HR Business Partner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Manchester seeks a dedicated HR Business Partner to join their Workforce & OD team. The successful candidate will manage strategic and operational workforce support, ensuring best practice people management and contributing to business decision-making. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your HR expertise in a dynamic environment, with a focus on collaboration across multiple hospitals to improve patient care.

Qualifications

• High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Extensive operational experience in NHS HR functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality strategic and operational workforce support.
• Ensure compliance with NHS Management Code of Conduct.
• Develop innovative people solutions to support business plans.

Skills

Change management

Employment Law

HR Practices

Team management

Negotiation

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management

Degree level education or equivalent

Chartered Member of the CIPD

Job description

Job summary

A dynamic opportunity has arisen for a HR Business Partner to join our busy Workforce & OD team with the Specialist Hospital Clinical Groupcovering the Saint Mary's MCS, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospitals.

You will work alongside the HR Business Partners and the wider HR, Workforce and OD team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.

Main duties of the job

To support the Specialist HospitalClinical Group Director of Workforce & OD, the HR Business Partner is responsible for the provision of highquality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function.

The HR Business Partner is responsible for ensuring the contribution of workforce expertise to business decision making and develop innovative people solutions to support business plans and strategy.

To deputise for the Senior HR Business Partner and Associate Director of Workforce & OD as required.

To liaise with other Workforce colleagues to maintain effective communication links, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross-cover of Workforce services.

To work in a manner consistent with the NHS Management Code of Conduct and the CIPD Code of Professional Conduct.

To ensure the operational and transformational Human Resources services are aligned within the Clinical Group and Corporate areas, to promote partnership working and the delivery of a proactive and customer centered service, which improves both the service and the patient experience.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Details Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

349-SMH-7304501-RL4

Job locations

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL

Job description Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Job description Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Person Specification Knowledge Requirements Essential

• An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution at both a strategic and operational level.
• Detailed understanding of the principles of change management and able to demonstrate a successful track record of major organisational change.
• Understanding of Employment Law, current HR Practice, and medical employment issues.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues

Qualifications Essential

• High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification
• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Desirable

• Masters level qualification in HR Management or equivalent knowledge, training, and experience

Further Training Essential

• Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses an up-to-date knowledge of HR practices and evidence to continuous personal and professional development in current role. Workforce Planning expertise

Desirable

• Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training

Experience Essential

• Extensive operational experience, working within the NHS and gained in a progressive HR function. This will include evidence of leading on complex disciplinaries, grievances, discrimination complaints and multi-faceted investigations. Evidence of proactive management of sickness absence cases
• Experienced in developing high performing teams
• Experience of Trade Union consultation and negotiation
• Experience of staff management.

Person Specification Knowledge Requirements Essential

• An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution at both a strategic and operational level.
• Detailed understanding of the principles of change management and able to demonstrate a successful track record of major organisational change.
• Understanding of Employment Law, current HR Practice, and medical employment issues.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues

Qualifications Essential

• High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification
• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Desirable

• Masters level qualification in HR Management or equivalent knowledge, training, and experience

Further Training Essential

• Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses an up-to-date knowledge of HR practices and evidence to continuous personal and professional development in current role. Workforce Planning expertise

Desirable

• Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training

Experience Essential

• Extensive operational experience, working within the NHS and gained in a progressive HR function. This will include evidence of leading on complex disciplinaries, grievances, discrimination complaints and multi-faceted investigations. Evidence of proactive management of sickness absence cases
• Experienced in developing high performing teams
• Experience of Trade Union consultation and negotiation
• Experience of staff management.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL

Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)