Senior People Advisor

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An number of exciting opportunities have arisen to join a fantastic team of People professionals, based at Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing & Innovation Hub (Seaton Delaval) in the roles of Senior People Advisors. These three vacancies are as a result of maternity leave cover and also supporting a request for a career/employment break. We are seeking motivated, conscientious, and experienced People Professionals to work within our fast-paced and supportive Operational People Team.
These roles are pivotal in supporting the provision of a high-quality People service that is focussed on supporting staff, colleagues and managers across the organisation to achieve outcomes in line with the vision and values of the Trust.
The successful post holders will be required to work at other sites within the Trust on a regular basis. Blended/agile/hybrid and flexible working are supported by the Trust.
You will provide specialist advice in relation to employee relations issues including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, organisational change, and Medical Staffing issues.
You will provide supervision to more junior members of the People team and advise on complex employee relations matters including Case Management support.
You will have opportunity to support the implementation of national strategies and developments and the Trust’s People and Organisational Development Strategy.
We provide a rang of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
We have been twice rated ’outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are one of the North East’s largest employers with 12,000 dedicated member of staff. We have been a foundation trust for over a decade.
Our teams deliver care from hospitals, in a range of community venues and in people’s own homes. We deliver care from sites across Northumberland and North Tyneside including an emergency care hospital, general and community hospitals, an outpatient and diagnostic centre, an elderly care unit and an integrated health and social care facility.
We invest heavily in staff to ensure that the best talent is attracted, developed and looked after, and retained in evert area of the organisation. Staff satisfaction is high and our staff consistently rate us as one of the best places to work in the NHS.
We operate two wholly owned subsidiaries of the trust which enables us to offer expertise in particular areas outside of the Trust.
Our staff are important to us, so we make sure they have the very best staff offers and benefits which include: fleet motorhomes, wagestream, car leasing, liftshare, staff lottery, cycle to work and home electronics schemes and more

Successful candidates will act as Senior People Advisors aligned with a designated Business Unit within the Trust. You will assist your Business Unit in meeting their overall objectives and Business plans by providing timely and accurate information, advice and support to enable them to proactively manage:

• Employee relations
• Organisational Change
• Recruitment and retention of quality staff
• Medical Staff resources

Successful candidates will have an ability to communicate, negotiate and influence a range of managers and staff; have a pragmatic approach to deal with complex, difficult and emotional situations in order to advise on an appropriate course of action and an ability to organise their own workload to meet service needs and competing deadlines.
There are substantial development and training opportunities available within the Trust.

Please refer the Job description for details