Job Summary
Human ResourcesBand 8dPermanentFull time - 37.5 hours per week426-776-25CCEmployerThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteThe Queen Elizabeth HospitalTownKings LynnSalary£88,168 - £101,677 per annumSalary periodYearlyClosing08/06/2025 23:59Interview date01/07/2025
Employer heading
Band 8d
Job Overview
Kindness, wellness, fairness. These are our Trust values and they need to run through everything we do. Were looking for someone who can help the People Services Team and the entire organisation embed our values and help us deliver exceptional people services to the organisation against the backdrop of significant financial challenge and change across the NHS and Social Care.
The Trust has recently become part of the Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospital Collaborative with the Norfolk and Norwich and James Paget hospitals. This Group has real potential to improve patient outcomes and staff experience but will involve significant changes to how we work and support our staff. This role has a vital role in ensuring the successful transformation of People and other services across the Group.
We have a new long term corporate strategy and People Plan and we are looking for someone who can provide inclusive, compassionate leadership to the People Services directorate to ensure we have the right structure, systems and processes to provide great people services and the Trusts strategic priorities during a period of significant change.
Main duties of the job
An ability to work collaboratively across internal and external teams, develop and deliver complex programmes of work with limited resources and provide assurance that we are operating to the highest possible standards. Experience of managing complex employee relations cases and developing processes that support a just and learning culture would be an asset. There will be opportunities to work with system partners on improving People Services across the Group and the wider Norfolk and Waveney health and care system as well as our Electronic Patient Record and New Hospital programmes.
We have made real progress as an organisation to modernise and improve the support we provide to the organisation, but we can do more to embed our values and develop an organisation and leadership team which reflect our population and workforce. We are also looking to take the next steps with the development and expansion of digital workforce systems and solutions.
We are actively seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds who offer the leadership skills required to take our Trust forward. Your values and ability to inspire and harness the talents of others are more important than where you have gained your leadership experience. Candidates should have CIPD level 7, or be working towards it and have significant academic or equivalent practical experience of Human Resources.
Working for our organisation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.
Please see attached candidate pack for full information regarding the role including job description and person specification.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
If your values and ambitions match ours and the opportunity to join our Trust attracts you, we look forward to meeting you through the recruitment process.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate level Human Resources Qualification or equivalent experience
- Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) (NVQ level 7) or currently undertaking
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a senior role in Human Resources in a complex organisation
- Previous experience of leading and delivering organisational level change programmes
- Previous experience of leading and managing large teams
- Previous experience of managing multiple budget lines
- Previous experience of collaborative working with Trade Unions
Skills, Abilities And Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to write reports summarising complex information into concise, easily understood reports
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.
We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
- Flexible working opportunities
- Free counselling service
- NHS Pension scheme
- Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
- Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.
Certificates of Sponsorship/Visa and Immigration
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