About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic Medical HR Officer to join our Medical HR Team.
You'll be joining a team that is passionate about delivering an excellent service and proud of the support it provides to the Trust's medical workforce. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop your knowledge and expertise, with exposure to a broad range of medical workforce matters.
As a key member of the team, you will work closely with medical leaders, consultants, resident doctors and colleagues across the Trust, supporting every stage of the employee journey. From coordinating the recruitment and onboarding of doctors, managing resident doctor rotations and providing expert medical HR advice, ensuring compliance with national standards and policies, your contribution will directly support the delivery of high-quality patient care.
As part of the wider People Services Team, we work collaboratively across the Trust to deliver the AWP Workforce Strategy, promote best practice in people management, and create a positive experience for our staff. We value teamwork, professionalism and continuous improvement, and we're looking for someone who shares those values.
If you're looking for a rewarding HR role where you can make a real difference to doctors, resident doctors and the wider medical workforce, we'd love to hear from you.
This role is hybrid, working primarily from home with some office based work.
Main duties of the job
As the Medical HR Officer you will,
Provide specialist Medical HR advice and support to medical leaders, managers and medical staff on employment matters, policies, procedures and employment legislation. Support senior medical staff in managing sickness absence, employee relations issues and compliance with Trust policies and best practice. Coordinate and manage the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of medical staff, including Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Resident Doctors and Medical Bank doctors. Manage medical recruitment systems and records, ensuring accurate maintenance of ESR, TRAC and other workforce systems. Manage the administration of Resident Doctor rotations, work schedules, honorary contracts and on-boarding processes in line with national and local requirements. Produce and maintain Resident Doctor rotas and pay information using eRota, ensuring compliance with contractual and code of practice deadlines. Provide specialist advice and support on medical payroll matters, including salary calculations, rotational changes, leave arrangements and payroll queries. Contribute to service improvement and the development of Medical HR practices.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information about the main responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent CIPD qualification level 5 (or working towards) or equivalent level of experience in HR. CIPD Membership
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Relevant experience of working in a large, complex organisation operating within a policy and procedure framework, giving advice and ensuring compliance Knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation Knowledge of NHS/Social Services Experience of delivering work against timescales and to time
Desirable
Knowledge of Medical & Dental Terms and Conditions Experience of advising on medical HR matters Experience of using TRAC, NHS Jobs and Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Knowledge of Resident Doctor rotations
Skills and Abilities Essential
Ability to manage challenging conversations using tact, diplomacy and professional judgement Sound IT literacy, including word processing skills, experience of using the MS office suite - Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint and use HR systems Good time management skills, including the ability to organise workload and meet deadlines Ability to work independently while recognising when escalation is required Excellent customer service skills Possess good communication skills in order to advise medial managers and employees on a wide range of employment issues and policies Excellent administrative and organisational 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.
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Bath NHS House
Newbridge Hill
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)