HR Manager

NHS Jobs; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT is seeking an experienced HR Manager to guide the HR Advisory Service, advise on complex employee relations, and lead key HR projects. The role collaborates with senior leaders to shape policy, training, and professional development across the Trust.

The successful candidate will oversee casework, attendance management, organisational change, and job evaluation while supporting senior management in strategic HR initiatives and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Broad experience in a HR Advisory role including supporting and advising on a wide range of employment issues such as disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and bullying and harassment

Responsibilities

• Management & leadership
• Casework and maintaining attendance
• Organisational change
• Job evaluation and analysis

Skills

HR Advisory

Employee relations

Data analysis

People management

Job description

Go back Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

HR Manager

The closing date is 04 October 2026

We are seeking an experienced HR Manager to support the effective management and delivery of the HR Advisory Service, providing guidance on workflow, processes and complex employee relations matters.

Working closely with leaders and managers across the Trust, the role will provide expert HR advice and support on a range of employee-related concerns and complex casework. The HR Manager will also work alongside the Senior HR Manager to lead and contribute to key areas of work, including policy development, training, professional development and a range of HR projects and initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Management & leadership
• Casework and maintaining attendance
• Organisational change
• Job evaluation and analysis

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further detail of duties and requirements of role.

PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

It is an exciting time to join primary care and community services as the national Ageing Well programme gathers pace.

DCHS is working closely with the Primary Care Networks to transform the care of housebound and vulnerable people across Derbyshire through our Team-Up approach.

Person Specification

Experience

• Broad experience in a HR Advisory role including supporting and advising on a wide range of employment issues e.g. disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and bullying and harassment and broad range of complexity and sensitivity
• Experience of working independently at a senior level, advising on a wide range of highly complex employee relations matters without supervision
• Demonstrable ability to identify a range of options, associated risks and barriers in relation to a range of employee relations scenarios
• Ability to motivate and provide support to team members including counselling and mentoring where required.
• Management of staff

Skills

• Ability to understand, manipulate and analyse data and produce reports to be distributed to a wide range of audiences.

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.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT