Job overview

HR Advisor (Band 5)

An opportunity has arisen for a HR Advisor to join one of our busy HR Business Partner team  (Clinical & Scientific Services).  You will work alongside the HR Business Partners and the wider HR team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional in a multi disciplinary team of HR and OD professionals.

Main duties of the job

To support the Workforce Business Partners and wider team in the delivery of a high quality, professional, proactive and efficient workforce service within Clinical & Scientific Services, through consistent application of the Trust’s policies and procedures, employment legislation and flexible approaches to employment appropriate to the needs of the department and organisation.

To support the Workforce Business Partners in the delivery of an effective employee relations service, policy implementation and governance function for the CSS Workforce team.

To contribute to the development and implementation of processes and procedures which ensure the consistent application of the Trust’s policies and procedures.

To support the Workforce Business Partner in ensuring the comprehensive management of employment relations matters, for both medical and non-medical staff providing a professional service that meets all legislative and policy requirements.

To support the delivery of the overall Workforce Strategy through corporate project work as requested.

To liaise with other workforce colleagues to maintain effective communication links, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross-cover of HR services.

To work in a manner consistent with the NHS Management Code of Conduct and the CIPD Code of Professional Conduct.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & 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 30,000 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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.