Job summary
Join our team as a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) for our Adult Inpatient & Urgent Care - Care Groups.
Are you a skilled HR professional ready for a new challenge? We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented and experienced HR professional to work as a business partner in our clinical care groups.
At LPFT we take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive work environment which has earned us recognition as one of the best mental health and learning disability Trusts in the country.
The role of a HRBP is critical to achieving our objectives of ensuring we have an inclusive culture where people have the right skills and values to make a positive impact.
You will have the autonomy to work with your care groups management team shaping the people priorities that will make a difference, but with a supportive team and People Strategy to ensure we focus on the longer term impact of our work. The base for this role can be negotiated and the role will work in line with our hybrid working arrangements, allowing flexibility to suit you and your other commitments.
If you are interested in finding out more please drop me a line to arrange a chat and learn more about this exciting opportunity karen.christer@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
You will be an integral part of the senior leadership team within your care groups, developing effective working relationships, negotiating and influencing in order to support the achievement of the People Strategy and Trust objectives. The HR team is responsible for supporting all our workforce to achieve the Trust vision and values.
As a Trust we are on a journey to embed a restorative culture and it is vital our practice reflects this. You will also support a variety of projects which will be determined by the current priorities in our People Strategy.
You will be a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) or have equivalent experience working at a senior level in the NHS or demonstrable transferable knowledge in a relevant environment (large scale complex organisation). If you are a member of the CIPD and do not hold a masters degree in HRM but feel you can demonstrate equivalent level experience we would ask that you demonstrate your experience against the chartered member level of the people profession map (specifically in relation People Practice in core knowledge & Employee relations & policy in Specialist knowledge) in your application. If you require any further information in relation to this please do let us know.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate (masters) Degree in Human Resources/ Employment Law/ or equivalent level experience to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in one or more HR topics
- CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of building effective working relationships, negotiating, influencing and challenging a wide range of stakeholders, including senior managers, in order to support the achievement objectives
- Experience of acting as a change agent, working proactively to make organisational change happen
- Experience of providing coaching, mentoring, training and developing in HR policy, practice and employment law
- Experience of dealing with a range of complex employee relations case work and people management issues
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in employment tribunal claim management
- Experience of working as a sole practitioner
- Experience of NHS terms and conditions
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent knowledge of Employment Law, HR best practice principles and experience of implementing these
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with others
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to a range of audiences and adapt style as required
- Lead on projects and undertake appropriate analysis, interpreting complex results and producing reports and action plan with the appropriate options for action
- Interpret workforce reports for managers on a range of HR metrics e.g. sickness absence, turnover etc. and provide solutions
- Ability to present to large/ diverse groups of people
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Advise managers on the content of investigation reports, including complex information and advise them on the appropriate course of action in accordance with Trust Procedures, e.g., disciplinary sanctions Desktop new posts in accordance with Agenda for Change Job Evaluation / Matching
- Plan and organise complex activities, e.g. recruitment drive
- Excellent Team Working skills
- Upholds and role model the Values of the Trust at all times
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate (masters) Degree in Human Resources/ Employment Law/ or equivalent level experience to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in one or more HR topics
- CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of building effective working relationships, negotiating, influencing and challenging a wide range of stakeholders, including senior managers, in order to support the achievement objectives
- Experience of acting as a change agent, working proactively to make organisational change happen
- Experience of providing coaching, mentoring, training and developing in HR policy, practice and employment law
- Experience of dealing with a range of complex employee relations case work and people management issues
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in employment tribunal claim management
- Experience of working as a sole practitioner
- Experience of NHS terms and conditions
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent knowledge of Employment Law, HR best practice principles and experience of implementing these
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with others
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to a range of audiences and adapt style as required
- Lead on projects and undertake appropriate analysis, interpreting complex results and producing reports and action plan with the appropriate options for action
- Interpret workforce reports for managers on a range of HR metrics e.g. sickness absence, turnover etc. and provide solutions
- Ability to present to large/ diverse groups of people
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Advise managers on the content of investigation reports, including complex information and advise them on the appropriate course of action in accordance with Trust Procedures, e.g., disciplinary sanctions Desktop new posts in accordance with Agenda for Change Job Evaluation / Matching
- Plan and organise complex activities, e.g. recruitment drive
- Excellent Team Working skills
- Upholds and role model the Values of the Trust at all times
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
