# Senior People Advisor - Absence Management Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-people-advisor-absence-management-specialist/ab5f38c7-951d-416d-8111-454ee93e18ee - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-people-advisor-absence-management-specialist/ab5f38c7-951d-416d-8111-454ee93e18ee.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Combined management role - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (with potential to extend to 18 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T08:40:45.387Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shropshire/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/WorkforceHuman_Resources/WorkforceHuman_Resources-v8218216 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8218216?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a solutions-focused HR professional who is passionate about improving wellbeing and driving meaningful cultural change? At SaTH, we are committed to creating a healthier, more engaged workforce. We are seeking an experienced Senior People Advisor – Absence Management Specialist to play a key role within our Estates, Facilities and MES services, leading a proactive and impactful approach to employee wellbeing attendance management. This is a Band 6 (Subject to Agenda for Change Job Evaluation) role, full-time 37.5 hours per week, fixed Term for 6 Months initially (if successful will extend to 18 months). ### Main duties of the job About the Role This is a high-impact, operational and strategic role where you will take ownership of all aspects of sickness absence management, working directly with colleagues and managers to support attendance, wellbeing and performance. You will: - Proactively manage sickness absence cases, maintaining regular and supportive contact with colleagues during periods of absence - Facilitate early, safe returns to work, ensuring appropriate support plans and adjustments are in place - Provide expert HR advice on complex absence cases, including long-term and frequent short-term absence - Ensure robust and consistent application of Trust policies and procedures - Ensure management of sickness absence cases is inclusive, compassionate, and kind Beyond casework, you will have a key role in shaping and embedding a positive attendance culture across Facilities, moving from reactive management to early intervention and prevention. The postholder will be engaged in - - Driving Culture Change - Developing Managers & Processes - Prevention & Partnership Working ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in HR, People Management, Employment Relations or related discipline - Evidence of CPD relevant to people management or employment practice **Desirable** - CIPD Level 5 Qualification or working towards - Training qualification ### Knowledge, Behaviours and Experience **Essential** - Experience of providing HR/People advice and support to managers on employee matters - Working knowledge of sickness absence management processes and best practice - Experience of interpreting and applying HR policies and procedures in a practical, operational context - Experience of coaching and supporting managers to manage people issues effectively - Understanding of confidentiality, data protection and information governance **Desirable** - Experience of working in and NHS or large unionised public sector organisation - Experience of advising on complex or long term sickness absence cases - Experience of contributing to policy development or reviewing internal procedures - Experience of working with Occupational Health and/or wellbeing services - Experience of supporting operational services such as Estates and Facilities or other staff groups with high physical demands ## Documents - [job pack (pdf, 666.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619329) - [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) ## 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.