Medical Workforce - Operations and Productivity Lead
| Posting date: | 27 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9220-26-0063 |
Summary
POST SUMMARY please refer to the detailed job description which is attached. The Operations and Productivity Lead role will provide forward-thinking operational and project leadership to the medical directorate, and medical staff management in general, ensuring both stakeholder engagement and an effective standard of organisation of the processes related to medical staff management. The post-holder will be a core member of the Medical Directorate Management Team, working to support the Chief Medical Officer and Associate Medical Director for Workforce to deliver the long-term medical workforce strategy. The post-holder will be expected to lead on and apply a programme management approach to projects within the medical workforce portfolio as they present themselves, with the aim of ensuring that the medical workforce adapts to the changing availability of medically trained staff and in addition meets the levels of attainment as set out by NHS Improvement. This will specifically include the delivery of workstreams that improve medical staff management and productivity, such as, (but not limited to) the following: Leading on the procurement of software packages (medical workforce management) Leading on the evaluation and introduction of e-rostering packages Leading on the delivery of e-Job Planning and Productivity Leading, managing, or supporting in the evaluation of new staffing models Leading, managing, or supporting other projects as suggested by outputs from regulatory and advisory bodies such as the General Medical Council, NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and NHS England.