HR Business Partner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking an HR Business Partner to support its Workforce & OD team. This role involves strategic and operational workforce support, with a focus on enhancing service quality and patient experience. Candidates should have strong communication skills and HR experience, adhering to NHS and CIPD codes of conduct, with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Must operate within NHS Management Code of Conduct.
• Experience in HR strategic and operational support is required.
• Ability to develop innovative people solutions aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational workforce support to the Director.
• Contribute workforce expertise to business decision-making.
• Facilitate communication and sharing of best practices among colleagues.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

People management

Job description

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

You will collaborate with HR Business Partners and the wider HR, Workforce, and OD team to provide high-quality strategic and operational people management support, ensuring best practices are followed.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.

The HR Business Partner will support the Specialist Hospital Clinical Group Director of Workforce & OD by providing strategic and operational workforce support to promote best practice people management within their areas and across the wider workforce.

Responsibilities include contributing workforce expertise to business decision-making, developing innovative people solutions aligned with business plans and strategies, and deputising for senior HR leaders as required.

Effective communication with colleagues, sharing best practices, and facilitating cross-cover of Workforce services are essential aspects of this role.

The HR Business Partner must operate in accordance with the NHS Management Code of Conduct and the CIPD Code of Professional Conduct.

Ensuring alignment of operational and transformational HR services within the Clinical Group and Corporate areas, promoting partnership working, and delivering a proactive, customer-centered service that enhances both service quality and patient experience are key objectives.

About MFT: As one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn, we are creating an integrated health and social care system serving over 1 million patients annually. We encompass 10 hospitals and community services across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, fostering collaboration and transformation with a workforce of 28,000.

Our organization is digitally enabled, with initiatives like Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022, aimed at improving clinical quality, staff and patient experience, and operational efficiency.

We are a major academic research and education center, supporting high-quality research programs. Our Green Plan reflects our commitment to sustainability in healthcare.

At MFT, we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development, and prioritizing health and wellbeing.

For further details or informal visits, contact: Sarah Montrose, Senior HR Business Partner, at [e-mail].