Job summary
- Main area
- Family Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 16.5 hours per week (Must cover Monday - Wednesday)
- Job ref
- 264-6152599-FAM
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
Medical Workforce Service Manager
Band 7
Job overview
The post holder will be part of the Family Health Division Senior Management team, (Chief of Family Health, Clinical Directors, Divisional Director and Deputy Divisional Director, Head of Nursing, Service Managers) overseeing Consultants leave (annual, study etc) and ensuring the effective utilisation and deployment of medical staff junior doctors across Division on a day to day basis.
This includes confirming gaps are effectively covered/mitigated and that doctors training requirements are taken into account balancing the needs of the individual(s) with those of the service(s) and patient safety; acting as single point of contact for Consultants regarding temporary staffing requirements and single point of contact for Junior Doctors to escalation rota issues/gaps and annual leave approvals.
The post is part-time covering 16.5 hours per week. This must include Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. You will work closely with a second part time post holder and full 5 days coverage between the two posts is required.
Main duties of the job
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Ensuring the effective utilisation and deployment of medical staff junior doctors across Division on a day to day basis. This includes confirming gaps are effectively covered/mitigated and that doctors training requirements are taken into account balancing the needs of the individual(s) with those of the service(s) and patient safety; acting as single point of contact for Consultants regarding temporary staffing requirements and single point of contact for Junior Doctors to escalation rota issues/gaps and annual leave approvals. |
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Management Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in Management/Business/leadership or equivalent experience level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working at a similar management level within the NHS ideally within a service management/support position
- Knowledge and understanding of the duties imposed on the trust by legislation, NHS policy and priorities and the requirement of corporate governance
- Experience of people management including management of absence, performance and annual leave
- Experience of managing health care resources to meet service requirements
- Experience of working with Junior Doctors and/or Consultants within complex multi discipline teams.
- Knowledge of the European Working Time Directive and Junior Doctor Rota Rules.
- Knowledge of the terms and conditions of service for medical staff and an understanding of the different grades of medical staff including the 2016 Junior Doctor Contract (New Deal) and , ideally, Consultant Job Planning.
- Experience of effective utilisation and deployment of medical staff across on a day to day basis
- Experience of reviewing and reengineering processes, recommending changes to working practices or procedures, leading and implementing agreed changes.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective problem solving skills demonstrating the ability to quickly understand information reports, identifying trends and patterns and formulate options to enable effective operational management decision making
- Excellent IT literacy – able to use a range of Microsoft Packages and Patient/Staff systems
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written) demonstrating the ability to communicate with a wide range of staff at differing levels of responsibility and with different professional backgrounds, explaining complex or technical issues
Desirable criteria
- Analytical and reporting skills demonstrating the ability to gather, analyse and triangulate data from a range of sources to identify issues/root causes, writing reports which present options/solutions using a range of mediums (i.e. graphs)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucie O'Boyle
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Director
- Email address
- lucie.o'[email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855 113930
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