# People & OD Business Partner - Urgent & Emergency Care

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Location:** Princess Royal Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum/pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working, expected to work across all Group sites)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T12:16:13.191Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Apley_Castle_Telford/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/People_OD/People_OD-v8200030
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8200030?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and influential People & Organisational Development (OD) Business Partner to join the senior leadership team within our Emergency Care Division.

Working closely with Divisional leaders, you will act as a trusted partner and expert advisor, providing strategic guidance, support and constructive challenge across the full range of people and workforce matters.

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior HR/People professional, ideally with a Master's degree and/or Chartered MCIPD status, who has experience partnering with executive or senior leadership teams in a large, complex and unionised organisation. They will have a strong track record in workforce transformation, organisational development, employee relations and strategic workforce planning, alongside exceptional influencing, analytical and leadership skills.

The successful candidate will be a credible and collaborative people professional, capable of building strong relationships and influencing senior stakeholders in a complex healthcare environment. You will champion an inclusive, high-performing culture, supporting leaders to develop engaged teams, improve wellbeing and embed continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering the People Strategy and ensuring the Emergency Care Division has the workforce, leadership capability and culture needed to provide outstanding care now and in the future.

### Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility include:

- Strategic People and OD Business Partnering
- Workforce Planning, Transformation and Redesign
- Leadership Development and Coaching
- Employee Relations and Governance
- Organisational Development and Culture Change
- Staff Engagement, Wellbeing and Inclusion
- Workforce Performance, Data and Insight
- Risk Management, Assurance and Regulatory Compliance
- Partnership Working with Staff Side Representatives and System Partners
- Delivery of the Trust's People Strategy and Workforce Objectives

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for the People & OD Business Partner role for further details

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Master’s degree or equivalent level of experience
- Chartered MCIPD or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Employment law qualification

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of acting as a Business Partner to a Senior Leadership team, leading on supporting with workforce development and transformation
- Experience within a large, unionised and complex environment.
- Experience of contributing to senior meetings providing authoritative advice and timely, accurate interpretation of workforce information
- Experience in managing large scale changes to workforce
- Experience in analysing management information to identify trends
- Experience of managing complex HR casework
- Knowledge and experience of employment law, performance, compensation and benefits, successful re-organisation Inc. redundancy / TUPE

**Desirable**

- Experience in NHS

## Documents

- [job pack (pdf, 692.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10558786)
- [ai use in recruitment (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2345)
- [relocating to shropshire? (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2313)
- [mec behaviour framework - to be added to all mec vacancies (pdf, 2.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2405)

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