Medical Workforce Lead

An opportunity has arisen for a Medical Workforce Lead

within the Medicine and Emergency Care Group at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

We are looking for an experienced and proactive Medical

Workforce Lead to provide strategic and operational leadership across medical

workforce planning, rostering, temporary staffing, absence management and job

planning. Working closely with clinical, operational, HR and finance

colleagues, you will identify workforce risks, improve processes and deliver

cost-effective solutions that support high-quality patient care.

You will lead the management of medical rosters and agency

bookings, oversee divisional rota coordinators, support recruitment and

e-rostering, and help deliver savings through reduced temporary staffing

expenditure. You will also ensure sickness absence is managed consistently and

compassionately, and support effective consultant job planning.

Main duties of the job

Liaise

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

Initiate

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.

Lead

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.

About us

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.

DBS Checks and Costs

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.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-26-0818

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Liaise

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.

Initiate

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.

Lead

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 (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.

Job responsibilities

Liaise

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.

Initiate

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.

Lead

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 (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.

Person Specification

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.

Person Specification

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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Liaise

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.

Initiate

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.

Lead

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 (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.

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.