Senior Employee Relations Advisor | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chelsea, SW10 0XD |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7288860/289-CR-24 |
Summary
Do you aspire to work for a London NHS Trust which is at the forefront of innovation and employees some of the best staff in the NHS? At Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, we will strive to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career. As the Senior Employee Relations Advisor, you will bring with you significant experience of employee relations. You will be driving change, in improving the experience of our staff and leaders, through the provision of bets in class employee relations practices that are based on developing a just culture and excellent people experience.
You will work closely with the Employee Relations Specialists to provide a specialist employee relations and resolution service to managers and staff across the Trust. The post holder will be responsible for managing their own complex employee relations case work, including but not limited to, advising on and supporting on the investigation of cases of all staff including medical and senior staff.
You will need to possess excellent IT skills with the ability to manipulate data to create and display standard and ad hoc ER reports.
3 days working on site
***PLEASE NOTE***
Band 6 (Band 5 Developmental Role Would Be Considered)
We will consider candidates who have ER experience and are willing to work towards the Band 6 as a developmental opportunity.
The post holder will be responsible for managing a complex employee relations case load including disciplinary, grievance, bullying and harassment and capability cases, by working proactively with managers to agree outcomes and propose recommendations, ensuring that risks are dealt with efficiently.
The post holder will be a senior advisor on the team, providing specialist advice to staff and managers in relation to a range of complex employment related issues and will be required to make subsequent recommendations for development of policy, flow-charts, templates and best practice guidelines. The Employee Relations team will adopt a coaching approach in the delivery of advice to managers in order to build confidence in dealing with complex people-management issues and interpreting policy so that balanced decisions can be made without recourse to HR.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that advice and support to managers complies with HR best practice and employment legislation and fosters good employee relations.
Key working relation relationships
• Other colleagues and staff in the Human Resources Department.
• All line managers within the Clinical/Corporate Directorates.
• Local and regional Trade Union representatives.
• Internal staff in the Trust.
• Occupational Health.
• External, for instance applicants, members of the public and agencies.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
• Provide professional ER advice, support and coaching to staff and managers on a wide range of Employee Relations issues, policies and procedures ensuring that best practice is applied and equal opportunities principles are adhered too.
• Ensure advice is balanced and pragmatic and takes into account clinical and operational issues concerning patient safety and cost.
• Provide regular reports on all ER activity and ensure the employee relations database is updated on at least a weekly basis.
• Provide advice on a range of complex queries escalated from the service desk and HRBP teams on matters including fixed term contracts, probationary periods, flexible working appeals and other Trust terms and conditions and benefits.
• Work collaboratively and assist the Human Resources Business Partners in providing support with workforce related incidents in their respective areas.
• Analyse and interpret people-related metrics to identify trends and inform the development and improvement of ER policies and processes, management development activities and employee engagement
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025