University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative HR Professional to join our dynamic Employee Relations team. If you are passionate about creating positive change and making a meaningful impact on both staff experience and patient care, we would love to hear from you.
Following a recent restructuring within Operational HR, we are in a transformative phase, offering opportunities to grow and shape the future of our HR services. Our employee relations function plays a pivotal role in supporting the Trust's strategic objectives, ensuring we are recognised as both a great place to work and the employer of choice in our community.
Working within a fast-paced hospital setting, you will support a diverse workforce, including clinical and non-clinical teams, helping to create a positive, supportive, and highly performing workplace.
We are looking for a proactive, knowledgeable, and committed HR Professional who can drive this vision forward. The role is instrumental in delivering a high-quality HR service, supporting staff across the organisation to achieve meaningful outcomes aligned with the Trust's values so they can continue to provide outstanding care to our patients.
We operate a hybrid model of on-site and home working.
Locations: Cross site - Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
You will develop and maintain regular contact with line managers to build strong and influential working relationships, sufficient to support and advise on all aspects of Human Resources (HR) policies and procedures. This role will be key to supporting, coaching, and training managers to undertake effective people management activities. These may involve sickness absence management, performance, disciplinary, grievance, and harassment/bullying issues. The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in many other related aspects such as supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives, job matching, as well as supporting employee wellbeing objectives. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in the transformation work such as attending consultation meetings and advising on procedure.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* CIPD level 5 or demonstrable experience or relevant HR related degree
* Proven evidence of Continual Professional Development.
* Coaching qualification or training
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of dealing with a range of HR employee relations issues in a large complex organisation
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of current employment legislation
* Ability to resolve problems and give appropriate and timely advice
* Experience of delivering HR related training to varying audiences
* Experience of coaching managers
Knowledge
* Ability to interpret and explain Trust policies and procedures and Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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