Job summary
- Main area
- Digital and Information
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-CEN-6167380-A
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of People EPR Programme
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals are at the beginning of our EPR journey, and are currently developing our Full Business Case (FBC) and will be selecting suppliers during Q3 2024/25, we want a Head of People for EPR to join us and support our EPR journey. This is an exciting role and the successful candidate will be able to shape and support our journey.
The success candidate will be responsible for the provision of high quality strategic and operational workforce support to the EPR programme. - Ensuring best practice people management within the EPR Programme Team and providing HR expertise to decision making to enable the development of innovative people solutions that support both the Trust and the EPR programme’s plans and strategic objectives.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated Kings Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of a range of highly complex HR topics including Learning & OD, Resourcing, Workforce Information, EDI, Metric analysis and use, development of workforce strategy and Employment Relations and policy development
- Knowledge of local policies and procedures.
- Up to date knowledge of employment law
- Awareness of NHS specific HR initiatives
- Advanced knowledge of HR systems and procedures
- Expert level of knowledge in strategic workforce issues, including legislation, NHS policy and best practice
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level qualification (or equivalent), plus highly specialist knowledge obtained through significant post qualification experience
- Active Chartered Membership of the CIPD (or equivalent).
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of complex workforce analysis and benchmarking
- Application form/interview/assessments experience
- Significant and varied experience in People and OD activity, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services with proven successful outputs
- Extensive experience of business planning and developing workforce strategy
- Extensive experienced in leading the workforce aspects of major change programmes and the associated employee relations requirements
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to analyse and interpret highly complex information in a variety of formats
- Ability to collate, interpret and present data to inform decision making
- Able to analyse situations and facilitate workable solutions
- Assess the strategic impact of the implementation of different options on the effectiveness of the organisation as a whole
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of developing long term strategic workforce pans
- Be well organised and able to use or develop appropriate administrative systems
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work the hours required, to ensure satisfactory performance of duties
If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.
Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £40 plus VAT for an enhanced and £23 plus VAT for a standard check. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Proposed for us: Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. Whilst Covid-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this present time unless you work in a Care Home facility, we continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. There is helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access it at: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Moore
- Job title
- Acting Chief Digital Information Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07429683272
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