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Senior Employee Relations Advisor

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Job summary

Job Title: Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Location: This is a hybrid role a minimum of 3 days per week including Fridays at Princes house and the other 2 days work from home.

Trust Location: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

About the Trust

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country. We provide acute medical and surgical services to Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services such as cancer, dialysis, and eye surgery to a wider population across Berkshire and its borders.

The Trust is made up of 7 locations with the Royal Berkshire Hospital being the main site.

Main duties of the job

Provide consistently sound advice and support to managers on all aspects of staff management.

Keep managers up to date on the Trusts Workforce procedures and relevant employment legislation, helping them to adhere to their Trust and legal responsibilities.

Work with managers on the effective management and control of their staffing, advising them on the planning and implementation of any changes.

Contribute to the fair and effective operation of the Trust's systems for pay and terms and conditions, including the national Agenda for Change, through identifying any pay and terms and conditions anomalies, designing and developing and advising on any solutions, and (depending on the nature and scope of the anomaly) leading on implementation.

Provide advice and support to managers to help ensure the effective, efficient and fair treatment of staff in accordance with employment law and Trust policy and procedures..

Keep the effectiveness of procedures under review, making recommendations concerning any changes. To work with managers on ways of overcoming any identified recruitment difficulties.

Provide new managers (within the area of responsibility) with an introduction to Workforce policies, procedures and practices of the team.

Provide advice to managers on approaches that facilitate the effective performance and good conduct of staff.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week

Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime

Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements

Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more

Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Disclaimer

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Details

Date posted

02 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£21.80 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-67197

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached a copy of the full job description under the supporting documents section for this job advert, this has been provided by the Hiring Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached a copy of the full job description under the supporting documents section for this job advert, this has been provided by the Hiring Manager

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experinece in undertaking an advisory role in Employee Relations ideally with experinece in a similar level senior role
  • CIPD postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management, or equivalent, or higher HR qualification
  • Experience sufficient to provide advice and support to managers and staff on all routine aspects of the role (including, performance, conduct, employment law and workforce policies), without day-to-day supervision or direction and have the capacity to assist others where required.
  • Worked in a complex organisational environment in a healthcare or similar environment and be able to demonstrate growth in role.
  • Ability to develop and maintain communication, both verbally and in writing, to all levels of staff about complex and difficult matters, and in sometimes difficult situations.
  • Ability, knowledge and skill to handle the employee relations aspects of major change situations
  • Sound knowledge of current employment law and ability to apply to the working environment and projects.
  • Previous NHS experience

Desirable

  • This role may require you to show evidence of CIPD postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management or equivalent higher HR qualification.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experinece in undertaking an advisory role in Employee Relations ideally with experinece in a similar level senior role
  • CIPD postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management, or equivalent, or higher HR qualification
  • Experience sufficient to provide advice and support to managers and staff on all routine aspects of the role (including, performance, conduct, employment law and workforce policies), without day-to-day supervision or direction and have the capacity to assist others where required.
  • Worked in a complex organisational environment in a healthcare or similar environment and be able to demonstrate growth in role.
  • Ability to develop and maintain communication, both verbally and in writing, to all levels of staff about complex and difficult matters, and in sometimes difficult situations.
  • Ability, knowledge and skill to handle the employee relations aspects of major change situations
  • Sound knowledge of current employment law and ability to apply to the working environment and projects.
  • Previous NHS experience

Desirable

  • This role may require you to show evidence of CIPD postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management or equivalent higher HR qualification.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

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Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

02 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£21.80 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-67197

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


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