Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced People Business Partner to work across University Hospitals Tees for a fixed term period of 12 months.

The People Business Partner will act as the key senior workforce representative working as a partner with the senior management teams within Clinical Support Units and Corporate services.

Providing expert advice on Employee Relations, Absence Management, Change Management, workforce planning, professional standards, wellbeing, equality and inclusion.

The role will ensure that people policies, governance arrangements and workforce strategies support delivery of safe, effective, responsive and sustainable patient care whilst ensuring compliance with statutory and employment legislation requirements.

Applicants should have experience in working at a senior Business Partner level

Lead and manage complex and sensitive workforce employee relations cases.

Provide specialist advice regarding management of disciplinary, grievance, dignity at work, capability, attendance and professional conduct processes.

Ensure all workforce cases are managed in accordance with best employment legislation and Trust policies.

Develop approaches that promote early informal resolution wherever possible.

Maintain productive relationships with professional representative organisations.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

The Medical Business Partner will act as the key specialist advisor to the Responsible Officer and Medical Leadership Teams, providing expert advice on medical workforce matters including Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS), workforce planning, professional standards, employee relations, wellbeing, equality and inclusion.

The role will ensure that people policies, governance arrangements and workforce strategies support delivery of safe, effective, responsive and sustainable patient care whilst ensuring compliance with GMC, NHS England and employment legislation requirements.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage complex and sensitive medical workforce employee relations cases.
• Provide specialist advice regarding consultants, SAS doctors, trust-grade doctors, locally employed doctors and honorary contract holders.
• Support management of disciplinary, grievance, dignity at work, capability, attendance and professional conduct processes.
• Ensure all medical workforce cases are managed in accordance with MHPS, employment legislation and Trust policies.
• Develop approaches that promote early informal resolution wherever possible.
• Maintain productive relationships with professional representative organisations including the BMA.

• Evidence of further relevant study i.e. Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of leadership training
• CIPD level 7 or equivalent experience

• Experience of supporting complex investigations.
• Ability to influence senior clinicians and executives.
• Strong understanding of workforce governance arrangements
• Experience working within a Business Partner within a Workforce Team.

• Extensive knowledge of NHS medical workforce policies and procedures
• Detailed understanding of Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS).
• Understanding of Consultant, SAS and Junior Doctor Terms and Conditions. Knowledge of NHS England Responsible Officer regulations and guidance
• Knowledge of doctor job planning and medical workforce productivity

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