About this role
Job summary
Medical HR Advisory Manager - Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis looking for an experienced, values-led Medical HR Advisory Manager to provide expert leadership across our medical staffing advisory service. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering a professional, compassionate and high-quality service for medical and dental staff across the Trust.
As the professional lead for the Medical HR Advisory Team, you will use your specialist knowledge of medical workforce terms and conditions, employment legislation, national guidance and Trust policy to support safe, effective and consistent management of the medical workforce. You will work closely with senior clinical leaders, the Assistant Director of Workforce - Resourcing and colleagues across Workforce to improve processes, strengthen service delivery and support the implementation of national initiatives.
Main duties of the job
You will lead and develop the Medical HR Advisory Team, ensuring the provision of accurate, timely and supportive advice to clinical directorates and medical staff. The role will involve advising on complex medical and dental employment matters, supporting consultant recruitment processes, overseeing resident doctor leave and exception reporting processes, contributing to policy development, and using data and stakeholder feedback to drive service improvement.
You will also be responsible for line managing the advisory team, maintaining strong working relationships across the Trust, supporting compliance with working time requirements and medical workforce processes, and ensuring that the service reflects OUH's values of Learning, Respect, Delivery, Excellence, Compassion and Improvement.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who can bring
Significant experience of medical staffing within a complex NHS environment.
Strong knowledge of medical and dental terms and conditions, employment legislation and workforce policy.
Proven leadership skills, with the ability to coach, develop and support a team.
Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
A proactive, improvement-focused approach, with confidence using data to inform decision-making.
A commitment to compassionate, values-led service delivery.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of senior medical staffing level of experience in a complex NHS environment. Demonstrable level of administrative experience at a high level of competence acquired through both training and experience Ability to lead training programmes on medical and dental policies/TCS. Experience of large-scale time bound recruitment.
Desirable
NHS experience Experience of working with clinical rotas
Skills, Knowledge and abilities Essential
Excellent telephone and communication skills Ability to work under pressure Ability to prioritise own workload and work towards deadlines Proven leadership skills
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Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address John Radcliffe Oxford
Old Road, Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)