Human Resources Advisor | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; Hybrid; AUD 216,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join its busy workforce directorate at Ashworth Hospital, Maghull and V7 in Prescot. You will provide professional, generalist HR advice to managers, support across operational services, and help deliver the Trust’s perfect care agenda.

The role requires a Level 5 CIPD qualification or a degree/equivalent, strong communication and influencing skills, and willingness to travel across the organisation in a hybrid home/onsite

Qualifications

• Level 5 CIPD qualification or degree or equivalent qualification.
• Experienced HR professional with the ability to provide excellent generalist HR advice to managers and staff.
• Strong verbal/written communication and influencing skills, plus presentation and organisational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice and support to managers on a range of workforce issues.
• Provide effective, proactive HR support related to operational management of services and wider HR functions.
• Support attendance management, disciplinary and informal resolution processes, investigations and hearings.
• Interpret and advise on terms and conditions, policies and procedures, and employment legislation.

Skills

HR advisory

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Presentation skills

Organisational skills

Education

Level 5 CIPD qualification

Degree or equivalent qualification

Job description

Human Resources Advisor | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Posts are based at Ashworth Hospital, Maghull and V7 in Prescot.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for innovative and passionate HR professionals to join our workforce directorate in the role of HR Advisor.

We are looking for motivated, experienced colleagues to join the team who thrive in a busy environment and take a solution-focused approach and who can work to deadlines with an attention to detail. We see our HR Advisors as fundamental in supporting colleagues and leaders to do the best for our service users and to deliver perfect care. You will be required to provide professional advice and support to managers on a range of workforce issues.

In order to fulfil this ambitious role you will hold a Level 5 CIPD qualification orhold a degree or equivalent qualification in a

relevant field or have equivalent experience. You will be an experienced HR professional, with the ability to provide excellent generalist HR advice to a wide range of teams, managers and senior managers.

The postholders will be responsible for providing effective, proactive HR support and advice related to the operational management of services and also support across the wider HR function as required.

There will be requirement for travel throughout the organisation as and when required and the role will be a hybrid of home working and time on site as per the needs of the service with a base at V7, Kings Business Park, Prescot, or Ashworth, Maghull.

The postholders will have effective verbal/written communication and influencing skills along with presentation and organisational skills. You will be required to communicate information to staff at all levels of the organisation and be able to advise managers appropriately and persuasively.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

You will join a collaborative HR team and will report to a HR Manager/Senior HR Business Partner and work alongside HR Advisors, HR Officers, Senior HR Business Partners and HR Strategic Leads with exposure to varied and interesting casework.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Key responsibilities will include provision of advice on Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and HR Policies and Procedures, together with supporting managers through a range of employee relations processes including management of attendance, disciplinary and informal resolution and will involve supporting review meetings, investigations and hearings.

You will need to demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge and experience, have experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures, providing advice and support to managers on HR related issues e.g. absence management, disciplinary, grievance and have up to date knowledge of employment legislation and good employment practice, preferably in and NHS or public sector environment.

In this fast paced environment it is important to be able to work to deadlines whilst paying attention to detail and to be able to prioritise and manage your own work whilst exercising initiative.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026

£113,565 - £150,569 per annum, plus 7.5% R&R (non contractual) and 1% on call