Hospital, you will have access to a wide range of benefits.
* New starter support
* Minimum of 27 days paid annual leave per year (for full time staff) which rises after 5 and 10 years’ NHS service) plus bank holidays
* Automatic membership to the NHS Pension Scheme, one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK
* Flexible working options
* Maternity, paternity and sick pay entitlements
* Access to our onsite Day Nursery
* Option to join our Staff Bank where you can work additional hours at competitive rates
* Season ticket loans
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Car Lease Scheme
* 10% discount in our Boots Kingston Hospital Pharmacy
* 20% discount in our hospital restaurant
* Monthly Staff Excellence Award scheme
* Long service awards
Health and wellbeing:
We have a dedicated in-house Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team to support staff with:
* Fast-track physiotherapy referrals
* Stop smoking service
* On-site Yoga, Pilates and exercise classes
* Discounted gym membership
* Reimbursement for eye tests for Visual Display Unit (VDU) users
* Free flu vaccination each year
* Access to counselling and support services
* Reduced rates for massage and other therapies
The Health and Wellbeing Team is committed to providing opportunities to equip and inspire our staff to care for their wellbeing and enhance their quality of life at home and at work. We encourage all our staff to participate in our many wellbeing campaigns and Initiatives throughout the year.
Kingston Hospital has an excellent track record of supporting staff development and training. We have an onsite Education Centre and a dedicated Learning and Development Team to support staff in reaching their aspirations.
Induction
We are committed to supporting all our staff from their very first day at Kingston Hospital. Upon joining the Trust, new starters are invited to a corporate induction session along with other new starters. The session includes a range of engaging activities and learning, including completion of mandatory training.
Leadership Programmes
We offer four free accredited leadership development programmes, suitable for team leavers through to senior managers.
Talent pool
Our Talent Pool aims to facilitate movement of our administrative and clerical staff from one role to another and to support their development and career progression within the hospital.
Training Courses
Staff have access to a comprehensive range of job-specific and general training courses which are delivered face to face, through eLearning, either direct by staff at the Trust or by specialist training providers.
Learning and Resource Centre
The Stenhouse Library is a multi-disciplinary library providing library and information services to all staff and students. The library offers a variety of services including books, journals, e-journals, e-resources and training. PCs are also available for staff to use with printing, photocopying and scanning facilities.
ICARE programme for Healthcare Assistants
Thanks to feedback and insight from staff across the Trust, our ICARE programme has been created to provide development opportunities and support to all our Band 2 Healthcare Assistants here at Kingston Hospital. The programme offers:
* A ‘buddy’ to provide 1:1 support and guidance through the first two weeks in their allocated ward or department
* An 18-month pathway to develop skills and support staff in progressing to Band 3 positions
* Monthly open forums to share ideas, education and training
* Access to a dedicated Wellbeing Chaplain, offering support, a listening ear and providing the opportunity for confidential conversations at any time
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We celebrate the diversity of our staff and strive to be an inclusive organisation. We have a number of staff networks here at Kingston Hospital to support equality, diversity and inclusion, which you can find out more about on our Equality, div e rsity and inclusion page .
All recruitment for the NHS Hospitals in South West London is now carried out by the same team, based at the South West London Recruitment Hub HQ in Epsom.
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