Band 8a Integrated Care System Workforce Planning Lead
Job summary
This is an exciting new post, created to support the development of the future health and care workforce for Our Somerset Integrated Care System.
Somerset has gained regional and national recognition for our innovative and collaborative approaches to attracting and developing our system workforce. Based within the ICS People team at NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board, you will help us drive forward our work programme. You will support our visionary Somerset 2035 approach to long-term workforce planning, development and transformation across all sectors of our health and care system, supporting the delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and the Somerset Health and Care Strategy. You will also support our core NHS operational planning and assurance processes.
This post would be very suitable for someone with interest and experience in workforce development who is looking to progress to a strategic system-level role. You will be highly effective at connecting and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels and supporting delivery of work programmes. You will already have some experience and expertise in workforce transformation, and we will support you to develop further your strategic workforce planning and development skills.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of this post are:
To provide strategic workforce planning leadership and support to all Integrated Care System partner organisations To provide project support and leadership to the implementation of the Somerset Workforce 2035 Scenario Planning programme To support the development of workstreams underpinning the delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan for Somerset, particular in relation to education planning and new ways of working To lead the coordination and development of integrated operational workforce planning requirements for Somerset ICS.To support the development of system workforce integrated performance reporting for Somerset ICB working with local and regional workforce intelligence teams
About us
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB), known as NHS Somerset is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for implementing a health and care strategy developed by the Integrated Care Partnership.
NHS Somerset consists of approx. 300 staff, across 8 directorates, with multiple teams within each directorate.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. When recruiting, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.
We offer flexible working from your first day of employment and we also have an agile approach to home / office-based working. Please note however, that you will be required to work from our HQ, Wynford House in Yeovil for 2/3 days per week and that elements of the role may require you to travel to other locations across Somerset, to attend in-person meetings and meet the needs of the service. Please consider this before applying.
Job Share and Secondment opportunities will be considered. If you are seeking an internal or external secondment, please seek advice from your HR teamandyou must also obtain your current line manager's permission to be released on secondment before applying, to avoid disappointment.
We also offer an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
Please read the attached documents / visit the links listed before applying.
Thank you for your interest.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:This role supports the ICS Workforce team in driving workforce transformation to deliver the aims of the Health and Care strategy through the development and implementation of strategic long term workforce plans, agreed across the Somerset Integrated Care System (ICS). The role will: Provide strategic workforce planning leadership and support to all ICS partner organisations Provide project support and leadership to the implementation of the Somerset Workforce 2035 Scenario Planning programme Support the development of workstreams underpinning the delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan for Somerset, particularly in relation to education planning and new ways of working Lead the coordination and development of integrated operational workforce planning requirements for Somerset ICS. Support the development of system workforce integrated performance reporting for Somerset ICB working with local and regional workforce intelligence teamsThe postholder will be required to operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment. They will need to build and maintain relationships with colleagues at all levels and across all professions including Executive and Clinical Director level, across all sectors of health and care in Somerset, together with a wide range of other organisations within the South West region including education providers, independent contractors and the NHS England regional/national teams.KEY RESPONSIBILTIES OF THE ROLE:
Communication / Relationship Skills
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Analytical / Judgmental Skills
Planning and Organisation
Service Development / Policy Review
Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources
HR / Recruitment /
Training Responsibilities
Responsibility for information resources
Responsibility for Research & Development
Receive, analyse, synthesize and provide highly complex, sensitive and potentially contentious information to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting
Proactively engage with senior health and care staff and relevant independent contractors and regional teams to coordinate the development of plans
Facilitate and negotiate resolutions to situations where there are disagreements between key stakeholders whilst remaining supportive and neutral.
Nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally within the ICB and externally across the Somerset ICS.
Support other Workforce Strategy team members as and when required
Initiate contact with senior colleagues across the Somerset ICS and regionally, to ensure there is appropriate engagement with workforce planning activities.
Advocate and champion workforce planning and workforce strategy across the ICS
Establish and lead relevant groups and forums across the Somerset ICS in support of workforce planning activity.
