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 recognised 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!
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 modernisation 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.
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.
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.
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What to do next
If you have any further questions, or to find out more about us or the role, or if you’d like to come and meet the team and have a chat prior to or after applying, then please contact Karen Turner, HR Partner on 01246 512879 or email karenturner6@nhs.net
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Mar 2025
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