Senior HR Advisor

Job summary

Senior HR Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior HR Advisor to join the People team at St Bartholomew's Hospital in the heart of London.

St Bartholomew's Hospital is the oldest in the country is home to Barts Heart Centre, the largest specialist cardiac Centre in the UK as well as the St Barts Cancer Centre, a leading treatment Centre.

At St Bartholomew's Hospital, we are known for our excellence and innovation and we want the People team to follow this lead. This excellence was recognized in the latest Care Quality Commission inspection, where the strong and supportive leadership was rated as Outstanding.

Every single service was rated as Good, with inspectors praising the strong medical and nursing leadership, and the 'positive and collaborative' culture.

As a business partnering function, you will work closely with all services on the site including cancer, cardiac, respiratory, fertility and endocrine. You will support the HR Business Partners in delivering a customer focused service and will be the first point of contact for managers and staff with queries and concerns.

You should have a good knowledge of employee relations processes - delivering advice to managers with confidence in line with policy and case law. You will also be given specific projects to stretch your skills and abilities to help develop you further within the advisory role, along with receiving relevant training to support you as you grow.

Main duties of the job

o Reporting to the HR Manager and with matrix leadership from the People Partners forCorporate Services, the post holder will ensure the provision of professional,customer-focussed HR advice, coaching and solutions to designatedDirectorate/Services across Bart's Health.o To ensure Corporate Trust People policies and procedures are translated and appliedlocally within operating frameworks.o Working in partnership with managers to develop and deliver an effective employeerelations service at the Bart which is a crucial element of the overall People Strategythat will deliver an approach to people management that embodies a people-centered culture of learning.o This role is responsible for supporting the management and co-ordination of theemployee relations casework, ensuring that case work is carried out consistentlyin an effective and efficient way in accordance with Barts Health policies andprocedures, current legislation and best practice

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

Date posted

09 July 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-8057825SBH-B

Job locations

St Bartholomew's Hospital

125 London Wall

London

EC2Y 5AS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• CIPD or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Generalist HR experience demonstrating competence across a range of HR
• Track record of providing HR advice to services and managers in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience of advising managers on employee relations matters eg: disciplinary, grievance, sickness, capability including complex cases with minimal supervision
• Experience of working as an HR Advisor in a large complex organisation with union recognition
• Experience of supporting change management
• Experience of developing through coaching/training on a range of People policies

Desirable

• Experience of working with performance metrics/data to guide and direct strategy
• Experience of working at HR Advisor level in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Current knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice
• Understanding of key current issues in human resources and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to People strategies

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS People Strategy

Skills

Essential

• Ability to self manage and prioritise conflicting demands
• Proven effective problem solving ability
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels, along with interpersonal and collaboration skills
• To be impartial when providing clear and concise written and verbal communication to staff members at all levels
• Have empathy when receiving or providing sensitive, personal, distressing and confidential information.
• Be tactful, persuasive and able to influence when handling complex situations
• Ability to use Microsoft office and input and manipulate data
• Leadership - fostering powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally. Be able to motivate and enthuse others

Other

Essential

• Commitment to helping to provide equitable services for all health service users and NHS staff
• Commitment to the principles of lifelong learning and continuous professional development
• Calm, empathetic and logical when faced with urgent and stressful situations
• Proven ability to effectively manage a range of situations that may evoke a strong emotional reaction
• Ability to work with unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines with frequent interruptions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• CIPD or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Generalist HR experience demonstrating competence across a range of HR
• Track record of providing HR advice to services and managers in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience of advising managers on employee relations matters eg: disciplinary, grievance, sickness, capability including complex cases with minimal supervision
• Experience of working as an HR Advisor in a large complex organisation with union recognition
• Experience of supporting change management
• Experience of developing through coaching/training on a range of People policies

Desirable

• Experience of working with performance metrics/data to guide and direct strategy
• Experience of working at HR Advisor level in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Current knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice
• Understanding of key current issues in human resources and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to People strategies

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS People Strategy

Skills

Essential

• Ability to self manage and prioritise conflicting demands
• Proven effective problem solving ability
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels, along with interpersonal and collaboration skills
• To be impartial when providing clear and concise written and verbal communication to staff members at all levels
• Have empathy when receiving or providing sensitive, personal, distressing and confidential information.
• Be tactful, persuasive and able to influence when handling complex situations
• Ability to use Microsoft office and input and manipulate data
• Leadership - fostering powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally. Be able to motivate and enthuse others

Other

Essential

• Commitment to helping to provide equitable services for all health service users and NHS staff
• Commitment to the principles of lifelong learning and continuous professional development
• Calm, empathetic and logical when faced with urgent and stressful situations
• Proven ability to effectively manage a range of situations that may evoke a strong emotional reaction
• Ability to work with unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines with frequent interruptions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St Bartholomew's Hospital

125 London Wall

London

EC2Y 5AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

St Bartholomew's Hospital

125 London Wall

London

EC2Y 5AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)