Overview
This role is an essential part of the senior nursing leadership team focusing on meeting our current and future workforce plans. Engaging clinical teams to review their establishments, you will enable, enact and support the required changes to the workforce. The post holder will play a crucial role in supporting consistency across the care groups, creating strategic insights to shape safe and sustainable staffing across the Trust whilst generating innovative solutions to increase roster efficiency and improve recruitment and retention. The post holder will support the Deputy Chief Nurse and Care Groups with the overview and coordinating functions for leading and developing the Trust approach to Nursing workforce/safer staffing in line with national and regulatory requirements. The post holder will build upon their specialist knowledge and function as an expert within workforce development, effectively contributing to the Trust agenda.
Responsibilities
* Engage clinical teams to review establishments and enable, enact and support the required changes to the workforce.
* Support consistency across care groups and create strategic insights to shape safe and sustainable staffing across the Trust, while generating innovative solutions to increase roster efficiency and improve recruitment and retention.
* Support the Deputy Chief Nurse and Care Groups with the overview and coordinating functions for leading and developing the Trust approach to Nursing workforce/safer staffing in line with national and regulatory requirements.
* Build upon specialist knowledge and function as an expert within workforce development, effectively contributing to the Trust agenda.
Qualifications / Experience
* Experience in senior nursing leadership and workforce development; capable of contributing to staffing strategy and workforce planning.
Additional information
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.
Please note if a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under relevant Trust or national terms and conditions.
For a detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification see the attached documents.
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