Human Resources Advisor

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 onsite 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 . 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.

In some cases, this means that a service 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 at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

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 managing basic Human Resources issues including sickness absence management, capability management, disciplinary management, grievances, and disciplinary investigations.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of other key human resources fields e.g., recruitment & selection, terms & conditions, and change management.
• Proven experience of working in a Human Resources Department undertaking an advisory role.
• 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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust