Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated professional to enhance employee relations and workforce retention. This role involves collaborating with managers to address challenges, manage employee relations caseloads, and contribute to strategic workforce planning. The organization is renowned for its commitment to high-quality care and employee development, providing a supportive environment for professional growth. If you're passionate about fostering a positive workplace culture and driving best practices in employee relations, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in employee relations and managing caseloads effectively.
• Strong understanding of change management principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage employee relations caseload and support change management initiatives.
• Contribute to workforce planning and development across the organization.

Skills

Employee relations

Change management

Training and development

Policy development

People management

Job description

To work in partnership with the Triumvirate structure to provide a professional service to managers and employees, both agenda for change and medical and dental, on all aspects of employee relations in line with relevant Trust policies, processes, terms and conditions of service, best practice and employment legislation.

Work with directorate managers in a consultative approach to understand the specific challenges and improve workforce retention.

Contribute to the development of workforce plans in conjunction with the relevant business unit/directorate managers, Head of Employee Relations and Wellbeing and managers within the Workforce and Organisational Development directorate.

To champion Restorative and Just Learning Culture principles and practice.

Work with colleagues in the Workforce and Organisational Development (OD) functions, Business Units internally, and other NHS Trusts externally across the Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB), and wider NHS, to maximise opportunities for shared learning and benchmarking best practice.

Responsibilities include:

1. Employee relations caseload management
2. Change management
3. Training and development
4. Analysis and strategic - policy and service development
5. Managerial/people management

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise. Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services. Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Gemma Farley

Job title: Head of Employee Relations and Wellbeing

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01342414148