London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

HR Manager

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced HR professional with outstanding people skills to join our Pharmacy and HR management team. Working in a large complex environment, our HR Managers provide robust HR and employee relations advice across a full and varied spectrum of issues. Successful candidates will have extensive experience and be comfortable working with a highlevel of autonomy in a busy setting.

You will be key in developing our manager's capabilities to ensure a timely, supportive and proactive approach ensuring colleagues are treated with compassion and kindness.

You will need to be able to regularly travel to visit your customers in the Pharmacy department and some occasional travel to our other London sites will be expected.

Main duties of the job

You will be a central point of specialist HR advice and support to the management team within the Pharmacy department.

Ensuring that the highest professional standards of employment practice are maintained in line with Trust policy and employment legislation, you will undertake a range of employee relations casework.

You will proactively advising managers and establish plans to manage and reduce sickness absence ensuring the correct and consistent application of the Trust's absence management policy in a supportive and compassionate way for our staff.

You will interpret, review, develop and implement HR policies, procedures and practices. You will take a lead role on key HR projects/initiatives as required, design and deliver specialist staff development and training courses and support job evaluation activities with training.

You will also take responsibility for the management and learning anddevelopment of an HR Advisor.

About us

London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.

We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.

We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.

Details

Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-2642

Job locations

Waterloo - HQ, Lewisham and Trust-wide when required

London

SE18SD


Job description

Job responsibilities

As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience Working in the NHS
  • CIPD or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience working as a HR manager

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing or supervising staff
  • Extensive experience in providing highly specialised HR advice and support to managers including, absence management, conduct, capability, disciplinary, grievance, management of change, TUPE and employment law
  • Experience of devising and delivering training packages to a range of staff

Skills

Essential

  • Preparing and writing effective reports and official documentation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience Working in the NHS
  • CIPD or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience working as a HR manager

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing or supervising staff
  • Extensive experience in providing highly specialised HR advice and support to managers including, absence management, conduct, capability, disciplinary, grievance, management of change, TUPE and employment law
  • Experience of devising and delivering training packages to a range of staff

Skills

Essential

  • Preparing and writing effective reports and official documentation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo - HQ, Lewisham and Trust-wide when required

London

SE18SD


Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo - HQ, Lewisham and Trust-wide when required

London

SE18SD


Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Pharmacist

Sumithra Maheswaran

sumithra.maheswaran@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

308-CORP-2642

Job locations

Waterloo - HQ, Lewisham and Trust-wide when required

London

SE18SD


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