Senior HR Advisor | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,419 - £55,046 p.a. inclusive of HCA |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London / Harefield, UB9 6JH |
| Cwmni: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7699092/196-COF11004-NW |
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We have an exciting opportunity to join our Business Partnering team, supporting the Heart, Lung, and Critical Care Clinical Group. Working in a small embedded HR team to be the key point of contact for managers across the Clinical Group. You will:
• Provide detailed advice and guidance on the interpretation of Trust policies, procedures and employment legislation.
• Act as the interface between the People embedded team and the Workforce Relations team.
• Analyse workforce data, including staff survey results for directorates, to identify trends, hotspots, and risks, and recommend proactive solutions.
• Work with HR Business Partners to develop and deliver training on a range of HR topics, building capability among our people managers. This may include delivering targeted training on an ad hoc basis to support hot spot areas.
• Use a coaching approach to develop management capability and confidence in handling people matters.
• Support and influence local people strategies, workforce planning, and change initiatives.
The role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your HR career, working with senior stakeholders and directly influencing workforce outcomes.
This is a multi-site role, with the usual working pattern being Mondays at Royal Brompton and 2 further days at Harefield Hospital.
The advert is subject to close if sufficient number of applications received.
We are looking for a dedicated, experienced, and agile HR professional, who is keen to take their next step in their career. You must be passionate about providing people focused support to a range of stakeholders across operational teams to support the creation and implementation of people plans that support the wider business strategy. To be successful you will need to be resilient, adaptable, initiative-taking, thrive on challenge, and you will strive to make a positive difference in your work.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to address complex and sensitive issues with staff at all levels. You will need to display tenacity and resilience and possess the ability to inspire confidence in the managers you support. You must be able to evidence 'hands on' experience within a HR setting operating in a complex and challenging employment environment. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of the NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service. Experience of providing high quality advice on sickness absence, disciplinary processes, grievance, capability and dignity at work issues is a must. In addition you will have experience of managing or supporting change programmes as well as advising on the implications of change. You must have experience of analysing workforce data with the ability to identify trends and hot spots to inform interventions with the directorate management teams.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforce in the NHS.
Develop effective relationships with directorates to influence, challenge and support service delivery and people strategies and monitor success.
To analyse data both qualitative and quantitative to identify themes and make recommendations on interventions, supporting plans to manage current and future performance targets, meet the directorate business needs and support wider People objectives.
To act as the interface between the People embedded team and the Workforce Relations team in relations to sickness absence management support.
Provide detailed advice and guidance to managers on the interpretation of Trust policies and procedures and employment legislation.
Working autonomously, support and challenge managers in the identification of training and development needs in respect of the people management agenda, and in application of HR policies and practice, providing advice and guidance on complex HR issues in order to minimise risk and financial exposure.
Working closely with managers, determine both short-term and long-term strategies on how to effectively manage their workforce issues. To respond to unpredictable outcomes and events and align the strategy appropriately.
To lead and support the implementation of change management programmes and the launch of such programmes in conjunction with the People Director, Deputy People Director and HR Business Partners.
To work with the People embedded team and wider HR to ensure the services provided meet the needs of the Clinical Group, utilising the expertise of the specialist teams in HR to ensure workforce issues are addressed efficiently and effectively.
To be a key link between the Clinical Group and the HR functions To plan, design and conduct projects to analyse and respond to current and projected workforce need.
To use a coaching style to ensure managers take responsibility for and are supported in the HR management aspects of their roles.
To ensure continuing, personal and professional development, taking ownership and accountability for staying up-to-date and professionally registered with the CIPD.
Ensure equality and diversity is underpinned in all areas of the HR services provided.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026