Adrian Tams
Heighington,United Kingdom
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in financial acumen, corporate governance understanding, and strategic thinking. Demonstrates exceptional communication proficiency and persuasive communication skills, coupled with a proactive approach to crisis management and operations oversight. Proven track record in team building and training, performance driving, and customer service orientation. Adept at data-driven decision-making, data collection and analysis, and data analytics and interpretation. Strong background in HR systems knowledge, project management, organisational structuring, change management, and community relations.
Visionary leader with strategic mindset and proven ability to drive organisational growth. Demonstrates strong negotiation and communication skills, alongside expertise in project management and team leadership.
Committed to delivering transformative results and fostering culture of innovation. Seasoned professional with focus on strategic leadership. Drives organisational growth through innovative solutions and effective team management. Excels in fostering collaborative environments and optimising operational efficiency.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director of Workforce & Deputy CPO
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS)
03.2023 - 01.2025
- Member of ICB senior leadership team, responsible for leading internal and external strategic relationships across the ICS, bringing people and workforce into wide range of portfolios, meeting ICB population health outcomes agendas
- Leader of workforce expertise across £4bn health & care economy, 7 hospital trusts and a total system workforce in excess of 80,000 people
- Responsible for strategic and full operations of the People Directorate including employee relations, HR operations, learning & development, payroll, recruitment and EDI
- SRO and Accountable Officer for ICB Workforce Programme teams, including: Workforce Planning, Primary Care, Education, Learning & Development, Recruitment & Retention, EDI, Health & Care Academy and NHSE Mandated Project teams
- Together with the Chief People Officer, accountable for development of the ICS People Strategy and delivery of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, People Plan and national/regional workforce programmes
- Responsible for management of the ICB’s relationship with Accountable Business Units ('Place'), holding ultimate accountability for leadership and delivery of workforce transformation activities, to address inequalities at community level
- Portfolio also extends to SRO for ICS Health & Well-Being, Population Health Management & Oliver McGowan Training
- Managed daily operations by overseeing financials, key performance indicators and employee performance.
- Conducted strategic planning sessions to drive corporate objectives.
- Directed day-to-day work 26 employees and motivated teams to exceed objectives.
- Supervised staff training programmes with focus on skill enhancement.
- Fostered a positive work environment, increased employee morale.
- Spearheaded strategic planning initiatives, aligning organisational objectives with long-term goals.
- Supervised and developed high-achieving staff, providing orientation, training, support and direction.
Honorary Senior Fellow - School of Health & Care
University of Lincoln
09.2021 - 09.2024
- Appointed as Honorary Senior Fellow, supporting health and care trainees to understand the complexities of transformation and planning across health & care services
- Act as supervisor/mentor for trainees and deliver plenary lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
- Mentored groups of students annually, providing academic and pastoral support as appropriate.
Associate Director of People, Planning & Transformation/Programme Director (Deployment from NHSE)
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lincoln
04.2022 - 01.2023
- Interim deployment for specific programmes in workforce, transformation and planning
- I led and managed transactional People and associated systems across the trust, ensuring that the trust is supported by a highly capable and professional transactional human resources function, which provides a focussed and enabling range of HR services to the wide range of clinical and non-clinical services
- Responsibility for delivery of the data led workforce improvements with a continuous development focus on efficiencies and implementation of manager and employee self-service
- I worked collaboratively across a range of internal and external stakeholders, including NHS England, Health Education England, CQC, Local Authority and Social Care Providers
Regional Head of Clinical Workforce Development - Secondment
NHS England
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Strategic Lead for HCSW & 50k Nurse Mandates across the Midlands
- Responsible for delivery of key objectives to support delivery of a wide range of programmes including International Nurse Recruitment, Health Care Support Worker rapid deployment, development of a Maternity Workforce Strategy across the Midlands
- Provided strategic workforce expertise to support effective recovery of services in the Midlands region, with programme responsibility for the regional Out of Hospital Care Portfolio
- Engaged with stakeholders to build relationships and brand awareness.
