Central Staffing Lead, 12 Month FTC

Central Staffing Lead

Are you looking for a more meaningful opportunity?

9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: From £26,000 per annum, pro rata depending on experience

Location:  Northampton: Northamptonshire

Full Time 37.5 hours a week

Working pattern: 5 shifts over 7 days

Firstly, a bit about us

We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.

We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives

Purpose of Role:

The role will support the Central Staffing Manager and clinical and operational management teams to plan and deliver required nursing staffing levels, in line with clinical needs and operational budgets.

The role will ensure effective, efficient and quality services are provided to temporary workers (Bank and Agency), and operational teams

To monitor Bank and Agency worker performance; responding to complaints, carry out initial fact finding and undertake HR processes as required.

Ensuring correct rostering procedures are consistently adhered to, identifying and influencing improvements in processes and systems that improve the utilisation of temporary staffing.

The role will provide administration to Bank workers, ensuring they remain compliant with mandatory training and provide reliable service and quality care to patients, whilst proactively filling shifts within approved clinical and operational requirements, through the effective and efficient deployment of temporary staffing; including, Bank workers, agency workers and permanent staff with a Bank assignment. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Establish and maintain effective relationships and communication with ward managers and operational teams.
• Identify clinical shifts to be filled across the Northampton site and work proactively to fill these with the most appropriate,?cost-effective?shifts.?
• Process shift bookings, cancellations and amendments received by email, telephone or Employee Online/LOOP, in an accurate, courteous and timely manner.
• Monitor Allocate data for any agency booked, to ensure attendance is confirmed and pay/timecards are administered correctly    
• Undertake HR processes in response to quality, performance or conduct concerns
• Plan and coordinate Bank staff mandatory training in line with individual training expiry dates, ensuring Bank workers remain compliant, applying booking restrictions where appropriate 
• Daily finalisation checks, ensuring e-rostering processes are adhered to and Bank workers shifts are finalised
• Provide data and KPI information
• Provide supervision and support to the coordinators
• Process recruitment activity, including external recruitment and transfers from permanent employees, ensuring recruited establishment is within required numbers
• Hosting training sessions for Bank workers
• Publish divisional Bank shifts in-line with roster approval timeline
• Investigate pay queries
• Rollout of new Allocate systems and functions, including communication and engagement tools
• Induction, meet & greet, and on boarding of new bank workers
• Be a part of the team rota covering weekdays and weekends. Contributing equally and flexibly to cover any unexpected weekend absence. A minimum of 1 in 6 weekends working, with the requirement to work more if needed to meet the needs of the service and provide cross cover to colleagues

About you

You will have the ability to use initiative, problem solve, work autonomously and plan, organise and prioritise own work. You will have the ability to establish credible and influential relationships with key internal customers including senior managers with excellent attention to detail.

Good IT skills is essential with the ability to learn and adapt to new systems along with excellent written and inter-personal communication, negotiation and the ability to multitask, manage an unpredictable workload/ conflicting priorities

You will also have the ability to handle and interpret high volume complex data to improve and optimise staff utilisation Knowledge of the e-rostering system and processes

Reward and Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 41 after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications. On-site facilities such as gym and swimming pool access and cafés all set within beautiful grounds.

Interested?

We would love you to apply!

(Interviews may be held prior to closing date, early applications encouraged)

Our patients, their carers and families, and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence each and every day.