Job Title: HR Business Partner
Location: Fulwood, Preston
Contract Type: Permanent, 37.5 hours a week
We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of community health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.
If you are care focused and looking to join an organisation that is thriving on success, then CHEC is your employer of choice! We have an exciting opportunity for a new HR Business Partner to support our ambitious growth plans as we continue to expand throughout the UK.
About the Role
We are looking for someone to partner with both regional and support office managers & teams to drive and support the people plan.
The range of responsibilities will include: employee relations, performance management, disciplinary, grievances and absence management, workforce planning, employee engagement, health and wellbeing and HR value add projects to underpin our attraction and retention strategy.
The successful candidate will thrive in a busy, fast-paced working environment.
We are looking for someone who can:
* Partner with managers on forecasting workforce requirements, ensuring any changes are proactively managed, including assessing requirements, identifying skill gaps, and developing strategies to attract, develop, and retain talent.
* Support the Great Places to Work Accreditation accreditation by supporting and driving action plans for hospitals and departments with programs and activities to enhance employee engagement and promote a positive organisational culture
* Actively support the Mental Health at Work Commitment via the standards for our workforce along with health and wellbeing initiatives
* Deliver and own specific projects that are national and local such as developing innovative HR practices, implementing new technologies, or improving HR processes
* Support on external and internal reporting and company led initiatives to ensure we foster a culture of inclusion for our patients, carers, and colleagues needs.
* Support line managers and colleagues on advice in relation to HR policy and procedures
* Partner with managers on formal cases of disciplinary and grievances with regards to guiding and coaching on best practice with the aim of corrective action and maintaining consistent standards of conduct across the organisation
What you’ll bring to the role:
* Full CIPD qualified/equivalent HR degree qualified
* Previous experience in a similar role in a fast-paced working environment
* Experience working within healthcare is advantageous, but not essential
* Highly organised with excellent planning skills
* Experience working in a matrix structure
* Able to combine strategic thinking with HR operational knowledge
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team, but also to work independently
* Proactive and adaptable
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* A practical and common-sense approach to HR related matters
* Self-motivated and driven individual
About CHEC
Community Health and Eyecare are an independent service provider that specialise in Ophthalmology and Endoscopy services supporting the NHS. CHEC are an established group of hospitals and community clinics across the UK. Our bespoke state of the art surgical centres are a beacon of envy, providing end-to-end care for our patients through NHS partnerships.
We have 5 core values that we uphold through our employee and patient lifecycle to ensure a pleasant experience for all. These are Caring, Passionate, Togetherness, Listening and Focus, something that all our colleagues are expected to naturally uphold here at CHEC.
Why work for us?
* 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
* Buy and sell annual leave scheme
* Refer a friend scheme
* Company pension
* Company sick pay scheme
* Life assurance scheme
* Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
* Performance review with a training and development plan
* Employee discounts portal
* Gym membership
* Cycle to work scheme
* Tech scheme