HR Advisor

**HR Advisor | Warrington | Private Hospital | Part-time, Permanent | 30 hrs per week | Competitive salary + excellent benefits**
- Spire Cheshire Hospital, Warrington is looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join their team on a part-time, permanent basis. _

At Spire Cheshire Hospital, we provide high-quality treatments for our patients and are extremely proud to be rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for our private hospital care. You can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to treatment and aftercare.

**Working Hours**:_30 hours per week, spread over 4 days from Monday to Friday, between 9 AM and 5 PM _

**Contract Type**:_Permanent _
- As HR Advisor you will support the business with advice and guidance processing all documentation and correspondence relating to the employee life cycle matters. Providing expert HR and employment law advice, coaching and mentoring to Spire colleagues and line managers; improving managers’ confidence to deal with day to day first line HR queries. _

**Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)**:

- Supporting the local delivery and implementation of Spire's people strategy with guidance and support from the Hub People Business Partner
- Support and challenge the managers in their workforce planning, enabling them to recruit the right person with the right skills, for the right work pattern that meets the business needs
- Ensure accurate and confidential management of all colleague HR files and personal information, in line with GDPR guidance
- Lead the hospital on-boarding activities for all new joiners to ensure all new colleagues are inducted in a timely manner by the hospital and their individual department
- Support managers and new starters through probation period meeting activity within the required timescales, providing advice and guidance as required
- Actively manage absence within the hospital to reduce short term absence and appropriately handle long term absences
- Support Managers in performance management processes, disciplinary, grievance issues and attendance matters
- Be the initial point of contact for all HR matters and provide high quality consistent HR advice in line with Spire policy, procedure and best practice

**What do you need to have?**
- CIPD Qualified - Minimum Level 5
- Proven experience as an HR Advisor or other HR position
- Experience of successful delivery in a project or customer / employee delivery role
- Knowledge of generalist HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development etc)
- Understanding of employment laws, absence and disciplinary / grievance procedures
- Excellent IT skills including recent working use of the Microsoft Office suite. (Word, Excel and Outlook particularly)
- Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
- A highly engaging individual who is able to take people with them through their positive, pro-active and enthusiastic approach

**Benefits**:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free car park close by

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

**Our Values**

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

**Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.