Head of Strategic Medical Workforce | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 8DY |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7395371/438-PB3416 |
Summary
Tenacity, creativity, and resilience are things we value here. We are looking for our new Head of Strategic Medical Workforce to take up this newly re-focused role with an increased emphasis on strategic medical staffing. This role will make a real difference, focusing on areas such as improvements in job planning, medical productivity and resident doctor engagement/experience.
Bringing imaginative thinking and innovative ideas, you’ll work collaboratively and autonomously, leading the way and supporting the development and evolution of our Medical Workforce Service. Supported by a Deputy Head of Medical Workforce and reporting into our Associate Director of Workforce, you’ll have project management and process improvement experience you will shape and develop the service for the better, championing change and continuous improvement.
It's likely you’ll be in a medical workforce management role already, an experienced senior medical team leader looking for your next career move or even a senior business partner with extensive experience or specialist interest and knowledge in medical staffing contracts and terms, conditions and pay. Your experience will strongly support your fit for the role.
You’ll need to be flexible and used to working in and leading teams in a busy operational environment, with no two days the same. Agile and flexible working is supported but at least 3 days a week onsite in Preston is essential.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 18th September 2025
You will work strategically and operationally at a senior level within our Trust, truly partnering with our senior clinical leaders, building relationships and driving change for the advancement of the service. You will also collaborate with peers at other Trusts across our region to improve medical staffing policies, procedures and practices for the better.
Your portfolio will includehigh-qualityandspecialistmedicalanddentaladvice on terms,strategicresourcing,recruitment, planning, revalidation and appraisal, medical workforce planning and temporary staffing.
Supported by your team leaders and working collaboratively with our Head of Workforce Advice and business partners you will lead and manage the medical workforce and medical bank portfolio and teams. You will ensure systems, policies and processes and commercial contracts are robust in place to comply with all medical and dental terms and conditions of service and employment legislation.
Providing expert advice and guidance on all medical contractual arrangements, effective resourcing and deployment, our inhouse medical bank and strategies to reduce agency use. You will also lead wider medical workforce related programmes associated with financial and performance sustainability. Working closely with our Medical Director you will develop effective working relationships with recognised trade unions (BMA & HCSA) and implement partnership working arrangements through our LNC.
Bringing significant expertise & experience, you’ll help shape our service. We want to be challenged, to look at new delivery models & to continually strive to be the best service possible. Contributing to patient safety & providing a high-quality service is at the heart of everything we do.
We know this is a big role, but we have big ambitions and plans so need someone who can help us achieve and surpass them. What can we offer you in return? You will have the freedom to innovate and be creative, strengthening your skills and enhancing your experience across a broad portfolio. We will also encourage and support you with any development you need to grow.
We really value our people and have 10,000 fantastic colleagues working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Why not take a look at our website:https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/join-our-workforceand our social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram: @LancsHospitals) to find out much more about us and see so much more about our world:
· our simply amazing teams
· our award-winning technology
· our world class stories
It’s hard to cram everything into one advert, so we welcome you to get in touch to chat informally about the role. For further information please contact our existing Head of Medical Staffing- Lisa Eccles at lisa.eccles@lthtr.nhs.uk, or Kathryn Downey, Associate Director of Workforce atkathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk.
Please see attached job description and person specification or for further details please contactHead of Medical Staffing- Lisa Eccles at lisa.eccles@lthtr.nhs.uk, or Kathryn Downey, Associate Director of Workforce atkathryn.downey@lthtr.nhs.uk.
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Sep 2025