Assistant HR Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and results-driven HR professional to join our Lead Employer Service on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave. As the largest Lead Employer in the NHS employing over 12,500 doctors, dentists, and public health specialty trainees, we have more than a decade of experience in delivering a high-quality, highly regarded service.

The Lead Employer team is ambitious, proactive, and passionate about improving the working lives of our colleagues in training. We work in collaboration with eight NHS England regions and Host organisations to ensure trainees are fully supported at every step of their career.

Working within our HR Business Partnering and Advisory team, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys both working autonomously in a fast-paced environment and working with a wide range of stakeholders. With a proven record of providing advice on a variety of employment matters, you will work closely with the Senior HR Management Team to ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient service in line with best practice and employment legislation.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join our experienced and friendly HR Business Partner and Advisory Team in our Lead Employer Service. As an Assistant HR Business Partner for the Lead Employer Service, you will have proven experience of working collaboratively and building positive stakeholder relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert HR advice on complex employment matters in line with Lead Employer policies and procedures, keeping in line with best practice and employment legislation.
• Work in partnership with the senior management team to provide professional customer-focused HR advice, coaching, and solutions that support the business in the identification and management of workforce issues and major change programmes.
• Support the development and implementation of robust systems and processes to enable effective monitoring and management of employee relations issues.
• Analyse workforce information and Key Performance Indicators and work with the HR Business Partners to develop plans and strategies to support improvement and efficiency within the Service.
• Build effective working relationships with Trade Union Representatives.

We actively promote applications for flexible working, and you will be part of a team where we encourage and support each other’s health and well-being.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

• Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport, and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
• Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man, and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Ruth McCann
Job title: HR Business Partner
Email address: Ruth.McCann@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0151 290 4753