Job summary
- Main area
- Workforce and Education
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-COR-R12596
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- Gloucester, Cheltenham
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Nurse - Workforce Band 7
Band 7
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and innovative individual to join our Workforce and Education team in an 18month fixed term or secondment position for Senior Nurse- Workforce. You will work together with the Associate Chief Nurse and Lead Nurse towards shared goals for workforce planning and development. You will support the development and delivery of nursing recruitment and retention programmes demonstrating proactive and flexible approaches to the recruitment and retention of the nursing workforce. Acting as a professional resource for Nursing recruitment, you will be highly motivated, creative, committed to striving for excellence and passionate about best nursing recruitment practices. You will have strong communication and organisational skills and recognise the value of working collaboratively with our Divisions, Education, and recruitment teams.
Expected Interview Date: either 3rd or 4th of June.
Main duties of the job
You will work with key stakeholders to deliver a high quality, responsive, recruitment and retention service and evaluate the Nursing and HCSW recruitment and retention activity. The role should demonstrate continued reduced vacancy and turnover rates within nursing and HCSWs, with increased satisfaction of the on-boarding experience. Acting as a professional resource, the post holder will targeting areas with high vacancy rates to support innovative recruitment practices and provide a yearly programme of recruitment activity
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Dimensions
· To manage projects supporting a variety of recruitment and retention initiatives
· To lead Nursing and HCSW recruitment and retention across the Trust aligning to the national evidence and best practice and providing expert advice and guidance to line managers.
· Demonstrate reduced vacancy rate within nursing and HCSWs.
· Demonstrate reduced turnover rate within nursing and HCSWs, with increased satisfaction with the onboarding experience.
· To lead on partnership working for Nursing and Healthcare Support Workers recruitment and retention; working collaboratively with the Associate Chief Nurse- Workforce and Education, Divisional Directors of Nursing, Temporary Staffing Human Resources Business Partners and other colleagues
· To work closely with the education team and external stakeholders to seek, identify and implement new initiatives for nursing recruitment and retention actions.
· To engage with the Divisional Directors of Nursing and leadership teams; championing involvement, integration and support for the recruitment and retention processes, targeting areas with high vacancy rates and providing a yearly programme of recruitment.
· To lead on retention actions that align with the People Promise, keeping abreast of shared practice, national and regional innovations and regular self-assessment.
See Attached Job Description for full information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse
- Master’s Degree level education or equivalent level of experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Current knowledge of recruitment related legislation and best practice
- Demonstrable Nursing and HCSW recruitment experience, including the co-ordination of campaigns for hard to fill posts
- Demonstrable track record of providing recruitment and retention support to managers in a multi-disciplinary team environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with business performance metrics/data to understand key issues to guide and direct strategy
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of key current workforce issues in the NHS impacting on Nursing and HCSW recruitment and retention and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to the Trust
- Good working knowledge of Recruitment systems and processes.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist professional knowledge of designing and managing recruitment and retention activity, Project management, international recruitment, Recruitment System
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ana Gleghorn
- Job title
- Associate Chief Nurse- Workforce and Education
- Email address
- [email protected]
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