Deputy HR Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated HR/OD professional to join us. This is a great challenge for the right candidate to make a tangible and lasting contribution to the development and stability of the Trust.

The Deputy HR Business Partner will support our division of Medicine, which employs over 1500 staff across a broad range of department and specialties, including the Emergency Department, Care of the Elderly, Respiratory and Dermatology.
• Support the delivery of the division’s organisational development objectives and plans, undertaking specific projects as appropriate;
• Work with the Leadership, Management and Coaching and Organisational Development team to support and develop managers within the division to carry out their people leadership responsibilities;
• Be an advocate for improving staff experience and proactively support the delivery of the division’s wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion programmes of work;
• Upskill, coach and develop line managers to drive improvement in several key performance areas including management of change, essential training completion, quality appraisal conversations and completion rates, bank and agency reduction, sickness absence;
• Support the divisional management team and line managers with complex operational, employee relations and workforce issues as they arise, including being the HR representative on hearing panels;
• Maintaining oversight of all casework in the division, in conjunction with HR Services, assisting with consultations and change management processes as and when required;
• To support the divisional management team in planning for significant organisational change, e.g. TUPE, redevelopment, service reconfiguration.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Balmforth Job title: HR Business Partner Email address: lisa.balmforth@uhbw.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0117 3426612

For all informal enquiries, please contact Lisa Balmforth, HR Business Partner.

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