Band 5 Medical HR Officer - Bath

Job overview

We are looking for a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic Medical HR Officer to join our Medical HR Team.

You'll be joining a team that is passionate about delivering an excellent service and proud of the support it provides to the Trust's medical workforce. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop your knowledge and expertise, with exposure to a broad range of medical workforce matters.

As a key member of the team, you will work closely with medical leaders, consultants, resident doctors and colleagues across the Trust, supporting every stage of the employee journey. From coordinating the recruitment and onboarding of doctors, managing resident doctor rotations and providing expert medical HR advice, ensuring compliance with national standards and policies, your contribution will directly support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

As part of the wider People Services Team, we work collaboratively across the Trust to deliver the AWP Workforce Strategy, promote best practice in people management, and create a positive experience for our staff. We value teamwork, professionalism and continuous improvement, and we're looking for someone who shares those values.

If you're looking for a rewarding HR role where you can make a real difference to doctors, resident doctors and the wider medical workforce, we'd love to hear from you.

This role is hybrid, working primarily from home with some office based work.

Main duties of the job

As the Medical HR Officer you will,

• Provide specialist Medical HR advice and support to medical leaders, managers and medical staff on employment matters, policies, procedures and employment legislation.
• Support senior medical staff in managing sickness absence, employee relations issues and compliance with Trust policies and best practice.
• Coordinate and manage the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of medical staff, including Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Resident Doctors and Medical Bank doctors.
• Manage medical recruitment systems and records, ensuring accurate maintenance of ESR, TRAC and other workforce systems.
• Manage the administration of Resident Doctor rotations, work schedules, honorary contracts and on-boarding processes in line with national and local requirements.
• Produce and maintain Resident Doctor rotas and pay information using eRota, ensuring compliance with contractual and code of practice deadlines.
• Provide specialist advice and support on medical payroll matters, including salary calculations, rotational changes, leave arrangements and payroll queries.
• Contribute to service improvement and the development of Medical HR practices.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information about the main responsibilities of this role.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.