HR Advisor

We are an acute Teaching Hospital Trust and are looking to recruit a HR Advisor to join our Business Services Team.

In this varied and busy role you will support the Senior HRBP (Surgery Division) or Senior HRBP (Corporate Division and Sterile Services and Decontamination Departments).

You will be autonomous in your role and be responsible for working in partnership with our People Managers in providing pragmatic, responsive, legally compliant and value adding HR advice, to meet the People Strategy, Workforce and Divisional Corporate objectives.

Previous applicants need not apply.

The HR Advisor is responsible for the delivery of a proactive, effective, and high-quality Human Resource service to Divisional Managers, Medical Managers, and employees, which is responsive to the needs of the organisation.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering operational HR, ensuring the provision is efficient, effective, and business focused within recognised external and internal standards. The post holder will ensure that the service can meet the evolving needs of managers and employees in the Trust in line with the People Strategy, the quality agenda for patients and service users and develop systems to deliver an excellent HR service. They will support HR colleagues to develop the people management capability of line managers, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to handle staff management responsibilities.

As a critical member of the HR team, the post holder will support Trust Divisions, under the direction of the Senior HR Business Partner, to deliver the Trust’s People strategy.

The post holder may also be required to take a supportive role on some Trust wide initiative / developments or HR projects.

They will deputise for the Senior HR Business Partner when required.

We support agile working, however there will be a requirement to travel to other Trust sites as required.

This vacancy may close early

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
- Work with the Senior HR Business Partners to provide a focused and bespoke approach to operational HR management across the The post holder will use an internal consultancy approach enabling them to research, respond, design and delivery bespoke HR solutions to Divisional problems. Key to this approach is ensuring that there is a clear understanding of the need for consistency in service provided to the Divisions.
- Provide professional HR advice and support to staff and managers across the Trust.
- To work with all HR professionals across each function to ensure that lessons are learned, and the service is business focussed
- Align own practice to the delivery of the Trust’s Corporate Objectives and People Strategy, and thereby drive the delivery of divisional Performance Management against agreed HR Indicators / targets.
- Develop key relationships with internal service users to determine key service requirements.
- Advise medical staff, managers on job planning process and use of Allocate job planning system
- Provide professional advice and support to Managers / Medical Managers dealing with employment issues, including the use of the Trust’s disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures, ensuring that procedures are followed and fairly and consistently applied. This will include support around the preparation and management of Employment Tribunals as appropriate
- Support managers / Medical Managers in developing and maintaining Personal Development Review systems, ensuring that staff in the Divisions are appraised annually and have a Personal Development Plan in line with Trust Policy.
- Advise Managers / Medical managers on the management of attendance, taking action as appropriate, and ensuring a consistent approach amongst the Management Team, to assist in reducing levels of absenteeism and thereby maximising Proactively support divisional management to actively review and manage both Long and Short-Term Absenteeism in line with Trust Policy.