Band 6 Employee Relations Partner | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2026 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7916059/162-7671-CORP |
Summary
This is a key role with responsibility for supporting the Associate Business Partner and working within a small but dedicated and effective Business Partnering team in delivering a credible, timely and highly specialist employee relations service to the organisation.
Responsible for a Clinical /non-clinical support services portfolio, the postholder will ensure all employee relations cases and fact-finding investigations related to Agenda for Change staff are effectively managed. In doing so ensuring this is in partnership with key stakeholders and approaches taken align with the principles of a just and restorative culture.
In addition to operational advice on ER matters, the ER Partner also has a key role to play in supporting the wider progression of business partnering function, any strategic employee relations work programmes and the delivery of training across the Trust.
We are noted as being a continuously improving Trust with great leadership and clear aspirations, and positive future plans.
If you are passionate about delivering a proactive, person‑centred, Just Culture approach to employee relations, and want to be part of a forward‑thinking, continuously improving organisation and team, we would love to hear from you.
This role is responsible for the delivery of employee relations processes, providing guidance to managers and employees, working to deliver and ensure appropriate responses to any related employment issues that arise.
The postholder will ensure all employee relations cases and fact-finding investigations related to Agenda for Change staff are effectively managed and resourced working collaboratively with colleagues across the People and Culture Directorate as necessary and
with staff side and staff networks, in particularly working closely with the Business Partnering team.
The postholder must adopt a Just Culture approach to employee relations matters, ensuring all investigation processes are constructive rather than destructive. This means looking first at what was responsible for an issue or situation before looking at who was responsible.
The actions of individuals need to be placed into context early on in investigations.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.
We run aWomen’s Health Hub in Ilford; anAgeing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured inthis film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Apr 2026
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