People Advisor

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is embarking on a transformative journey to implement an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, transforming how we deliver care and advancing our vision of becoming a digital hospital. A smooth transition is key to this ambitious programme, and it starts with placing the right people in pivotal roles.

Are you passionate about people and excited by the opportunity to be involved in one of the biggest transformations projects the Trust has ever undertaken? We're looking for someone enthusiastic, curious, and eager to make a difference as part of our EPR Team.

As the EPR People Advisor, you'll play a key role in driving engagement and promoting a positive culture during this exciting transformation. Working closely with our Head of People, you'll support workforce changes, lead on engagement initiatives, and help create new pathways for career development. This is your chance to influence organisational development while collaborating with our People, Communications, and EPR Project teams to ensure everything we do aligns with our strategic goals.

We're not looking for someone who knows it all - we'll support your growth and development. What matters most is your energy, willingness to learn, and commitment for supporting our people through change.

If you're ready to embrace a new challenge and join us as we reshape the way the Trust operates, then we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Human Resources policies and management procedures, statutory legislation, and upcoming legislative changes.
• Basic knowledge of workforce development tools and techniques.

Qualifications

• HR knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience e.g. Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree level.
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development.

Skills & Ability

• A highly organised approach with the ability to work under pressure and manage priorities and deadlines in a changing environment.
• Excellent listening, communication, and presentation skills.
• Excellent writing skills, including the ability to summarise information and key issues.
• Ability to gain and maintain credibility and establish good working relationships with staff at all levels across the organisation.
• Ability to deal effectively with difficult situations and contention whilst maintaining positive working relationships.
• Good IT skills (to include as a minimum: Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrable skills in planning and monitoring a range of initiatives.

Experience

• Experience of managing own work.
• Previous experience of public speaking including presentations to groups.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering successful projects.

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to travel to other Trust sites where required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust