Employment Specialist

With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Chaired By Ingrid Barker And Led By Maria Kane As Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Aims To Transform The Way Healthcare Is Delivered Locally With a Clear Focus On Making a Difference For What We Call Our Four Ps

• Better outcomes for our Patients
• More opportunities for our People
• Fairer more consistent care for our Population
• Best Value for Public Purse

Our Vision For Five Years From Now

• Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
• We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
• More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
• Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
• Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
• We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
• Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
• We will contribute to system financial balance

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Level 6 or equivalent qualification in administration, business management or significant experience or working in an administrative role
• Evidence of recent relevant continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile) or experience with quality improvement methodologies (e.g. Patient First, Lean, Six Sigma)

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills, including good writing and proof-reading skills
• Ability to analyse and present a variety of complex information sources clearly and concisely to support making informed decisions
• Excellent stakeholder management skills within the department, and when interacting with stakeholders
• Excellent organisational, prioritising and time management skills to ensure the timely completion of tasks within an administration pool
• Attention to detail to produce a high standard of accuracy for the individual and for others
• Area of specialism within a learning programme, income source or educational software
• Strong IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and familiarity with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for collaboration and digital learning.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates an up-to-date knowledge of relevant research, local and national policies, and guidelines with education and/or healthcare

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in administration within healthcare or a similar complex environment
• Experience in providing exemplary standards of customer service or front-line support
• Experience with specialist digital learning platforms
• Experience with or willingness to learn and implement AI and automation solutions to improve accuracy and efficiency

Desirable criteria

• Experience in staff supervision across a matrix structure and HR processes of direct reports
• Purchasing and budget management experience
• Experience of active engagement with audit and service improvement
• Experience collaborating with external partners, HEIs, or professional bodies.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and effectively as part of a diverse team, demonstrating proactive and inclusive behaviour
• Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable and solution-focused approach
• Consistently role-models professional behaviour with a calm, confident, and compassionate approach.
• Embraces and is responsive to change, working flexibly, creatively, and resourcefully.
• Resilient, with the emotional maturity to manage challenging or sensitive situations
• High level of organisational and planning skills

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.