Medical Workforce Advisor

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Workforce Team working as a Medical Workforce Advisor at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder to provide a comprehensive Medical HR Service, to meet the needs of the divisions in an effective and professional manner,  including recruitment, junior doctor rotations, HR advice and support to medical staff, in all aspects of employment, including contracts of employment, interpretation of terms and conditions of service and policies and procedures.

The role will involve working closely with various Business Managers and Clinical Leads to agree and deliver on SLAs within the service, and internal colleagues as appropriate to provide a consistent and responsive service.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to have previous experience of working in a busy office environment and be able to display a high standard of communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. Applicants should be self-motivated and a committed team player with the ability to work independently. The ability to prioritise workload, maintain flexibility in response to change and a proactive approach to work is important; as is the ability to maintain a calm, positive attitude and use of initiative when dealing with unexpected situations.

The successful applicant must have good IT skills with the ability and willingness to learn new tasks and systems, particularly desirable would be experience in Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions, Trac, Health Roster and ESR. You must be able to confidently manage your own workload and prioritise constant competing demands.

You will need excellent attention to detail and will be used to producing high quality of work, even when under pressure. Excellent customer service skills are essential to this role as you will be liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including, Consultants, divisional managers and medical staff.

This post has the opportunity for hybrid working, from home and office.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient numbers of applications are received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

• To ensure a robust medical and dental recruitment service in line with the NHS Employment Checks Standard, Care Quality Commission and NHSLA requirements.
• Lead on major medical and dental recruitment campaigns for the Trust.
• Ensure that vacancy control (VC) log is sent out to managers and deals with queries as appropriate.
• Responsible for advertising all medical and dental appointments and keeping check on progress on TRAC and issuing contracts
• Responsible for the organisation of Consultant appointments ensuring the processes are conducted in accordance with trust policy, the NHS Appointment of Consultant regulations and Royal College protocols ensuring a sound and equal opportunities approach in all aspects of the recruitment and interview process.
• Monitor emails from line managers and escalate to Medical Workforce Team Leader as appropriate.
• Produce KPI reports on a weekly basis and distributes to the CBU’s such as AAC tracker, establishment reports, fixed term contract mo