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CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. With more than 350 different careers on offer, there is a job for you no matter what your interests, skills, or qualifications.
Join our dynamic HR team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as an Assistant Human Resources Partner for 12 months, covering a period of maternity leave. In this role, you will support the HR Partner and the Head of Human Resources in delivering an expert, efficient, and people-focused HR service to the Corporate Services division and wider Trust. You will play a key role in empowering line managers, contributing to our ambition to be recognized among the top 20% of NHS Employers as the best place to work.
If you are passionate about HR and want to make a significant impact on our workforce, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and contribute to making Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust a great place to work!
Main duties of the job
As an Assistant Human Resources Partner, you will provide comprehensive HR support to the division, maintaining high professional standards. You will address first-line HR queries from line managers and manage sickness absence levels across the division. This includes supporting line managers in sickness absence meetings and providing policy advice, as well as monitoring and reporting on sickness absence data.
You will promote staff health and well-being, assist in resolving employee relations issues informally, and champion best HR practices by training managers. Additionally, you will support staff engagement, workforce planning, and talent management initiatives, contributing to the Trust’s People Strategy and delivering workforce training.
Your role will involve gathering and reporting workforce metrics, promoting staff surveys, and supporting action planning. You will also implement workforce modernization initiatives, participate in job evaluations, and advise on job descriptions. Supporting policy development, national HR initiatives, and staff consultations, as well as undertaking project work and staying updated on employment legislation, will be key aspects of your responsibilities. You will also support the Trust with its responsibilities as a UK visa sponsoring employer, including monitoring and reporting on right to work data, issuing Certificates of Sponsorship, and providing advice to line managers.
Working for our organisation
A successful Foundation Trust, Chesterfield Royal has over 5,000 dedicated colleagues serving a community of over 400,000 people in North Derbyshire. In a workplace in which you can proudly be yourself, we won't just focus on your application - who you are, your talent, and the potential you'll bring is equally important and we will support you to be the best you can be.
We are a values-led organisation and have embedded our Proud to Care Values: leading with care, openness, integrity, and an inclusive culture, at the heart of everything we do, ensuring we provide patients with the best possible care and making our Trust a great place for our people to work. Our ambition is to provide consistently exceptional care for our patients and to achieve an “Outstanding” rating with the CQC, and we developed our Royal Academy of Improvement, to ensure everyone can find the help and support they need to drive improvements.
We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this through our Leadership Principles. We know people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and offer flexibility and a raft of support to care for your physical and mental well-being.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification for full details of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* Degree level qualified or equivalent experience. Good standard of education English Language and Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
* Certificate in Personnel Practice or equivalent
* Post graduate diploma in Human Resources (CIPD) Management or equivalent (or currently working towards)
* Associate CIPD Status
Experience
* Experience of working in a HR role and supporting line managers in delivering the HR agenda
* Experience of absence management and advice
* Some experience of (i.e. participation in or support to the handling of) complex, sensitive or contentious issues
* Experience of delivering HR training
* Experience of handling consultation on terms and conditions and organisational change
* Previous NHS experience
* Previous advisory experience of working within a diverse, unionised environment
* Experience of working across different divisions and disciplines
* Experience of coaching
* Experience of developing and updating HR policies
Skills & Knowledge
* Sound knowledge of employment law and employee relations
* Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
* Demonstrate the ability to prioritise a varied and challenging workload, delivering to deadlines
* Ability to work across organisational boundaries
* Excellent organisational skills
* Adaptable to change
* Understanding of HR principles within a complex organisation
Personal Attributes
* Ability to build sound working relationships
* Ability to make sound judgements
* Awareness to raise concerns to relevant senior people as and when required
* Self-motivated
* Good time management
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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