Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual who is keen to join our talented Central Nursing Workforce Team.You will also be one of the first points of contact with users for advice, guidance, support and training on all aspects of eRostering and Temporary Staffing. We will involve you in project work with exposure to strong cross department working, including varied disciplines and staff groups to enable you to develop your specialist knowledge to provide technical support for Trust users.

We will develop you to ensure that you have an understanding of the staffing issues and working patterns that affect complex multidisciplinary teams in the NHS, and the intricacies involved in planning shift work. This will enable you to transform team skill mixes into a digital workforce platform with multiple benefits for the service user and organisation.We will require you to have excellent IT and interpersonal skills, be highly organised with excellent attention to detail, have a flexible approach to work and also enjoy working as part of a team within a demanding and busy environment.

We look forward to meeting you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead clinical and non-clinical team roll-outs for all staff on Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions successfully implementing the full functionality of the eRostering system including roster creation, roster administration, roster analysis/ approval, time and attendance, management dashboards, bank module and validating rosters for payroll.

The post holder will provide an efficient and high quality rostering data administration service supporting the use and maintenance of electronic rostering throughout the trust including integration with the temporary staffing system.

The post holder will implement processes and systems which ensure trust complaince with NHSI agency rules.

The post holder will provide high quality reports and analysis at all levels within the organisation and for external stakeholders.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is �23 (standard) or �43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of �13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 5 Diploma in related studies or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• CIPD/Formal project management training, e.g., Prince 2/IT software and development training /Allocate Certified Professional qualification (ACP).

Knowledge & Experiance

Essential

• Microsoft Office proficient
• Experience of contributing to the introduction of change in the workplace
• Experience of managing a varied range of tasks and activities.
• Experience of data collection and inputting.
• Knowledge of the eRoster systems
• Report writing / data presentation
• Delivering presentations and training
• Knowledge of the healthcare setting an understanding of the need to provide an effective 24-hour service

Desirable

• Knowledge of current issues relating to NHS strategy and policy
• Knowledge of AFC and Staff groups
• Data analysis
• Payroll / ESR / IT experience
• Administration and implementation of other end user software applications
• Knowledge of Government and local working regulations

Sills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to engage a wide range of individuals
• Excellent organisation skills
• Skills of negotiation and engaging team members
• Able to deal with resistance or conflict of interests sensitively yet assertively
• Able to be self-driven and motivated and to plan and organise own workload
• To work flexibly across sites

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL

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210-2024-596