Experience

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Interim HR and Resourcing Project Manager (Medical Staffing/Nursing Attraction & Agency Team)

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust (NCUH) is a Trust that was in Special Measures with an outsourced medical staffing recruitment function. My role has been to:> Attract doctors to the Trust.> Trouble-shoot the recruitment problems and issues being experienced through the outsourced medical staffing function.> Reduce the Trust wide reliance and cost associated with agency locums and bring the master vendor in line with Monitor/TDA caps.Initially hired for 3… North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust (NCUH) is a Trust that was in Special Measures with an outsourced medical staffing recruitment function. My role has been to:> Attract doctors to the Trust.> Trouble-shoot the recruitment problems and issues being experienced through the outsourced medical staffing function.> Reduce the Trust wide reliance and cost associated with agency locums and bring the master vendor in line with Monitor/TDA caps.Initially hired for 3 months, I have agreed to stay longer in order to continue the progress and savings I have already delivered. I continue to lead on medical staffing attraction (and also now nursing), contributed to medical staffing returning in-house, have led on IR35 and established a pilot in-house agency team (after terminating the master vendor agreement). This in-house agency team has recently been made permanent due to the signifcant savings - £5million across all staff groups (including over £2.5 million on medical staffing and this particular staff group has seen no reduction in head count and is against the backdrop of IR35 challenges). After sharing our 'steps to success' with other Trusts to great acclaim this project has become a case study of best practice which is going to be shared with other Trusts and we have been invited to go an present our solutions more widely. NCUH has recently come out of special measures and I am delighted to be part of an HR team committed to establishing NCUH as an employer of choice, reducing silo working, sharing knowledge and becoming a beacon of best practice. The agency project I have delivered was shortlisted for the BMJ Careers Award for Working Smarter at this year's HPMA Awards - http://www.hpma.org.uk/award and is entitled Reducing and Tackling Agency Spend - How 5 people saved £5million. The Head of Comms and I produced a recruitment video to showcase the great opportunities for doctors and nurses at our Trust, please feel free to share! Show more Show less



AJD Search & Select

• Recruitment Specialist

  • Mar 2004 - Present

  Bespoke recruitment solutions across a variety of industries and disciplines. Currently leading on the attraction, recruitment and assessment of a volume recruitment campaign (500 FTE) being delivered at pace and headhunting senior leadership roles for a major bank. In addition, external consultant advising on graduate recruitment and ability/psychometric testing and profiling solutions for a number of businesses.



Care Quality Commission

• Interim Clinical/Medical Recruitment Project Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

• Interim HR Advisor (Various Projects)

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

• Interim HR Advisor (Maternity cover)

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

• Interim Recruitment Specialist

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012



Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) / Office of Government & Commerce (OGC)

• Interim Recruitment Specialist (Various Projects)

  • Jun 2007 - Dec 2010

  Invited by the newly appointed Head of Resourcing to join a small elite team tasked with delivering significant change in recruitment practices in first the Office of Government and Commerce (OGC) and then later at Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT).> Responsibility for guiding Managers and Directors through a significant recruitment cultural change programme after red audit from external auditors revealed numerous failings - improvements implemented led to amber rating within 12… Invited by the newly appointed Head of Resourcing to join a small elite team tasked with delivering significant change in recruitment practices in first the Office of Government and Commerce (OGC) and then later at Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT).> Responsibility for guiding Managers and Directors through a significant recruitment cultural change programme after red audit from external auditors revealed numerous failings - improvements implemented led to amber rating within 12 months.> Trained and supported Managers and Directors in new robust recruitment practices that ensured the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment code was adhered.> Mentored and provided feedback to unallocated staff, including re-deployment recommendations.> Led on recruitment tender analysis, advised the Head of Resourcing to change HMT & OGC's out-sourced recruitment support provider, recommendations accepted.>Led on a number of strategic initiatives to improve people planning processes.> Chaired sifting, interview & selection panels for volume, politically sensitive and high profile appts (ministerial/private office/PMDU/SCS2/MPD).> Led on analysis of recruitment advertising, recommended and implemented innovative new advertising initiatives.> Designed Recruitment strategies and assessment centres which combined agreed civil service structure with private sector methodology for Directorates that were struggling to attract and retain the right calibre of staff.> Senior external consultant on 2 highly successful volume graduate recruitment campaigns (including design of scheme, milk-round representation, engagement of internal stakeholders).> Delivered lectures at universities promoting civil service career, targeting BME and under-represented groups, working to promote and encourage diversity, challenging 'established' recruitment culture.> Advised on appropriate selection tools and the introduction of psychometric testing.> Project work including establishment of APA & OBR. Show more Show less



Tracie Oliver Recruitment

• Operations Manager

  • Mar 1997 - Feb 1999

  Operations Manager for leading North East (UK) recruitment consultancy.