Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.
The e-Rostering Lead will provide specialist leadership and project management for the Trust-wide implementation, optimisation and embedding of the Allocate e-Rostering system. The post holder will lead the rollout across clinical and non-clinical services, ensuring the system is implemented safely, consistently and in line with Trust policy, NHS workforce deployment standards and best practice.
The post holder will work closely with senior strategic leaders, operational managers, clinical leaders, People and Culture colleagues, Finance, Payroll, ESR, IT, temporary staffing and the system supplier to ensure effective implementation, user adoption, data quality, governance and realisation of benefits.
This is a highly specialist Band 7 role requiring strong project management, workforce systems expertise, change management capability and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that e-Rostering and Allocate job planning functionality support safe staffing, effective workforce deployment, improved roster compliance, medical and clinical workforce planning, efficient temporary staffing usage and robust assurance reporting across all Trust localities.
Lead the end-to-end project management of the Trust-wide Allocate e-Rostering rollout, including project planning, mobilisation, stakeholder engagement, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, implementation milestones, reporting and benefits realisation.
Provide specialist system knowledge and operational leadership for Allocate HealthRoster/Optima, ensuring rosters are built, maintained, approved and reported in line with Trust policy, workforce controls, Working Time Regulations, NHS Terms and Conditions and safe staffing requirements.
Lead and support organisational change across services, challenging existing rostering practice where required and working with managers to embed consistent, efficient and safe rostering processes.
Lead the Trust's e-Rostering Levels of Attainment (LOA), ensuring compliance with national standards and continuous improvement objectives. Develop and implement action plans to achieve higher levels of roster maturity, utilisation and organisational compliance, providing assurance and progress reporting to relevant governance groups.
At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
YOUR APPLICATION
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
