HR Advisor

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about HR and ready to make a difference in the healthcare sector? If so, we are looking for you! Join The Humber Health Partnership, which includes Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG). We are looking for three proactive and dedicated Band 5 HR Advisors to join our expanding HR team.

Why Join Us?

  • Exciting Opportunities: Be part of a supportive team providing comprehensive HR support to nearly 20,000 staff members, helping deliver exceptional care to our patients.
  • Professional Growth: Whether you have a CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience, you'll receive opportunities to grow and develop your HR skills in a collaborative environment. The successful candidate will be an Associate member of the CIPD.
  • Diverse Roles Available: We have three unique HR Advisor positions available, including one with a special interest in Resident Doctors. All post are available on a full-time, part-time or job share basis, with one available on a fixed-term basis with the potential to become permanent.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert guidance and advice on a range of HR issues to managers and staff, ensuring best practices and compliance with employment law.
  • You will take a lead role in achieving and maintaining the Group's Key Workforce Indicators (i.e. attendance, retention, personal development reviews and mandatory training) across all staff groups.
  • Manage a diverse caseload of employee relations issues, ensuring consistency and policy compliance.
  • Contribute to the successful implementation of prioritised People Plan interventions and support organisational redesign and change initiatives.
  • Help promote a positive and inclusive workforce.
  • You will provide a key link between the HR advisory Service, Care Group Business Partners and centralised HR functions such as Recruitment and Medical Staffing

What We Offer:

  • Flexible Working: Enjoy the benefits of hybrid working, combining home and workplace settings. Your base will be in Hull, Cottingham, Scunthorpe, or Grimsby, with some cross-site travel required. Your site base will be agreed at the point of an offer of employment depending on your home location and service requirements.
  • Career Progression: These roles are advertised at Band 5 but the opportunity for Band 6 employment can be available for candidates with the right skills and experience. Both Job Descriptions are attached for reference.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Date posted

18 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-6921453A

Job locations

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Hull

HU16 5JQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in a Human Resources related field or an intermediate level
  • Level 5 CIPD qualification with relevant Experience or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD
  • Associate CIPD member

Desirable

  • Level 7 CIPD qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Operational HR experience covering a range of employee relation issues i.e. matters of capability, performance, sickness, absence, disciplinary and grievance together with terms and conditions of service and organisational change.
  • An up to date knowledge of employment law and employee relations processes
  • Proven ability to deliver on key HR issues such as improving performance against key performance indicators.
  • Use of up to date knowledge of employment legislation and case law and its application.
  • Experience of effectively working in partnership with Trade Unions
  • Experience in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in a Human Resources related field or an intermediate level
  • Level 5 CIPD qualification with relevant Experience or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD
  • Associate CIPD member

Desirable

  • Level 7 CIPD qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Operational HR experience covering a range of employee relation issues i.e. matters of capability, performance, sickness, absence, disciplinary and grievance together with terms and conditions of service and organisational change.
  • An up to date knowledge of employment law and employee relations processes
  • Proven ability to deliver on key HR issues such as improving performance against key performance indicators.
  • Use of up to date knowledge of employment legislation and case law and its application.
  • Experience of effectively working in partnership with Trade Unions
  • Experience in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Hull

HU16 5JQ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Hull

HU16 5JQ


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Manager

Tracy Fitzgerald

tracy.fitzgerald@nhs.net

01482468400

Date posted

18 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-6921453A

Job locations

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Hull

HU16 5JQ


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