Roles and skills Digital health care job roles reference
Illustrative Reference profiles for a generic digital health care organization, not official job descriptions. About this reference.

Human resources

5 roles. The UK GDaD PCF has no matching family, so this reference defines these roles.

Human resources officer

HR officers and advisers run the organization's core people services, from contracts, starters, and changes to advice on people policies and support for managers with employee relations cases. They keep employment records accurate and confidential, help managers treat staff fairly and lawfully, and support the people who run digital and clinical services that never close.

  1. Band 3 HR assistant
  2. Band 4 HR officer
  3. Band 5 HR adviser
  4. Band 6 Senior HR adviser

Recruitment officer

Recruitment officers run the organization's recruitment service, helping managers attract, assess, and appoint the right people quickly, fairly, and safely. In a digital health care organization they compete with other sectors for scarce digital, data, and technology skills, so they combine efficient processes with active sourcing, a strong employer brand, and good use of skills frameworks.

  1. Band 3 Recruitment assistant
  2. Band 4 Recruitment officer
  3. Band 5 Digital talent partner
  4. Band 6 Recruitment manager

Human resources business partner

HR business partners work alongside directorate leaders to make sure the organization has the people, skills, structures, and culture it needs to deliver its services. They turn the people strategy into plans for each directorate, lead organizational change, and give senior advice on the most complex people issues. In a digital health care organization much of this is about building and keeping digital, data, and technology capability.

  1. Band 7 HR business partner
  2. Band 8a Senior HR business partner
  3. Band 8b Head of HR business partnering

Learning and development specialist

Learning and development specialists help staff gain the skills they need to deliver safe, modern, digitally enabled care. They analyze learning needs, design and deliver learning in person and online, run the learning management system, and build career pathways. In a digital health care organization a large part of their work is growing digital, data, and technology skills, both for specialists and for the whole workforce.

  1. Band 4 Learning and development coordinator
  2. Band 5 Learning and development officer
  3. Band 6 Learning and development specialist
  4. Band 7 Digital skills lead
  5. Band 8a Head of learning

Head of people

The head of people and the people leadership team set the organization's people strategy and lead its HR, recruitment, learning, organizational development, and workforce functions. They advise the board on culture, workforce, and employment risk, and make sure the organization can attract, grow, and keep the people it needs to deliver safe digital health services.

  1. Band 8c Head of HR
  2. Band 8d Deputy director of people
  3. Band 9 Director of people