Provide leadership and coordination for all the activities relating to the Somerset Workforce 2035 Scenario Planning Project.
Ensure flexibility of programmes of work to meet conflicting/changing requirements and ensure alignment with other members of the ICS workforce strategy team
Be responsible for a very high standard of work to support the delivery of projects and programmes on time, to quality standards and delivered in a cost-effective manner
Collate relevant qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis and decision-making to support delivery of strategic workforce plans across organizational boundaries
Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
Establish reporting schedules as required to meet the workforce assurance requirements of the ICS and work with colleagues to manage data and information provision
Develop reports/options appraisals/business cases to support workforce transformation activity
Develop comprehensive plans and objectives for each agreed workstream, linked to the strategic direction of the workforce strategy team and identifying interdependencies.
Undertake field work to identify risks/workforce shortages, current actions and priority areas of focus across Somerset, developing workforce strategies in alignment with the Somerset ICS health and care strategy
Maintain oversight of workforce planning processes and work with colleagues across the ICS to develop and agree workforce planning priorities and actions
In collaboration with the PMO team, ensure the delivery of the 2035 Scenario planning project meets the requirements of the project plan, troubleshooting any issues that arise and managing the relationship with the external contractor
Ensuring delivery of NHSE workforce planning returns to meet required deadlines and coordinated with finance, activity and other planning submissions
Responsible for planning and organization of meetings to bring together appropriate colleagues, ensuing effective use of meeting tools to record and disseminate information, decisions and actions
Responsible for liaising with stakeholders across all organisations in the Somerset system in order to propose,draft and implement workforce plans aligned to the Somerset ICS workforce strategy
Develop and implement ongoing improvements to workforce planning and transformation functions across the Somerset system
Maintain high level of knowledge of local and national workforce development policy to inform workforce priorities and workstreams.
Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data and information to support workforce development objectives
Holds programme budget for workstreams
Agrees variations to project budgets and manages resource allocations including any external commissioning
Responsible for providing highly specialist advice on strategic workforce development and workforce transformation to stakeholders across the Somerset system.
Support and develop colleagues to ensure delivery of relevant workstreams
Support the development of workforce planning capabilities across Somerset ICS including development and management of training interventions across the system
Maintains and updates programme information and data
Manages workforce data and analysis requirements relevant to strategic and operational planning
Manages and undertakes reviews and evaluation activity for programme workstreams
Person Specification
Personal Statement / Motivation for Applying
- Please use this section to explain how you meet the additional criteria in the Personal Specification including your reasons and motivation for applying.
Qualifications
- Educated to Masters level of equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualification and continuing professional development
- Postgraduate qualifications specifically related to people strategy and/or workforce development/planning
- Member of relevant professional body
Experience
- Extensive knowledge of background to and aims of current healthcare policy and strategy in Somerset and implications for workforce development
- Understanding of relationship between DHSC/NHSE/ICB/ICS
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present this to large and influential groups
- Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues including plans to introduce new ways of working
- Ability to respond flexibly to unexpected demands and facilitate solutions to complex problems
- Ability to analyse and synthesize complex facts, information and situations and develop and implement appropriate options.
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and align with team members to deliver whole team priorities effectively
- Ability to motivate others to contribute to projects in the absence of organizational or hierarchical authority
- Ability to make and effect decisions autonomously when required, on difficult issues and working to tight/changing deadlines
- Good understanding of principles of workforce planning and difference between operational and strategic workforce plans
- Demonstrable capability developing plans over short, medium and longer term timeframes
- Successful leadership and delivery of projects using a structured approach
- Experience identifying and interpreting national or local policy into relevant and implementable processes/practices
- Experience working with data and intelligence to support planning
- Workforce planning/transformation experience
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
Address
ICB Wynford House
Wynford House, Lufton Way
Yeovil
BA22 8HR
https://nhssomerset.nhs.uk/
- Company
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Location
- Yeovil, United Kingdom BA22 8HR
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Location
- Yeovil, United Kingdom BA22 8HR
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £50952.00 - £57349.00 a year
- Posted