Job vacancy: Assistant HR Business Partner, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area

Admin and Clerical

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract

Permanent: Monday, Thursday and Friday

Hours

Full time
Part time

22.5 hours per week (Monday, Thursday and Friday)

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Jenner Building, Whittington Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 Pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/09/2025 23:59

Assistant HR Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 6

Covid-19 Vaccination

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Hey Result Areas & Performance:

HR Practice
1. To advise managers and staff on highly complex issues relating to the correct application of National and Local Terms and Conditions of Employment, including all pay and grading issues.
2. To provide proactive, effective and appropriate guidance, when required, on the interpretation and implementation of Trust policies and procedures.
3. To provide advice and support to managers in the management of disciplinary, Dignity at Work, sickness absence management and grievance issues; (a) in the initial stages of the informal processes and (b) in the formal stages in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.
4. To sit on hearing panels (including appeals) for all staff.
5. To advise and support managers in the management of staff attendance including advice on the Bradford Score system. To facilitate action in conjunction with Occupational Health, including rehabilitation, redeployment and ill health retirement in accordance with the sickness absence policy.
6. To provide pro-active advice and guidance to managers on new/relevant employment legislation and procedures.
7. To assist in the preparation of documentation and related tasks required in the defence of any employment claims received by the Trust, including attendance at Employment Tribunals.
8. The postholder will make a significant contribution to the development and implementation of employment policy and practice in line with changes to legislation. This will involve negotiation and consultation with managers and ensuring appropriate training within own area.
9. To undertake research (e.g. best practice, employment legislation, NHS Terms & Conditions) in all areas across workforce partnering and advisory service.
10. To support the HRBP as appropriate, in providing support and advice on issues such as service and contract planning, TUPE transfers (in and out of the organisation),
change management, skill mix and workforce planning, budget setting and proposals for organisational change
11. To collect data and process regular and ad hoc / exception reports.
12. To monitor the performance of the designated area in respect of compliance against workforce key performance indicators and support management teams in addressing shortfalls in performance.
13. To work with the divisional workforce and OD team in the development and delivery of training courses on HR related topics.
14. To attend relevant committees and meetings in connection with developments in designated areas ensuring that the HRBP is informed of the progress.
15. To work with managers on the production of job descriptions for Agenda for Change panels.
16. To be involved in the job evaluation of posts under Agenda for Change for a variety of roles Trust wide. To advise on banding of posts and participate on panels.
Recruitment and Retention
17. To advise managers on recruitment and selection process where complex or contentious issues have been raised, ensuring adherence to best practice, Trust policies and procedures, and employment legislation.
18. in-house Recruitment Team ensuring the delivery of a seamless, high quality and responsive service that meets ICSU/Corporate Service needs.

General Duties
19. To attend and participate in relevant working groups, including the review and development of policies as required.
20. To provide cover for other staff within the team as and when required.
21. To provide advice through the workforce and advisory email as required and agreed.
22. To provide advice and support to managers and staff in respect of continuing professional and personal development
23. To participate in the development of Standard Operating Procedures for the HR team
24. Any other duties or tasks appropriate to the grade that enhance and promote good HR practice within the Trust.
Workforce
25. The postholder is required to work collaboratively as part of wider team.
36. There is currently no requirement for the postholder to undertake direct management of staff as part of this role.
38. The postholder will be expected to support the development of HR knowledge and skills across the Department.
39. To support the up skilling of all managers on a range of HR related topics and HR systems e.g. Case Management.
Financial
40. To assist in identifying efficiency and quality improvement measures to contribute to the further development of the service and the implementation of action plans
41. To advise on payroll issues which have arisen from errors or complexities in terms and conditions of employment.

Person specification

Qaulifications

Essential criteria

CIPD Qualification or relevant experience

Desirable criteria

NHS experience

Experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrate building relationships
Demonstrate the ability to work under pressure
Demonstrate the ability to provide advice and support to the organisation

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Demonstrate ER knowledge and experience

Desirable criteria

Demonstrate experience in Change Management and TUPE

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
Participate in required training and supervision.
Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

For further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Serena Wilshire
Job title: Acting Head of HR Business Partner
Email address: [email protected]

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Employer heading

Assistant HR Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qaulifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

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