Senior HR Advisor | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Harefield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in the UK is seeking an experienced HR professional to join their Business Partnering team. The role involves supporting managers across multiple sites by providing expert advice on HR policies and legislation. Key responsibilities include analyzing workforce data to identify trends and deliver coaching and training to management. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in HR settings, excellent communication skills, and a CIPD qualification. This opportunity presents a unique chance to impact healthcare delivery across the trust.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR settings with complex employment issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Hands-on experience advising on HR policies and legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on Trust policies and employment legislation.
• Analyze workforce data to identify trends and suggest solutions.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders to support service delivery.

Skills

People-focused support

Excellent communication skills

Data analysis

Adaptability

Resilience

Education

CIPD registration

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Business Partnering team, supporting the Heart, Lung, and Critical Care Clinical Group. Working in a small embedded HR team, you will be the key point of contact for managers across the Clinical Group.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your HR career, working with senior stakeholders and directly influencing workforce outcomes. This is a multi‑site role, with the usual working pattern being Mondays at Royal Brompton and two further days at Harefield Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed advice and guidance on the interpretation of Trust policies, procedures and employment legislation.
• Act as the interface between the People embedded team and the Workforce Relations team.
• Analyse workforce data, including staff survey results for directorates, to identify trends, hotspots and risks, and recommend proactive solutions.
• Work with HR Business Partners to develop and deliver training on a range of HR topics, building capability among people managers, and deliver targeted training on an ad‑hoc basis to support hotspot areas.
• Use a coaching approach to develop management capability and confidence in handling people matters.
• Support and influence local people strategies, workforce planning and change initiatives.
• Develop effective relationships with directorates to influence, challenge and support service delivery and people strategies and monitor success.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data to identify themes and make recommendations on interventions, supporting plans to manage current and future performance targets and meet the directorate business needs.
• Act as the interface between the People embedded team and the Workforce Relations team in relation to sickness absence management support.
• Provide detailed advice and guidance to managers on the interpretation of Trust policies and procedures and employment legislation.
• Support and challenge managers in the identification of training and development needs in respect of the people management agenda and the application of HR policies and practice.
• Determine short‑term and long‑term strategies on how to effectively manage workforce issues and respond to unpredictable outcomes and events.
• Lead and support the implementation of change management programmes and launch of such programmes in conjunction with the People Director, Deputy People Director and HR Business Partners.
• Work with the People embedded team and wider HR to ensure the services provided meet the needs of the Clinical Group, utilising specialist HR expertise.
• Plan, design and conduct projects to analyse and respond to current and projected workforce needs.
• Use a coaching style to ensure managers take responsibility for and are supported in the HR management aspects of their roles.
• Take ownership and accountability for continuing personal and professional development, staying up‑to‑date and professionally registered with the CIPD.
• Ensure equality and diversity is underpinned in all areas of the HR services provided.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experienced and agile HR professional, passionate about providing people‑focused support to operational teams.
• Excellent communication skills, able to address complex and sensitive issues with staff at all levels.
• Hands‑on experience within an HR setting operating in a complex and challenging employment environment.
• Good working knowledge of NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service.
• Experience providing high‑quality advice on sickness absence, disciplinary processes, grievance, capability and dignity at work issues.
• Experience managing or supporting change programmes and advising on the implications of change.
• Experience analysing workforce data with the ability to identify trends and hot spots to inform interventions with directorate management teams.
• Resilience, adaptability, initiative‑taking, thriving on challenge, and a drive to make a positive difference.

About Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world‑leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity to build a lasting, world‑renowned heart and lung centre, delivering the highest quality care and conducting world‑leading research.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.