Medical Workforce Lead (Medicine)
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcester, WR5 1DDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
5 days leftJob description
An opportunity has arisen for a Medical Workforce Lead within the Medicine and Emergency Care Group at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. We are looking f...
with the Care Group Management Team and Directorate Managers to support
effective medical workforce management; identify resourcing risks and develop
project plans and strategies to improve efficiency and mitigate risk
Lead
effective roster management, including oversight of temporary medical staffing,
to ensure value for money and delivery of the Cost Productivity Improvement
Programme (CIP) through reduced agency usage
and implement processes that improve efficiency and compliance, and reduce
expenditure. Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver
an excellent service to internal customers, providing support to other teams
during periods of peak demand as required.
the management of sickness absence for the medical workforce, ensuring
return-to-work discussions are completed and, where trigger points are met,
formal action is initiated in a timely manner. This requires close working with
Clinical Leads, Educational Supervisors, Directorate Managers and HR advisers
Work
with colleagues to develop preventative and targeted support to address areas
of high sickness absence, linking with workplace wellbeing initiatives to
promote attendance
Manage
the Rota Co-ordinators
Provide
advice and guidance to the Care Group on resident doctor management, including
induction.
Support
the Care Group Medical Leadership with job planning.
Work
with the e-rostering team to support delivery of medical rostering across the
Care Group.
with the Care Group Management Team and Directorate Managers to support
effective medical workforce management; identify resourcing risks and develop
project plans and strategies to improve efficiency and mitigate risk.
Lead
effective roster management, including oversight of temporary medical staffing,
to ensure value for money and delivery of the Cost Productivity Improvement
Programme (CIP) through reduced agency usage.
and implement processes that improve efficiency and compliance, and reduce
expenditure. Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver
an excellent service to internal customers, providing support to other teams
during periods of peak demand as required.
the management of sickness absence for the medical workforce, ensuring
return-to-work discussions are completed and, where trigger points are met,
formal action is initiated in a timely manner. This requires close working with
Clinical Leads, Educational Supervisors, Directorate Managers and HR advisers.
with colleagues to develop preventative and targeted support to address areas
of high sickness absence, linking with workplace wellbeing initiatives to
promote attendance (e.g., the Trusts Psychological Wellbeing Service).
Manage
the rota co-ordinators.
Provide
advice and guidance to the Care Group on resident doctor management, including
induction.
Support
the Associate Chief Medical Officer with job planning.
Work
with the e-rostering team to support delivery of medical rostering across the Care
Group.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Supporting Statement
Essential
- Please provide a covering statement here, setting out how you meet the requirements of the role and the drivers for your application. The Person Specification for this role can be found attached to this advert in the "Supporting Documents" section.
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First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
13 October 2026
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