ER Manager - East

at  South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

ER Manager
Band 7 £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
12 Months Fixed Term contract/Secondment Opportunity
Full time 37.5 hours/week
Hybrid working
Based in Kent and East Sussex
Are you passionate about fostering a positive workplace environment? Do you have a strong background in employee relations and want to make a difference in a vital public service? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust as an Employee Relations Manager.
In this crucial role, you will lead on the management and resolution of complex employee relations issues, ensuring that our workforce is supported, engaged, and motivated. You will work closely with managers, trade unions, and other stakeholders to deliver a fair, consistent, and legally compliant approach to employee relations across the service.
To be the focal point for key stakeholders in employee relations matters, providing detailed guidance on the interpretation of Trust policies and procedures and employment legislation. Advise on all employee relations cases in a proactive and timely manner, i.e. Disciplinary, Grievance, Capability, and Attendance.
To ensure the provision of employee relations data that underpin local management of employment issues and Trust-wide understanding of trends and key issues.
To advise HR colleagues relating to employment law matters. To proactively identify policy development opportunities and work in conjunction with the HR and Policy Team to develop Trust policy and procedure.
NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme
A minimum 27 days’ holiday each year, increasing with service.
Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
Access to our award-winning Wellbeing services
Access to occupational health and counselling services.
Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
To deliver a credible customer focused service to managers and colleagues, based on good quality of advice, approachability, flexibility and responsiveness.
Develop effective communication and education materials for employees; ensuring the delivery of timely and accurate information to employees.
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the HR Directorate ensuring that relevant legislation and national guidelines are applied consistently; identifying improvements that can be made to procedures used.
Contribute to the improvement of the ER Team and ensure that all duties are carried out in an organised and effective manner.
Highlight areas where service improvements could be made in own/team roles.
Keep updated with employment law issues and forthcoming legislation including identifying and rectifying any impact on the business and organisation wide policies and procedures.
To maintain close liaison with the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Department and work with line managers to ensure that any delays or issues with sickness absence aligned to cases are raised and actions are put in place to rectify problems in a timely manner.

Ensure HR Business Partners and relevant managers and stakeholders are kept abreast of progress with cases.

• Keen to hear from NHS colleagues who wish to take this as a secondment opportunity.

Please refer the Job description for details