Band 8a Senior People Partner - Queen Elizabeth Hospital

We have been transitioning to a newly implemented Trust operating model and on a journey of cultural transformation which will see our ambitions to create the best place to work delivered.

We have a Senior People Partner opportunity and are seeking applications from progressive-thinking, people-centred leaders, this role will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Reporting into the Associate Director of People for the hospital site and in conjunction with the Hospital Executive team, you will ensure we drive the short and longer-term people priorities to support the Trust's ambition as well as providing attention to local priorities, challenges and opportunities in an aim to create the best and safest place to work.

It is an exciting time to join us to help with truly supporting with scoping and shaping the people journey and workplace culture in enabling our teams in providing excellent patient care.

You will be fundamental to the developing of people strategies, address key people priorities with a person centred, solutions focussed approach. You will enable movement in employee experience and engagement, workforce planning and development, succession planning, attraction, recruitment and retention; workforce design and change; culture and inclusion and employee relations.

You will work with people data to identify themes and trends and proactively make recommendations that lead and drive positive change along with the Associate Director of People. You will provide professional expertise to coach your team to minimise risk in employee relations matters.

There are few opportunities in the sector that offer such scale of opportunity to impact positively for our substantive workforce who rely on the People Directorate to deliver first class employee relations where fairness, equality and safety is prioritised- which in turn directly impacts on the communities we serve.

You will live and breathe our values of being kind, connected and bold, and be inclusive, fair and compassionate.

Previous NHS experience would be desirable but not essential.

If you believe we have detailed your next career move, you thrive on building relationships and driving positive change through people-focussed solutions and initiatives, and you share our passion - we'd welcome your application.

This is a hybrid role that combines remote working with on-site presence.

Further insights can be gained by speaking to Preet Sond, Associate Director of People by emailing askus@uhb.nhs.uk

Interviews to be held in person at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 14th and 15th October.