CAN YOU BRING YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST?

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. They became a Foundation Trust on 1 October 2015 and believe that this will enable them to work more effectively in partnership with their patients and their local community to provide high quality healthcare.
They provide a wide range of clinical services, specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation) medical education, training, and research.
Would you like to be part of a Trust that value, recognise and celebrate staff members? Who work as a team to provide a high-level service? If yes, Oxford University Hospitals is the place for you.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our bank members who are not clinically exempt from vaccination to get vaccinated.
We have a temporary (3 months +) opportunity available for a Workforce Investigations Officer. This role is a hybrid role, blended home and onsite working - Unipart House Business Centre, Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2PG.
The hours for this role are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm (37.5 hours per week).
This is a Band 7 role, paying £25.60 per hour.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

· Previous experience in a similar role
· Excellent organisation skills
· Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
· Excellent telephone manner
· EPR system knowledge is desirable
· Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Teams and Outlook)

· Responsible for Employee Relations investigations as allocated by the Head of Workforce Investigations, such as Disciplinary, Grievance and Respect and Dignity at Work, in accordance with the Trust’s Policies and procedures, best practice and legislative requirements.
· Plan and organise investigations as agreed with the Case Manager ensuring compliance with agreed timescales and ensuring that all tasks are carried out in compliance with relevant policies and procedures and that the Case Manager is kept informed of progress and any concerns are highlighted to the Case Manager as a priority.
· Responsible for ensuring that investigations are conducted impartially and objectively so that all participants are given full opportunity to have appropriate input into the process whilst maintaining confidentiality.
· Responsible for identifying potential investigation evidence and sources and ensuring appropriate investigative actions are followed; planning and conducting effective interviews and gathering and reviewing relevant evidence.
· Responsible for arranging and leading investigation meetings and co-ordinating administrative tasks required to complete the investigation and reach timely and unbiased conclusions and findings. This may involve organising and reorganisation meetings based on the needs of the service and patient care.
· Responsible for ensuring that investigations are conducted in an objective and non-judgemental manner to gather the relevant facts.
· Responsible for implementing Trust Policies and Procedures and identifying where policy changes may be required to reflect best HR/investigations practice; responsible for proposing and supporting the implementation of any policy and/or procedural changes as a result across the organisation.
· Responsible for reviewing and monitoring expenditure associated with any external investigations commissioned; ensuring best value for money and that costs are verified before invoices are submitted for payment.
· Responsible for providing specialist advice on workforce investigations to HR colleagues and Trust managers; supporting the design and implementation of training on workforce investigations as necessary.
· Responsible for communicating highly complex and at times, highly sensitive, information while at the same time sensitively handling issues of conflict that may arise during the investigation process.
· Responsible for receiving, analysing and interpreting complex information and evidence; using persuasive, negotiating, empathic and re-assurance skills as required to navigate the investigation process.