Employee Relations Advisor

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The Employee Relations team at the Royal Free NHS Trust delivers strategic people objectives and operational delivery plans to ensure that world class services are delivered to patients.

Main duties of the job

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and commercially aware HR professional to join our team as an Employee Relations Advisor.

The Advisor shall be responsible for the provision of a quality people management service that is focused on supporting our managers to achieve outcomes in line with their vision, purpose, priorities and objectives. This is a customer facing role so a commercial and customer focused approach is essential.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Providing advice on the practical application of people policies and procedures
• Supporting managers in the case management of a range of issues including matters relating to disciplinary, grievance, performance, attendance management, bullying and harassment etc
• Delivering training across the Trust to managers of all levels

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be confident in the provision of advice and be able to influence and persuade stakeholders
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of NHS terms and conditions
• Be confident in presenting to large groups environment

Please note that this post is a hybrid working role - both onsite and online

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

WCV + Quals

• WCV
• CIPD

Experience

• ER experience in advisory role
• Experience on a customer service role
• Employment law and legal updates knowledge
• Experience on a multi cultural and diverse environment
• Experience wirking with Unions

• NHS/ AfC knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of HR systems (1) knowledge of tracker (2)
• knowledge of HR best practice

Skills

• Able to plan and organise work and time independently
• Confidence to support managers by themselves
• Well developed written and oral communication
• Able to analyse complex data and create recommendations
• Able to support with case management
• Influencing and negotiation skills

Personal Qualities

• Strong customer service
• Resilience
• High levels of personal influence

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
• Covid-19 Vaccination

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