Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for someone experienced in Medical Workforce to progress into a managerial role. Under the direction of the Medical Workforce Manager, the post holder will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing a systematic and proactive approach to the delivery and management of medical workforce matters. This will require establishing and maintaining excellent working relationships with key clinical and management staff within the directorates. It will also require delivery that is within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards and cost constraints. The post holder will provide expert advice, guidance, and support regarding Trust policies and procedures, national terms and conditions etc. and provide guidance on workforce planning and local and national developments in relation to the medical workforce. They will also provide professional leadership to the Medical Workforce team and will contribute to their personal and professional development as appropriate. The post holder will have a breadth of specialist medical workforce knowledge and experience for example, job planning, rotas (including contractual rules), Lead Employer arrangements and Medical education (both undergraduate and post graduate training schemes).



Support the Medical Workforce Manager and the team in the effective delivery of the Trust's medical workforce strategy.



Supervise the Medical Workforce function and the staff within the department.



Manage and support the Undergraduate and Postgraduate activities across the organisation, setting up and maintaining Quality Assurance processes within the Trust and wider organisations.



Ensure that the recruitment and selection of Consultants and Specialty Doctors is in accordance with the Royal College, SAS Charter and Statue guidelines. Updating organisational knowledge, policy and guidelines where a review or changes to good practice identify this requirement.



Manage and support the Clinical attachment process.



Ensure systems are in place to map all medical vacancies across the Trust on an on-going basis to support responsive activities and reduce reliance on temporary workforce



Contribute to a robust medical job planning process, working closely with Medical and Service Leads to ensure the management of effective job planning procedures including actively supporting the annual job planning cycle.



Support the development and maintenance of appropriate protocols and processes to ensure that all job plans are captured on the system, reviewed annually and stored for audit purposes.



Ensure that appropriate databases are maintained to monitor Consultant and SAS doctor annual appraisal working to National Guidance and ensure robust delivery locally .



At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.



We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.



generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us



excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more



salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more



discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes



wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more



staff networks and support group



We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.



Please see attached job description for a full breakdown of the Deputy Medical Workforce Manager role.