NHS
Human Resources Advisor
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Job Description
- Req#: C9842-26-0001?language=en&page=95&sort=publicationDateDesc
- casework
- supporting and maintaining attendance
- policy development
- management training
- organisational change
- job evaluation processes
- Previous experience in a HR Advisory role including supporting and advising on a wide range of employment issues e.g. disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and bullying and harassment.
- Possession of level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent experience to degree level.
- QSIR or similar improvement methodology
- NCAS or similar casework training
- Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal development.
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Understanding around the principles of basic NHS terms and conditions of employment.
- Previous experience in a HR Advisory role including supporting and advising on a wide range of employment issues e.g. disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and bullying and harassment.
- Possession of level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent experience to degree level.
- QSIR or similar improvement methodology
- NCAS or similar casework training
- Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal development.
- ECDL or equivalent experience
- Understanding around the principles of basic NHS terms and conditions of employment.
Job summary
The focus of the role will be to provide advice, guidance, coaching and support for managers across the trust to support them in developing their own management and team capability. This will be achieved through formal and informal casework, advice, policy and training development.
Main duties of the job
Providing expertise, effective and efficient processes across a range of employment relations, including:
About us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.
During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.
Details
Date posted
05 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
11 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
Reference number
842-POE-7001-26
Job locations
Walton Hospital
Chesterfield
S40 3HW
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The focus of the role will be to provide advice, guidance, coaching and support for managers across the trust to support them in developing their own management and team capability. This will be achieved through formal and informal casework, advice, policy and training development.
Casework
Provide a proactive, professional and comprehensive response to employee relation / people management challenges though informal advice and guidance.
Provide support and leadership to formal casework through specialist advice to investigating officers and panel chairs and members through all stages and decision making, including decisions to suspend, presenting cases in a hearing, formality of approach and panel outcomes.
Ensure all casework is resolved and progressed at each stage in a timely manner, as determined by the specific circumstances.
Ensure full and accurate records are maintained, secured and accessible as appropriate. Compile packs for hearings and similar and ensure relevant parties are provided with materials in good time.
Escalate any concerns and complexities appropriately and in a timely manner.
Supporting and maintaining attendance
Provide support and leadership in the form of advice and guidance to managers and leaders to resolve individual attendance and health related issues through all stages, including informal support to assist remaining in work through to formal processes including dismissals, redeployments and ill health retirement applications.
Maintain a clear oversight on divisional absences and risks and work with managers and leaders to develop plans that support attendance in work.
Monitor and report on compliance with policy, including return to work meetings and formal / informal process management and support.
Monitor and report on absence data and information accordingly through relevant trust mechanisms
Liaise with external services, such as access to work and external providers, such as occupational health to ensure individuals are well supported and compliant with procedural requirements. Attendance at case conferences and similar as appropriate.
Policy & Training development
Provide a source of expertise on employee relations policies and advise accordingly, including internally amongst the HR Advisory team
Draft, review and contribute to relevant policies, toolkits and guides
Design, review and deliver training packages across the organisation
Deliver drop in clinics, or similar, to respond proactively to organisational / divisional requirements
Organisational change
Under the support / in partnership with the Divisional People Lead, support organisational change processes, such as changes to terms and conditions or restructuring processes.
Job evaluation and analysis
Advise managers on job evaluation and give specialist advice on developing job descriptions within a service structure. Participate in job matching panels and consistency checking.
Other duties may include participation in projects or specific objectives as agreed and commensurate with the general duties above.
Job responsibilities
The focus of the role will be to provide advice, guidance, coaching and support for managers across the trust to support them in developing their own management and team capability. This will be achieved through formal and informal casework, advice, policy and training development.
Casework
Provide a proactive, professional and comprehensive response to employee relation / people management challenges though informal advice and guidance.
Provide support and leadership to formal casework through specialist advice to investigating officers and panel chairs and members through all stages and decision making, including decisions to suspend, presenting cases in a hearing, formality of approach and panel outcomes.
Ensure all casework is resolved and progressed at each stage in a timely manner, as determined by the specific circumstances.
Ensure full and accurate records are maintained, secured and accessible as appropriate. Compile packs for hearings and similar and ensure relevant parties are provided with materials in good time.
Escalate any concerns and complexities appropriately and in a timely manner.
Supporting and maintaining attendance
Provide support and leadership in the form of advice and guidance to managers and leaders to resolve individual attendance and health related issues through all stages, including informal support to assist remaining in work through to formal processes including dismissals, redeployments and ill health retirement applications.
Maintain a clear oversight on divisional absences and risks and work with managers and leaders to develop plans that support attendance in work.
Monitor and report on compliance with policy, including return to work meetings and formal / informal process management and support.
Monitor and report on absence data and information accordingly through relevant trust mechanisms
Liaise with external services, such as access to work and external providers, such as occupational health to ensure individuals are well supported and compliant with procedural requirements. Attendance at case conferences and similar as appropriate.
Policy & Training development
Provide a source of expertise on employee relations policies and advise accordingly, including internally amongst the HR Advisory team
Draft, review and contribute to relevant policies, toolkits and guides
Design, review and deliver training packages across the organisation
Deliver drop in clinics, or similar, to respond proactively to organisational / divisional requirements
Organisational change
Under the support / in partnership with the Divisional People Lead, support organisational change processes, such as changes to terms and conditions or restructuring processes.
Job evaluation and analysis
Advise managers on job evaluation and give specialist advice on developing job descriptions within a service structure. Participate in job matching panels and consistency checking.
Other duties may include participation in projects or specific objectives as agreed and commensurate with the general duties above.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience and training
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and skills
Essential
Desirable
Experience and training
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and skills
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Address
Walton Hospital
Chesterfield
S40 3HW
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Address
Walton Hospital
Chesterfield
S40 3HW
Employer's website
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.
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