HR Business Partner Manchester, England
Job description
A dynamic opportunity has arisen for a HR Business Partner to join our busy HR Business Partner team at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital primarily supporting two of our clinical Divisions. You will be responsible for supporting the development of new and existing services through the delivery of workforce strategies and plans to proactively support the delivery of a timely, professional and comprehensive HR service. Working alongside the Organisational Development team you will support the delivery of OD interventions and use your workforce planning skills to support the delivery of sustainable workforce models. As a forward-thinking HR practitioner, you will manage your own ER caseload and support and mentor other team members to deliver best practice advice.
The successful post holder will be able to demonstrate a competent and coaching leadership style, consistent with the Trusts’ Values. There will be a focus on ensuring effective management of assigned projects as well as managing a caseload, working in partnership with staff side representatives, Workforce colleagues and managers to establish effective people management initiatives that will support the Trust in the application of HR policies and practices.
To support the Director of HR & OD and operation as an integral member of the Hospital/MCS management team, the HR Business Partner is responsible for the provision of high quality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function.
The HR Business Partner is responsible for ensuring the contribution of HR expertise to business decisions making and developing people solutions to support business plans and strategy.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
