[ref. j21370302] Senior People Advisor | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting permanent opportunity has arisen to join a fantastic team of People professionals, currently based at Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing & Innovation Hub (Seaton Delaval) in the role of Senior People Advisors. We are seeking a motivated, conscientious, and experienced People Professional to work within our fast-paced and supportive Operational People Team.
This roles is pivotal in supporting the provision of a high-quality People service that is focussed on supporting staff, colleagues and managers across the organisation to achieve outcomes in line with the vision and values of the Trust.
The successful post holder will be required to work at other sites within the Trust on a regular basis. Blended/agile/hybrid and flexible working are supported by the Trust.
You will provide specialist advice in relation to employee relations issues including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, organisational change, and Medical Staffing issues.
You will provide supervision to more junior members of the People team and advise on complex employee relations matters including Case Management support.
You will have opportunity to support the implementation of national strategies and developments and the Trust's People and Organisational Development Strategy.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The successful candidate will act as a Senior People Advisor aligned with a designated Business Unit within the Trust. You will assist your Business Unit in meeting their overall objectives and Business plans by providing timely and accurate information, advice and support to enable them to proactively manage:
- Employee relations
- Organisational Change
- Recruitment and retention of quality staff
- Medical Staff resources
The successful candidate will have an ability to communicate, negotiate and influence a range of managers and staff; have a pragmatic approach to deal with complex, difficult and emotional situations in order to advise on an appropriate course of action and an ability to organise their own workload to meet service needs and competing deadlines.
There are substantial development and training opportunities available within the Trust.
Applicants for the Senior People Advisor position must have:
- Postgraduate diploma level qualification in Human Resources Management or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
- A sound working knowledge of employment legislation, good HR/People practice and policies and management procedures, gained via significant previous experience of working in an HR/People environment.
- Working knowledge of the NHS.
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025