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Main area
People Team
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
274-12005-COR
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Welton House
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/04/2026 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Human Resources Adviser

Band 5

Job overview

At LPFT we don’t have ‘back offices’ and see our HR Advisers as fundamental in supporting staff and leaders to do the best for our service users.  You will be integral to the operational care groups providing a generalist HR service within key areas. You will be required to manage a whole spectrum of workforce issues including employee relations, organisational change, workforce transformation and planning and undertaking key pieces of work as part of our People Strategy.

You will hold a suitable HR related degree level qualification (or equivalent experience) and will have a passion for recruitment and a proven track record of working across all ‘core HR’ activities at an operational level - including managing employee relations issues, liaison with staff side representatives and delivering training.

 

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the HR Business Partner and working alongside a team of HR Advisers, you will also support the development and implementation of HR policies and project initiatives.

There will be requirement for some occasional travel throughout the county to support managers/attend meetings, however this role will be a hybrid of home working/time on site as per the needs of the service.

For further information please contact Katherine Brothwell, HR Business Partner [email protected]

Please note this is a fixed term contract until June 2027 due to maternity leave. 

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy lifeVisit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

•            Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

•            Competitive annual leave allowance

•            Car leasing scheme

•            NHS pension scheme

•            Free eye tests

•            Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

•            Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Human Resources Degree (or related subject)/CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of communicating highly complex information and advising managers in a range of HR areas e.g. change management, redeployment issues, absence management, workforce development strategies, grading appeals, welfare issues; gives evidence at disciplinary & tribunal hearings, delivers specialist training courses.
  • Dealing with a range of employee relations case work.
  • Knowledge of HR best practice principles and experience of implementing these.
  • Experience of working in Recruitment and understand principles of safer recruitment methods.
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience Supporting development of HR policies and procedures.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Lead on projects and undertake appropriate analysis, interpreting complex results and producing reports and action plan with the appropriate options for action.
  • Interpret workforce reports for managers on sickness absence, turnover etc.
  • Advise managers on the content of investigation reports, including complex information and advise them on the appropriate course of action in accordance with Trust Procedures, e.g., disciplinary sanctions Desktop new posts in accordance with Agenda for Change Job Evaluation / Matching.
  • Plan and organise complex activities, e.g. recruitment drive.
  • Ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences and adopt style as required.

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Travel around the county required without the use of public transport.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoCare quality commission - GoodWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Dying to Work CharterStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICSDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024Wellness WellbeingNet ZeroCommitted Member of Inclusive Employers

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Katherine Brothwell
Job title
HR Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 421509
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