Assistant HR Business Partner

at  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant HR Business Partner (Band 6) Manchester Royal Infirmary
Part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a major university teaching hospital and specialist centre, as well as a provider of adult acute services. Some 4,000 staff, 35 wards and 18 operating theatres, provide for 180,000 A&E attendances, over 300,000 outpatient attendances and over 80,000 inpatients/day cases per year.
This patient-centred ‘hospital without walls’ has been built around a group of standardised Clinical Service Units (CSUs) that strip away traditional hierarchies and boundaries into a flatter structure. Empowered clinical leadership teams work within an accountability framework enabling decision-making closer to the patient. You could be part of our continuing transformation.
The Manchester University NHS Foundation vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching
Attracts, develops and retains great people
Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider
To support the MRI Director of HR & OD in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function.
To take responsibility for a designated portfolio of corporate work that supports the delivery of the overall HR Strategy.
To deputise for the HR Business Partner as required.
To liaise with other HR colleagues to maintain effective communication links, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross-cover of HR services.
To work in a manner consistent with the NHS Management Code of Conduct and the CIPD Code of Professional Conduct.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘ Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you

Please refer the Job description for details