Bank Employee Relations Manager

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Staff nursery facilities

Staff discounts

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Bank Employee Relations Manager to provide specialist HR guidance on disciplinary and grievance investigations. You will support the Employee Relations Team with case work across the Trust, collaborating with managers and staff side colleagues.

Key duties include partnering with senior managers, delivering bespoke training, and ensuring alignment with employment law and Trust policies.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or equivalent proven HR skills and experience.
• Evidence of further professional / personal development.

Responsibilities

• Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Coaching

Negotiation & influence

Teamwork

Problem solving

Time management

Education

CIPD qualified or equivalent

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Employee Relations Manager

The closing date is 05 November 2026

Are you an experienced Employee Relations Manager or Senior Employee Relations Advisor with significant experience in disciplinary and grievance investigations, both with multiple allegations or singular? If so the Trust's ER team may have opportunities that you would be interested in.

You will be supporting our busy and friendly Employee Relations Team with defined case work across the organisation, working with managers and staff side colleagues.

Main duties of the job

To work in partnership with senior managers to provide specialist, comprehensive, high quality advice and guidance on operational HR issues in line with the latest employment law, Trust policy and good practice. To undertake project work and deliver bespoke and corporate training programmes.

About us

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

The advert will close at midnight on 5 November 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 13 November 2026.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Benefits to you

• At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days.
• We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.
• Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
• Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals.
• We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
• On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues.
• Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces.
• Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.
• Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
• CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances.
• Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or equivalent proven HR skills and experience
• Evidence of further professional / personal development

Experience

• CIPD qualified or equivalent proven HR skills and experience
• Evidence of further professional / personal development
• Experience of working in Human Resources in a healthcare setting or other public service
• Experience of working in a unionised environment
• Experience of organisational change, workforce planning and redesign, pay and reward
• Experience of TUPE
• Experience of undertaking Agenda for Change grading reviews/ job evaluation
• Experience of coaching

Knowledge

• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• A thorough understanding of employee relations issues
• A strong working knowledge of employment legislation
• Knowledge of the Trust including awareness of priorities
• Knowledge of NHS terms and conditions
• Knowledge of the Trust's HR policies and procedures
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages

Skills

• Ability to organise and manage own time, keeping to schedule and deadlines
• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight timescales
• Political awareness and sensitivity
• Ability to work well as part of a team as well as the ability to use own initiative and work autonomously
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including telephone, email, face to face; able to draft well written and reasoned cases, investigation and appeal reports
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to negotiate and influence at all levels
• Able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to deliver bespoke management training
• Able to evaluate situations, solve problems and assimilate information quickly
• Responsive and outcome driven
• Able to deal with emotionally difficult and challenging situations
• Able to identify, interpret and analyse Workforce reports, financial reports, complex legal decisions and case law
• Ability to present data and produce reports utilising advanced functionality within Excel
• Strategic awareness; ability to align Workforce activities with the wider Trust and Divisional objectives
• Project management
• Proven coaching, facilitation and mediation skills

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

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.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust