Main characteristics
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Company
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employment type
- Permanent
Job summary
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is an integrated care organisation. We are dedicated to improving the lives of local people, to maintaining an outstanding reputation for teaching and education, and to embedding innovation and research.We employ over 7,000 people and spend around £430m of public money, largely drawn from our local Clinical Commissioning Group. That Group and this Trust is responsible for the care of 530,000 local people from across North-West Birmingham and all the towns within Sandwell. In 2022 our new hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, will open, bringing together teams providing acute and emergency care. This major investment in the area sits at the heart of our STP, and it places integration at the heart of our journey.
Our teams are committed to providing compassionate, high quality care from City Hospital on Birmingham's Dudley Road, from Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, and from our intermediate care hubs at Rowley Regis and Leasowes in Smethwick.
The Trust includes the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre (a supra-regional eye hospital), as well as the Pan-Birmingham Gynae-Cancer Centre, our Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre, and the regional base for the National Poisons Information Service - all based at City.
We have a big ambition: to be the best integrated care organisation in the UK. We are not starting from scratch. We know that in Sandwell and West Birmingham, patients experience integrated care on a daily basis. Our single measures of success will be the opinion of those we care for: Our patients.
We are now looking for an exceptional human resources professional to lead our People Directorate. You will be a key member of the Trust Board with the ability to build credibility with, inspire confidence and demonstrably influence staff at all levels from ward to Board. You will contribute to a culture which is patient centred, empowers staff, promotes personal accountability, is fair and collaborative and delivers continuous improvement.
You will be an exceptional leader of people, with drive, vision, a strategic mind-set, clarity of purpose, proven track record of OD delivery, an excellent grasp of HR, Diversity & Inclusion and learning and development, and high levels of integrity.
As the Trust develops, you will lead and support the delivery of our people strategy, including local delivery of the national People Plan, modernisation of our HR function including capitalising on the opportunities created by digitisation, recruitment and retention strategies, the development of a workforce model and plan to move colleagues in to the new Midland Metroplitan University hospital, deliver on our ambitious health and well being and psychological well being ambitions and support our ambition to become renowned as the best integrated care organisation in the NHS.
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How to apply
To apply for this role, please submit an up to date copy of your CV, completed fit and proper person form, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements. Please provide your home, work, mobile and email contact details and let us know of any dates when you are not available or where you may have difficulty with the indicative timetable. You should also provide the names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to approach your referees without your prior permission, please state this clearly.
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Contact
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