Temporary Staffing Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves overseeing the day-to-day management of temporary staffing arrangements, working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality, cost-effective staffing solutions. The lead will help shape the Trust's temporary staffing strategy, aiming to reduce agency spend while maintaining safe staffing levels. It requires using data to inform decisions and building strong relationships across the organisation. The position supports safe staffing, improves workforce efficiency, and contributes to delivering outstanding patient care.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience within the temporary staffing sector
- Experience of managing an outsourced provider
- Experience of managing and maintaining temporary staffing KPIs
- Knowledge of NHSE temporary staffing rules
- Education
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience within the temporary staffing sector
- Experience of managing an outsourced provider
- Experience of managing and maintaining temporary staffing KPIs
- Knowledge of NHSE temporary staffing rules
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 7d
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Job summary
Are you passionate about workforce planning, building strong partnerships and ensuring the right people are in the right place at the right time?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Temporary Staffing Lead to join our People and Organisational Development team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting safe staffing, improving workforce efficiency and helping to deliver outstanding patient care across the Trust.
As our Temporary Staffing Lead, you will oversee the day-to-day management of temporary staffing arrangements, working closely with internal stakeholders, external staffing providers and system partners to ensure high-quality, cost-effective staffing solutions are in place.
You will be a trusted advisor, helping to shape and deliver the Trust's temporary staffing strategy, reducing agency spend while maintaining safe staffing levels and excellent service standards. The role offers a rewarding opportunity to influence workforce decisions, drive improvements and build strong relationships across the organisation and wider healthcare system.
If you enjoy working collaboratively, using data to inform decisions and finding practical solutions to workforce challenges, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As Temporary Staffing Lead, you will have oversight of the Trust's temporary staffing function, ensuri
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