HR Advisor

Our People Services Team at Barchester Healthcare continually strive to enhance our employee experience and employee journey and offer excellent career choices and opportunities to progress.

We are in the process of expanding our HR Operations Team and have a fantastic opportunity for talented, driven individuals to join our People Services Team as HR Advisors.

This is a remote role, however, regular travel may be required to care homes/hospitals and very occasional travel may be required across our homes in the north divisions and to the Company offices in Inverness.

This is a crucial role working with colleagues across the HR Operations Teamto support the delivery of the Companys People Strategy, Divisional People Plans and Operational priorities.The role will mainly be ER focused and therefore a good knowledge and experience of advising managers in line with employment law and best practice is essential.

Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, the role will work hand in hand with the HR Business Partner and HR Co-ordinator teams to provide expert HR advice, guidance and support to Managers on People issues, such as employee relations, policy and process and the delivery of key projects (absence management and upskilling of Managers), in line with employment law and HR best practice.

The role will provide significant expertise in the management of sickness absence across the Division in order to drive down absence levels.

You'll be working in an organisation with over 17,000 colleagues that has been awarded an outstanding rating by Best Companies, is in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for also one of the Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's market leading healthcare providers being the third largest in the UK with over 250 nursing homes and hospitals across the country. With a successful new builds programme with 10 new build homes being built and opened every year for the next three years, we are rapidly and successfully expanding.

Required experience and qualification
- Level 3 CIPD or working towards/equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Experience in a generalist HR role.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative
- Influential and confident communicator with stakeholder groups

Role and responsibilities:

- Lead on sickness absence across the Division, ensuring compliance with HR policy and process, employment law and best practice to drive down absence levels.
- Advise on low level conduct/capability ER cases ensuring compliance with HR Policy and process, employment law and best practice, whilst escalating any high risk cases to the HR Business Partner.
- To coach and influence Managers to respond to People issues.
- To provide training to Managers (121 or group/face to face or via Zoom) on required HR topics.
- Participation in the induction process for the General Managers.
- Carry out HR Surgeries in the Care Homes/Hospitals as and when required.

Barchester are dedicated to ensuring that our team are respected and their contribution valued. If you are looking to develop a career with an employer that is supportive and offers progression opportunities, Barchester is an empowering and rewarding place to be.

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