Job summary
HR Business Partner
12 months Fixed term / secondment until the end of April 2025
Specialist Hospital board is seeking an experienced, pro-active HR Business Partner who can deliver strategic workforce support to the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals clinical division. This role will form a key member of the divisional leadership teams, led by a Divisional Manager and Divisional Clinical Director.
The new Royal National ENT and Eastman Hospitals treats conditions affecting the ear, nose, throat and mouth including dental, hearing, speech and balance services. Bringing the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital together in a new state-of-the-art building means we have created one of the largest specialist centres for the treatment of conditions relating to the head and neck, including dental, ear, nose and throat (ENT), and hearing speech and balance.
Main duties of the job
Confident working at a senior level with a range of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, you will quickly build trust and develop excellent working relationships in the clinical division and corporately with the wider workforce directorate.
The successful candidate will be CIPD qualified and proven experience as a HR Business Partner. Your experience will include delivery on staff experience and engagement, complex organisational change, complex HR casework including advising on medical and dental matters, workforce planning and strategy.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Masters Level or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience
- CIPD qualified or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development including regular attendance on internal and external study programmes
- Workforce planning expertise acquired through formal training or equivalent experience
- In depth knowledge of current thinking and policy affecting the workforce in the health and public sector
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Proven track record of operational and strategic HR achievement at a senior level, working across a broad remit including OD
- Sound, up to date knowledge of HR best practice, employment law, current thinking and developments in HR
- Experience of leadership of complex change management
- Quality focussed with an innovative, flexible approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Experience of being able to balance competing priorities and meet personal and Trust targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Demonstrated attention to detail and risk management expertise
- Experience of implementing new policies and new ways of working across a service
- Ability to design and deliver training
- Advanced analytical and judgement skills which require management of complex facts and problems
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word), experience of manipulating HR databases
- Ability to respond to urgent situations in a calm, empathetic and logical manager and manage stressful situations
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
Desirable
- Proven NHS/public sector experience and knowledge
Communication
Essential
- Ability to manage highly complex and difficult situations where there is often direct conflict
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relations and influence at a senior level and with external stakeholders
- Highly developed communication skills, ranging from informal 1:1 discussions, formal presentations, and written reports including data analysis covering both oral and written skills
- Strong strategic influencing, persuading and negotiating skills
- Mediation and/or facilitation skills and the ability to gain mutually acceptable outcomes
- Demonstrable ability to coach and train others, and model these behaviours to senior managers
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Ability to work with and through others
- Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills
Resource Management
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with financial management systems
- The ability to develop and manage initiatives within financial restraints and deliver to deadlines
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to other sites.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Masters Level or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience
- CIPD qualified or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development including regular attendance on internal and external study programmes
- Workforce planning expertise acquired through formal training or equivalent experience
- In depth knowledge of current thinking and policy affecting the workforce in the health and public sector
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Proven track record of operational and strategic HR achievement at a senior level, working across a broad remit including OD
- Sound, up to date knowledge of HR best practice, employment law, current thinking and developments in HR
- Experience of leadership of complex change management
- Quality focussed with an innovative, flexible approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Experience of being able to balance competing priorities and meet personal and Trust targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
- Demonstrated attention to detail and risk management expertise
- Experience of implementing new policies and new ways of working across a service
- Ability to design and deliver training
- Advanced analytical and judgement skills which require management of complex facts and problems
- Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word), experience of manipulating HR databases
- Ability to respond to urgent situations in a calm, empathetic and logical manager and manage stressful situations
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
Desirable
- Proven NHS/public sector experience and knowledge
Communication
Essential
- Ability to manage highly complex and difficult situations where there is often direct conflict
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relations and influence at a senior level and with external stakeholders
- Highly developed communication skills, ranging from informal 1:1 discussions, formal presentations, and written reports including data analysis covering both oral and written skills
- Strong strategic influencing, persuading and negotiating skills
- Mediation and/or facilitation skills and the ability to gain mutually acceptable outcomes
- Demonstrable ability to coach and train others, and model these behaviours to senior managers
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Ability to work with and through others
- Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills
Resource Management
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working with financial management systems
- The ability to develop and manage initiatives within financial restraints and deliver to deadlines
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to other sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH
47-49 Huntley Street
London
WC1E 6DG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
