About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated HR professional to join The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust as an HR Manager.
As a key member of the HR Team, you will act as a strategic and operational partner to the Neurosurgery Division and Corporate Departments, delivering expert HR advice and support across a broad range of workforce issues. You will work closely with senior leaders and managers to develop workforce solutions that support service delivery, organisational objectives and employee wellbeing.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you will influence organisational change, support complex employee relations matters, drive workforce improvements and contribute to the delivery of an outstanding employee experience.
If you are passionate about people, have experience within HR and enjoy working collaboratively to solve complex workforce challenges, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Providing expert advice and guidance on complex employee relations issues, including conduct, capability, attendance management, grievance, dignity at work, organisational change and terms and conditions of employment.
- Managing and supporting complex investigations, hearings and appeals in line with Trust policies and employment legislation.
- Leading organisational change programmes and formal consultation processes, including the development of business cases and consultation documentation.
- Working in partnership with Divisional leadership teams to develop workforce strategies and solutions that support operational and strategic objectives.
- Presenting workforce information and HR metrics to Directorate meetings and supporting managers to improve people performance.
- Developing and implementing HR and organisational development interventions, including workforce planning, recruitment and retention initiatives, employee engagement activities and wellbeing programmes.
- Coaching and developing managers to build confidence and capability in managing people effectively.
- Contributing to the development and review of HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with current employment legislation and best practice.
- Leading and contributing to Trust-wide HR and workforce projects.
- Working collaboratively with staff-side representatives and key stakeholders to foster positive employee relations and partnership working.
About us
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as an HR Manager or in a similar senior HR role.
- Experience managing complex employee relations cases at all levels
- Experience in a Generalist HR role in the NHS
- Experience of coaching and developing mangers in effective people management
- Experience in implementing and delivering HR and OD interventions
- Experience of working in a unionized environment
- Experience of designing and presenting papers to committees
- Experience of managing Organisational Change including stakeholder engagement.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a specialist Trust
- Experience in the Agenda for Change job evaluation scheme
- Experience of using ESR
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
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sid Watkins building, The Walton Centre
Lower Lane
Liverpool
L9 7LJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)