NHS
Group HR Absence Management Lead
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Job Description
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- Specialist HR knowledge acquired through degree and professional HR qualification or equivalent level of training, experience and knowledge to Master's level.
- Significant experience of providing complex / highly complex HR Advice to managers and staff
- Working in partnership with Trade Unions.
- Experience and involvement in advising on complex/highly complex absence issues.
- Experience of writing and interpreting employment policy, e.g. recruitment, disciplinary, grievance, sickness management.
- Skills to effectively analyse data and information and develop actions plans to meet Trust needs.
- Strong knowledge of best practice HR initiatives, trade union partnerships and negotiation, consultation and influencing strategies with an ability to apply these throughout the Trust.
- Strong knowledge of project management, research methodology and business case development.
- Knowledge of internal service level agreements, KPIs and performance reporting standards.
- Strong understanding of relevant employment legislation and the impact of future legislative changes.
- Specific interest in Health and Wellbeing initiatives and knowledge of case law in relation to managing absence
- Specialist HR knowledge acquired through degree and professional HR qualification or equivalent level of training, experience and knowledge to Master's level.
- Significant experience of providing complex / highly complex HR Advice to managers and staff
- Working in partnership with Trade Unions.
- Experience and involvement in advising on complex/highly complex absence issues.
- Experience of writing and interpreting employment policy, e.g. recruitment, disciplinary, grievance, sickness management.
- Skills to effectively analyse data and information and develop actions plans to meet Trust needs.
- Strong knowledge of best practice HR initiatives, trade union partnerships and negotiation, consultation and influencing strategies with an ability to apply these throughout the Trust.
- Strong knowledge of project management, research methodology and business case development.
- Knowledge of internal service level agreements, KPIs and performance reporting standards.
- Strong understanding of relevant employment legislation and the impact of future legislative changes.
- Specific interest in Health and Wellbeing initiatives and knowledge of case law in relation to managing absence
Job summary
This post is for internal candidates to University Hospitals Tees. If you are not currently working within the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust or North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Group HR Absence Management Lead to proactively support the management of sickness absence across the Group. working across South Tees and North Tees
The postholder will report to the Group ER Business Partner or HRBP and will work as part of a small specialist team, with a specific focus on absence management. They will adopt a support and drive absence case management and will provide robust guidance to managers to ensure absence is proactively managed and individual action plans and interventions are implemented.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the wider HR Team, the successful candidate will develop effective working relationships with colleagues from unions and professional bodies and will absence management initiatives across the Trust.
The successful candidate will demonstrate HR knowledge acquired through HR / Employment Law Degree or through relevant training and experience to degree level. They will have experience of managing complex HR case work, and particular experience in managing complex absence cases.
The successful candidate will demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills, self-motivation and a focus on a focus on key performance objectives and will need to be able to develop excellent relationships with a variety of key stakeholders across the Group.
This is a challenging and exciting time to join the NHS, and the successful candidate will be supported by their management team to complete team and individual objectives, including regular opportunities for communication, welfare discussions, sharing of information and team development. The team is currently working to an office rota, where time is spent working both on site and remotely.
If you would like an exciting, dynamic, and vibrant opportunity and would like to contribute to the fantastic efforts of the NHS then this role is for you.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided
courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Date posted
01 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year N/A
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
328-CP-7157142
Job locations
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
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Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
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Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
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
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The James Cook University Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3BW
Employer's website
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.