Main area People Services (Human Resources) Grade Band 5 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term Contract - 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 249-7589497
Employer Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site GWH Town Swindon Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/12/2025 23:59
Band 5
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Band 5 Post - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
We have an opportunity for the exciting role of People Advisor within our busy, supportive and dynamic People Operations Team. If you are an experienced professional ready to hit the ground running, or seeking career development, your application is of interest!
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a confidence and aptitude to learn the following skills essential for this role. You will:
* Provide an efficient and visible HR service providing policy advice and guidance and to support managers to achieve compliance with workforce key performance indicator targets.
* Understand and present risk-based advice in line with Trust policy, to staff and managers with a range of employee relations issues including complex cases.
* Provide high performance service - sustaining ownership of the HR advisory service for your Division with ambition and drive; providing information to staff and managers at ward reviews to inform the appropriate HR intervention; providing support for investigation, disciplinary and appeal hearings and delivering results.
* Present confidently to an audience and will enjoy developing and delivering training on absence, performance, appraisals and HR policies to enable line managers autonomy of practice.
Main duties of the job
* You will be tenacious with follow-through of your service delivery under pressure, to achieve deadlines and the ability to record your progress through timeline accuracy and evidenced closure.
* You will keep up-to-date with UK employment law, developing confidence to update HR policies in line with legislation changes and become competent in Job Evaluation.
* You will be an articulate communicator with strong verbal and written skills and ambitious and competitive to deliver the most outstanding HR service.
This demanding yet rewarding opportunity will test your knowledge of employment law and best practice, whilst giving you the autonomy to further develop your career.
The post-holders will take ownership of a varied caseload, support organisational change and will need to have good time management and prioritisation skills.
Ideally fully CIPD qualified, you will thrive on delivering a professional, customer-focused HR service that supports the Trusts vision and values.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The People Advisor will be expected to provide an effective and professional HR service to management and staff in Great Western NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will lead on providing advice to managers on a range of HR areas including employee terms and conditions, employment issues, core key performance indicators and organisational change to provide an efficient and effective HR service.
Full duties can be found on the attached Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Live Membership of the CIPD or working towards
* Up to date knowledge of HR legal framework
* Exposure/Understanding of absence, performance, grievance, disciplinary management and change management.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* HR knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience to degree /diploma equivalent experience.
* Degree or general management qualification.
Experience
* Generalist HR experience
* Up to date knowledge of HR Best Practice
* Working in a challenging, busy HR environment with competing demands.
* Delivering front line advice and guidance to managers and staff on conditions of employment and employee relation issues including sickness absence, performance management, grievance and disciplinary investigations.
* Undertaking tasks, which demonstrate ability to work on your own initiative.
* Supporting and delivering Management Training and presentations.
Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements. Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.
Eligibility for this role requires:
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.
Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.
We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.
Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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