Senior People Advisor

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Senior People Advisor to deliver expert HR support within the prison healthcare services. The role involves advising on HR policies, supporting management with employee relations, and enhancing staff engagement. Applicants should possess experience in HR practices relevant to healthcare settings. The position offers collaboration with various stakeholders and a chance to contribute to workforce planning within the Trust's strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering professional HR advice on recruitment and employee relations.
• Expertise in managing disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Proven ability to promote staff wellbeing and engagement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver HR advice for prison healthcare services on various HR matters.
• Support managers in absence management and compliance processes.
• Advise on HR policies and contractual issues.

Job description

Role Summary

The Senior People Advisor will provide expert HR support to prison healthcare services within the Forensic & Offender Healthcare Directorate. Acting as the first point of contact for managers and staff, the role ensures consistent application of HR policies and contributes to workforce planning, employee relations, and staff engagement to help achieve the Trust’s strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional HR advice on recruitment, retention, employee relations, and change management.
• Support managers with absence management, disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Use ESR and Healthroster systems for workforce planning and compliance.
• Advise on contractual issues and interpretation of terms and conditions.
• Participate in recruitment activities and act as HR representative on selection panels.
• Deliver training and presentations on HR policies and procedures.
• Promote staff wellbeing and equality initiatives.

Company

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Gilbert
Job title: People Business Partner
Email address: [e-mail]