Lead - Resident Doctors

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Worthing seeks a senior HR professional to join their Employee Relations team. The role involves providing HR support for Resident Doctors, managing complex cases, and improving staff engagement through wellbeing initiatives. Ideal candidates will have strong employee relations experience and a background in medical HR policies. The position offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Extensive wellbeing programme

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience in complex employee relations and management of sensitive cases.
• Ability to provide expert HR advice and support to clinical leaders.
• Understanding of workforce metrics and wellbeing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line HR advice for Resident Doctors' sickness absence cases.
• Support Doctors in Difficulty and handle Employment Tribunals.
• Drive improvements in staff engagement and workforce metrics.

Skills

Employee relations experience

Medical terms knowledge

Communication skills

HR policy development

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Overview

Are you a senior HR professional with experience in complex employee relations and a passion for supporting medical staff? We are looking for an outstanding senior HR professional with strong employee relations experience and medical terms and conditions knowledge to join our Employee Relations team and lead on delivering a high-quality, proactive HR service for our Resident Doctors. In this key role, you will work closely with clinical leaders, medical education teams, and medical workforce colleagues to provide expert advice on a wide range of people issues. You will support doctors in difficulty, manage sensitive sickness absence cases, support complex MHPS investigations and Employment Tribunals, and help ensure our medical workforce is well-supported, engaged, and aligned with Trust values.

You will also play a leading role in driving improvements in staff engagement and workforce metrics, and contribute to wellbeing initiatives for this staff group as well as the ongoing development of HR policy and training across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a progressive, people-focused approach to medical workforce support—where your work will make a real difference to staff and patient care.

This newly created role provides first-line HR advice to clinical leaders on sickness absence cases involving Resident Doctors, supports Doctors in Difficulty, and Maintaining High Professional Standards processes and Employment Tribunals. Working in close partnership with Medical Education and Medical Workforce teams, the role focuses on improving staff engagement and workforce metrics, helping to build a well-supported, high-performing medical workforce. In addition, the postholder will manage complex case work.

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and we can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack and wellbeing programme for staff, which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including flexible working where possible to support work-life balance—because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.