Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 350-TWS8099049
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Business Park, V7 Buildings
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Human Resources Advisor
Band 5
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and passionate HR professional to join our workforce directorate in the role of HR Advisor.
We are looking for a motivated, experienced individual to join the team who thrives in a busy environment and takes a solution-focused approach and who can work to deadlines with an attention to detail. We see our HR Advisors as fundamental in supporting colleagues and leaders to do the best for our service users and to deliver perfect care. You will be required to provide professional advice and support to managers on a range of workforce issues.
In order to fulfil this ambitious role you will be CIPD qualified (or working towards with appropriate experience in a HR setting) and will be an experienced HR professional, with the ability to provide excellent generalist HR advice to a wide range of teams, managers and senior managers.
Two full time and one part time position available, to be based at Ashworth, Maghull and V7 in Prescot.
Main duties of the job
The postholders will be responsible for providing effective, proactive HR support and advice related to the operational management of services and also support across the wider HR function as required.
There will be requirement for travel throughout the organisation as and when required and the role will be a hybrid of home working and time on site as per the needs of the service with a base at V7, Kings Business Park, Prescot, or Ashworth, Maghull.
The postholders will have effective verbal/written communication and influencing skills along with presentation and organisational skills. You will be required to communicate information to staff at all levels of the organisation and be able to advise managers appropriately and persuasively.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
You will join a collaborative HR team and will report to a HR Manager and work alongside HR Advisors, HR Officers, Senior HR Business Partners and HR Strategic Lead with exposure to varied and interesting casework.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.
Key responsibilities will include provision of advice on Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and HR Policies and Procedures, together with supporting managers through a range of employee relations processes including management of attendance, disciplinary and informal resolution and will involve supporting review meetings, investigations and hearings.
You will need to demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge and experience, have experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures, providing advice and support to managers on HR related issues e.g. absence management, disciplinary, grievance and have up to date knowledge of employment legislation and good employment practice, preferably in and NHS or public sector environment.
In this fast paced environment it is important to be able to work to deadlines whilst paying attention to detail and to be able to prioritise and manage your own work whilst exercising initiative.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Working towards CIPD qualification
Desirable criteria
- CIPD
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective verbal and written communication and influencing skills
- Effective presentation and organisational skills
- Able to communicate information to staff at all levels of the organisation
- Able to deliver training on HR policies and procedures
- Able to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner
- Able to understand the HR issues arising from operational management issues and advise managers appropriately and persuasively on the course of action they should take.
- Able to work to deadlines and pay attention to detail
- Able to prioritise and manage own work
- Able to exercise initiative
- Computer literate and able to use MS Office applications
- Ability to travel within the Trust in a timely manner
- Able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and Staff Side representatives.
- Able to maintain professional relationships with external contacts/organisations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge and experience
- Experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures
- Experience of providing advice and support to managers on HR related issues eg absence management, disciplinary, grievance.
Desirable criteria
- NHS or public sector experience
- Experience of administering the recruitment and selection procedures and interviewing
- Experience of employee relations gained within a unionised environment
- Experience of using and extracting information from HR Databases
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of employment legislation and good employment practice
- Demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge
Values
Essential criteria
- ontinuous improvement – committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
- Accountability – taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
- Respect – how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way.
- Enthusiasm – demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
- Support – actively supporting others with compassion and courage.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare McNamara
- Job title
- Senior Human Resource Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further details/informal visits contact: Clare McNamara, Senior HR Business Partner on [email protected] or Sally McConnell, Senior HR Business Partner on [email protected]
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