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The Role
We are looking to recruit a Workforce Planning Project Manager to join the Monklands Replacement Project at University Hospital Monklands!
The successful candidate will lead, co-ordinate and facilitate workforce planning and development. In collaboration with service colleagues ensuring each NHS Lanarkshire strategic planning work stream has a workforce plan, that sustains the current and future delivery of integrated care services for patients and services users, as part of the Lanarkshire health and social care strategy.
The postholder will also provide workforce planning expertise and support pan-Lanarkshire Workforce Planning, in addition to delivering workforce planning for specific strategic change projects.
Contract type
Permanent / Full time / 37.5 hours / Band 7
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
Why join NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire benefits include:
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
What we'll need you to bring
- Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant area i.e. clinical or general management, service planning, information management or human resources.
- Postgraduate level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant area i.e. general management, change management, service planning, information management or human resources.
- Ability to identify, assimilate, critically evaluate and deliver on objectives with a high level of complexity equivalent to post graduate level.
- Substantial health service planning and performance management experience and skills. including change management and service/workforce redesign.
- Significant project management experience which will include substantial organisational, change management, presentation and networking skills.
- A proven track record in the provision of strategic, creative and innovative solutions in meeting organisational requirements, motivating staff and providing seamless patient care in conjunction with partners; communities and other stakeholders and staff and a deep understanding of the health and social care agenda in Scotland.
- Excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative.
- Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
- Proven IT skills
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Fiona Cowan at Fiona.Cowan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Devon Westwater at Devon.Westwater@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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