Senior Employee Relations Advisor

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you aspire to work for a London NHS Trust which is at the forefront of innovation and employees some of the best staff in the NHS? At Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, we will strive to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career. As the Senior Employee Relations Advisor, you will bring with you significant experience of employee relations. You will be driving change, in improving the experience of our staff and leaders, through the provision of bets in class employee relations practices that are based on developing a just culture and excellent people experience.

You will work closely with the Employee Relations Manager and Employee Relations Consultant to provide a specialist employee relations and resolution service to managers and staff across the Trust. The post holder will be responsible for managing their own complex employee relations case work, including but not limited to, advising on and supporting on the investigation of cases of all staff including medical and senior staff.

You will need to possess excellent IT skills with the ability to manipulate data to create and display standard and ad hoc ER reports.

**Closing date**: Wednesday 5th March 2024.

Interviews will take place on 14 th March 2024 (in person)

Hybrid working pattern 50% remote working 50% on site

The post holder will be responsible for managing a complex employee relations case load including disciplinary, grievance, bullying and harassment and capability cases, by working proactively with managers to agree outcomes and propose recommendations, ensuring that risks are dealt with efficiently.

The post holder will be a senior advisor on the team, providing specialist advice to staff and managers in relation to a range of complex employment related issues and will be required to make subsequent recommendations for development of policy, flow-charts, templates and best practice guidelines. The Employee Relations team will adopt a coaching approach in the delivery of advice to managers in order to build confidence in dealing with complex people-management issues and interpreting policy so that balanced decisions can be made without recourse to HR.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that advice and support to managers complies with HR best practice and employment legislation and fosters good employee relations.

Key working relation relationships

Other colleagues and staff in the Human Resources Department.

All line managers within the Clinical/Corporate Directorates.

Local and regional Trade Union representatives.

Internal staff in the Trust.

Occupational Health.

External, for instance applicants, members of the public and agencies.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

Provide professional ER advice, support and coaching to staff and managers on a wide range of Employee Relations issues, policies and procedures ensuring that best practice is applied and equal opportunities principles are adhered too.

Ensure advice is balanced and pragmatic and takes into account clinical and operational issues concerning patient safety and cost.

Provide regular reports on all ER activity and ensure the employee relations database is updated on at least a weekly basis.

Provide advice on a range of complex queries escalated from the service desk and HRBP teams on matters including fixed term contracts, probationary periods, flexible working appeals and other Trust terms and conditions and benefits.

Work collaboratively and assist the Human Resources Business Partners in providing support with workforce related incidents in their respective areas.

Analyse and interpret people-related metrics to identify trends and inform the development and improvement of ER policies and processes, management development activities and employee engagemen

For more information regarding the team, role, and responsibilities please see the job description attached.



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