Strategic HR Business Partner

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
• Ability to work as part of a team, working collaboratively in order to positively influence divisional team’s performance and ability to deliver good patient care
• Adaptable, flexible and innovative approach to work
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

We have a fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking HR professional.
As a HR Business Partner, you will use your positive attitude, extensive HR knowledge and solid communication and influencing skills to provide professional guidance to our Divisional teams to achieve our organisational objectives.
You will hit the ground running, forging strong partnerships with management teams to develop and implement the workforce aspects of the Trusts business plans. You will work with senior teams to provide excellent HR operational and strategic support.
You will need to have demonstrable customer focus and experience of leading on complex employee relations. Innovative in your approach, you will understand how HR adds value, you will develop effective solutions and fully engage with stakeholders.
You will be an excellent communicator and highly skilled at fostering constructive working relationships. You will also have significant demonstrable experience in HRBP roles in large, complex organisations.
Here at St. George’s our people are at the heart of everything we do; we are therefore looking for individuals who will nurture relationships and drive creation of an inclusive culture. You will be at the Centre of implementing the NHS People Plan.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

I am keen to hear from individuals who would like to continue developing their leadership journey working in a fast paced environment that will require collaboration internally and externally to support delivery of care to our patients.
I am looking forward to hearing from interested candidates. Secondment opportunities will be considered for this post.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Samantha Gooden, Head of Strategic Business Partnering & Strategic HR BP
If you would like more details or if you would like an informal visit, contact me via email - samantha.gooden@stgeorges.nhs.uk