# Head of Employee Relations > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-employee-relations/a957ade6-86dc-4e37-a7db-65773ae9efbf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-employee-relations/a957ade6-86dc-4e37-a7db-65773ae9efbf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Human resources manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (This position is being offered on a full-time basis) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T14:00:52.792Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hampshire/Southampton/University_Hospital_Southampton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Human_Resources/Human_Resources-v8364274 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8364274?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Job Title: Head of Employee Relations Contract Type: Permanent Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. ### Main duties of the job Passionate about Employee Relations? Commercially astute, with an excellent grasp of employment law, and the ability to manage complex medical ER cases? Shrewd negotiator who can translate complex information into digestible papers? If this sounds like you then our Head of Employee Relations role may be just the opportunity you are looking for. Our ten-strong ER team provides a proactive and compassionate service to c.13000 staff at UHS. It also delivers advice to our Subsidiary companies (e.g. UHS Estates Limited, UHS Hospital Pharmacy) and hosted services (e.g. Wessex Cancer Alliance, Health Innovation Wessex), who mainly work under NHS terms and conditions. We’re seeking a leader to continue to develop the service, building on excellent foundations, focusing on providing fair, consistent and constructive ER, linked to strong partnership working with our Union colleagues. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You’ll be a seasoned ER professional, ideally with experience of Medical ER. Your passion for employment law and willingness to try innovative means to resolve issues will be clear, as will your ability to work with highly intelligent stakeholders, creating and delivering strategies to resolve tricky MHPS cases. An authentic leader who supports and challenges their team in tandem, you’ll enjoy working in a varied and challenging role. We operate hybrid working with approximately half time spent onsite, flexibility is required in order to support our clinical colleagues. This role will offer you an interesting personal caseload, working on our most challenging cases, as well as the opportunity to mould and develop our excellent ER team. Strong leadership skills, high intellect and a sense of humour are essential! Interviews will consist of two stages and will commence the week of November 9th 2026 ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Substantial senior HR leadership experience in a large, complex organisation, including leadership of an employee relations service or function - Expert current knowledge of UK employment law and its application to complex employee relations matters - Significant experience of managing highly complex, sensitive and contentious employee relations cases, including cases with no clear precedent - Experience of employment tribunal case management and working with legal advisers - Significant experience of formal consultation and negotiation with recognised trade unions. - Experience of developing and implementing organisation-wide employment policy and leading major organisational change - Experience of analysing complex workforce information, identifying trends and risks, and presenting recommendations to senior governance forums - Experience of managing teams, service performance and delegated budgets **Desirable** - NHS senior People/HR experience - Experience leading complex medical employee relations cases in line with Maintaining High Professional Standards - Experience of recruitment and selection assessment methods ### Qualifications, Training and Memberships **Essential** - Degree-level education or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience. - Chartered Membership of the CIPD - Masters-level specialist HR knowledge, acquired through postgraduate study or equivalent advanced training and substantial relevant experience. **Desirable** - Chartered Fellow of the CIPD - Formal management or leadership qualification - Training or accreditation in psychometric or development tools - Employment law qualification - Qualified Agenda for Change job evaluator ## Documents - [head of employee relations jd and ps 014102026 (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694570) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.