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Job description

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

Working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based healthcare services throughout Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our services support people of all ages, from birth through to end of life providing care in the community to help prevent ill health and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

We have a wide range of roles in our organisation including Nurses, GPs, Allied Health Professionals, Dental, Management, Health Informatics as well as the wider healthcare team supporting effective delivery of patient facing services.

Whatever your role, you will play a valuable part in our services.

In addition to being an exceptionally rewarding environment to work in, there are a number of other benefits, including:

• Flexible working options
• At least 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week 37.5 hours)
• Staff benefits including NHS Pension, childcare vouchers, a salary sacrifice car scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme, trade union membership and a range of ambassadorial engagement roles
• Annual appraisals, personal development plans and a wide range of supported apprenticeships to support career aspirations
• Strongly developed Wellbeing support, including access to a confidential support service 24/7 for personal advice
  
  

Wirral has a stunning coastline and a beautiful countryside, making it a great place to live and work. It offers 50 miles of rural walking routes, cycle areas, beaches and serene landscape and ideal for those who like to unwind with a round of golf, as it boasts 14 golf courses. Wirral also has two of Britains most famous rivers, the Mersey and the Dee, running along its Eastern and Western coastline.

The cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as North Wales are easy to reach with various transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry. National parks, the Peak District and Lake District are also easily accessible.

Excellent housing is available in nearby suburbs and there are a variety of schools to choose from. The University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Chester are also within short travelling distance.

Visit our website wchc.nhs.uk for more information about who we are and what we do.

Job Overview

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and competent person to work within our busy HR department as a Senior HR Advisor.

Reporting to a HR Business Partner the post holder will support the positive management of employee relations and change management issues within a fast paced environment.

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Providing advice to managers in their areas of responsibility, you will manage a busy workload ensuring that a quality HR service is provided through offering advice on complex sickness management cases, disciplinary, grievance investigations and support on change management projects.

The ideal candidate must have attained the CIPD level 5 qualification (or be in the process of working towards it) and have experience of supporting employee relations cases as well as sound knowledge of employment law.

Candidates should be a confident leader and be able to deliver presentations to large groups on HR related topics and possess influencing and negotiating skills to be able to be effective in their role. They will also have proven IT skills including use of MS Office packages.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively within a team, deal with sensitive and confidential issues and work flexibly. They will be independently mobile with driving licence and insurance for business use and be confident working on their own initiative.

There will be flexibility to work from home as part of the working week.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To develop and promote productive partnership working with managers using negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills, constructively challenging views and decisions made by Senior Managers
• Develop positive working relationships with managers within their designated business areas and gain a thorough understanding of their service needs
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with managers as well as other internal/external key contacts such as Payroll and Occupational Health
• Provide a focused approach to operational HR management ensuring consistency in the service provided
• Provide professional HR advice and support to staff and managers with a designated business area
• Work with HR colleagues to ensure that lessons are learnt, and the service is business focused
• Provide professional advice and support to managers dealing with employment issues, including the use of the trusts disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures, ensuring that procedures are followed and fairly and consistently applied
  
  

Important Information

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme . We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information

Closing Dates:

Reference Information:Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations

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Restricted Applications

Flexible Working:

Student Visas:Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification

Qualifications And Professional Training

Essential criteria

• Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) or equivalent knowledge, skills or experience
• CIPD level 5 qualification or making demonstrable progress in the achievement of the CIPD Graduate level qualification (completion within 1 year )
• Evidence of CPD
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to a range of groups or individuals
• Experience of managing employee relations in a complex organisation
• Experience of policy development
• Ability to use own judgement and initiative effectively
• Up to date knowledge of employment and case law
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise as well as work under pressure with competing demands to meet deadlines
• Experience of developing and maintaining HR standards and confidentiality
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience and knowledge of providing support in TUPE situations/re-organisations/redundancy
• Line management experience
• Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• A confident and supportive leader
• Ability to deliver presentations/training to large groups of staff on key HR topics
• Ability to use partnership working skills, influencing others and negotiating to gain results
• Ability to develop good working relationships
• Ability to challenge Managers in a positive and effective way
  
  

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Ability to use empathy and remain calm under pressure
• Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with all levels of staff
• Desire and ability to work effectively in a team
• Customer focussed and achievement orientated
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Martene Booth
Job title: HR Business Partner
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07385 396 217