- Oversaw daily operations to achieve high productivity levels.
Programme Director - HCSW & International Recruitment Programmes (Interim Deployment for HEE)
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Deployed from HEE role, to plan and deliver, by April 2021, two comprehensive, NHSEI sponsored rapid recruitment projects for the trust
- Programmes of work were recognised as national exemplars for their delivery and execution
- Executed a delivery plan, partnering with multiple agencies and internal/ external stakeholders, to recruit 350 Healthcare Support Workers within 7 weeks and 100 International nurses within 6 weeks
- This was achieved beyond target and held nationally as exemplar of best practice
- Utilised a full range of project planning and management skills, to deliver at pace, to stringent timescales
- Facilitated communication amongst team members, enhanced collaboration and productivity.
- Applied impact and gravitas in influencing decision-making and programme direction.
- Led transformation programmes, establishing clear vision and standards for success.
- Drove team performance and improvements in diverse, inclusive working culture.
- Trained high-performing teams to deliver on programme objectives, increasing retention and boosting growth.
Workforce Transformation Manager
NHS Health Education England
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Strategic senior manager for workforce transformation at local, regional and national level, as per HEE Mandate, National People Plan and ICS long term plans
- Keen advocate in rural health and care, particularly education and training on workforce and population health
- Developed a national programme in rural and coastal workforce transformation
- Represented HEE on a 2 year All Party Parliamentary Inquiry on Rural Health & Social Care, which included frequent attendance at Parliamentary sessions
- Led on transformation and development of workforce, education and training strategies across health and social care and ICS agenda, with a portfolio of: Genomics, Workforce Planning, Supply & Demand, Cancer and Diagnostics, SAS Drs, and various local and national programmes
- Represented HEE on several Boards, including: Cancer Alliance Board, People Board, National Centre for Rural Health and Care, 'More People', Nursing Associates, Advanced Clinical Practice Strategy (Lincolnshire), Workforce Planning & Transformation
- Led the HEE Cancer & Diagnostics portfolio across the East Midlands - working with Providers and Commissioners to develop enhanced services for patients, through effective workforce development and management
- Worked closely with the Cancer Alliance to ensure that Cancer workforce across the region meets the demands for the future
- Sat on the Lincolnshire Cancer Strategy Board
- Utilised data analysis techniques, improving decision-making processes at all levels.
- Collaborated with senior stakeholders and external partners, influencing direction in complex environments.
- Drove team performance and improvements in diverse, inclusive working culture.
- Implemented operational business plans, establishing priorities and recommending improvements.
- Led transformation programmes, establishing clear vision and standards for success.
- Executed change management processes, ensuring smooth transition during transformations.
- Led policy research and analysis projects to drive evidence-based policy making.
- Coordinated strategic planning activities based on current data.
- Collaborated closely with senior leadership in developing long-term strategic vision and guiding its implementation.
- Identified factors in social, political and economic trends with potential policy impacts.
- Consulted with C-level executives, influencing high level decision-making.
- Cleaned work areas and equipment to maintain faultless hygiene standards.
Head of Workforce
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Lincoln, United Kingdom
02.2017 - 12.2017
- Primary remit to establish an integrated approach to recruitment, retention and planning of Trust’s Workforce, reporting into Board
- Through a strategic recruitment approach, reduced the nursing vacancy rate from 16% to 2% within 6 months
- Led Employment Services and Workforce functions with the aim of developing an effective approach to workforce planning, working closely with services, finance and business development teams
- Responsible for development of an effective strategy to manage whole workforce solutions including workforce and talent mapping, with the 'right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time'
Recruitment and Retention Lead
Recruitment and Retention Lead
07.2016 - 01.2017
- Remit to lead and manage recruitment and retention activities to ensure the trust provides a high quality recruitment ‘product’ in marketing the trust to existing staff and applicants as a good place to work
- Responsible for working across the services and with patients and carers within the trust and engaging with cross-agency partners throughout Lincolnshire, driving forward recruitment and retention for a wide range of Healthcare professionals
- Reduced the trust nurse vacancy rate from 16% to 2% in 6 months through the adoption of a recruitment strategy
Group Head of Talent, Learning & Development
Nicholas Associates Group
07.2007 - 07.2016
- Group Head of Recruitment and Talent for 6 Brands across the UK and reporting directly to the board
- Responsible for driving forward internal recruitment, strategy development, brand management and development of a robust and high quality internal recruitment and talent management process
- Developed a recruitment and retention strategy, high quality induction process and worked across the business, engaging hiring managers and the Leadership Team to drive forward all internal recruitment and training activity
Business Manager
LAGAT
Lincoln, United Kingdom
04.2005 - 06.2007
- Business Manager and Consultant for a recruitment, education and training business
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
The University of Nottingham
03.2002 - 03.2005
- Lead Researcher on a high value BBSRC funded project into Cereal Anchorage Failure
Education
Ph.D. - Soil Science
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh 01.1997 - 01.2002
Master of Science - Soil Science
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen 01.1996 - 01.1997
Bachelor of Science - Geography
University of Derby
Derby 01.1993 - 01.1996
PG Diploma - Strategic Workforce Planning
University of London
01.2018 - 01.2019
PG Diploma - Service Transformation and Evaluation
University of Lincoln
01.2017 - 01.2018
Nye Bevan Award - Executive Healthcare Leadership
NHS Leadership Academy
02.2018 - 02.2019
Prince 2 Project Management - undefined
NHS Leadership Academy
Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring Practice - undefined
NHS Leadership Academy
01.2021 - 11.2021
Strategic People and Human Resources Management - undefined
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
People Analytics - Transforming HR Strategy with Data Science
University of Cambridge
07.2024 - 08.2024
Skills
- Corporate governance understanding
- Communication proficiency
- HR systems knowledge
- Team building and training
- Proactive approach
- Data-driven decision-making
- Data analytics and interpretation
- Strategic thinking
- Active listening
- Organisational structuring
- Change management
Timeline
People Analytics - Transforming HR Strategy with Data Science
University of Cambridge
07.2024 - 08.2024
Director of Workforce & Deputy CPO
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS)
03.2023 - 01.2025
Associate Director of People, Planning & Transformation/Programme Director (Deployment from NHSE)
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
04.2022 - 01.2023
Honorary Senior Fellow - School of Health & Care
University of Lincoln
09.2021 - 09.2024
Regional Head of Clinical Workforce Development - Secondment
NHS England
09.2021 - 04.2022
Programme Director - HCSW & International Recruitment Programmes (Interim Deployment for HEE)
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
01.2021 - 08.2021
Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring Practice - undefined
NHS Leadership Academy
01.2021 - 11.2021
Nye Bevan Award - Executive Healthcare Leadership
NHS Leadership Academy
02.2018 - 02.2019
Workforce Transformation Manager
NHS Health Education England
01.2018 - 12.2020
PG Diploma - Strategic Workforce Planning
University of London
01.2018 - 01.2019
Head of Workforce
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
02.2017 - 12.2017
PG Diploma - Service Transformation and Evaluation
University of Lincoln
01.2017 - 01.2018
Recruitment and Retention Lead
Recruitment and Retention Lead
07.2016 - 01.2017
Group Head of Talent, Learning & Development
Nicholas Associates Group
07.2007 - 07.2016
Business Manager
LAGAT
04.2005 - 06.2007
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
The University of Nottingham
03.2002 - 03.2005
Ph.D. - Soil Science
University of Edinburgh
01.1997 - 01.2002
Master of Science - Soil Science
University of Aberdeen
01.1996 - 01.1997
Bachelor of Science - Geography
University of Derby
01.1993 - 01.1996
Prince 2 Project Management - undefined
NHS Leadership Academy
Strategic People and Human Resources Management - undefined
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
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