Job summary

Elevate your HR career with us. Join our People Services Team as a Senior Advisor and make a difference in a dynamic environment. We're on the lookout for an experienced and knowledgeable HR professional to become an integral part of our People Services Team. If you're enthusiastic, proactive, and have a passion for continuous improvement, we want you on our team.The Opportunity:As a Senior Advisor in our team, you'll have the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, delivering an Employee Relations Advice service to a large and complex organisation. You will develop your HR skills alongside a dedicated group of professionals. This is the perfect role for a self-motivated, well-organised individual ready to take the next step in their HR career.Your Role:Collaborative Excellence: Join forces with our HR professionals to create a responsive and high-quality advisory service. Your insights and expertise will be valued as you contribute to the team's success.Decision-Making Prowess: Showcase your problem solving and decision-making skills as well as critical thinking abilities as you engage with staff at all levels, senior managers, and external organisations.Communication Mastery: Effective communication and interpersonal skills are key in this role. You'll be liaising with various stakeholders, making connections, and driving ER initiatives forward to improve the ER experience for both managers and employees.

Main duties of the job

Key aspects of the role include:

• Providing a consistent, responsive, high quality employee relations advisory and support service to managers and staff within the Trust.
• Overseeing and supporting a range of complex and sensitive employment matters including but not limited to disciplinary, concerns resolution, capability, and safeguarding cases.
• Leading on the update and revision of HR Policies, guidance and document templates as requested.
• Coaching / mentoring other members of the People Services Advisory Team to improve the skills and experience.

Closing date of applications: 8 December

Interview date: 19 December 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.