HR Business Partner

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care

To provide a comprehensive, effective and proactive integrated HR Advisory service to SDHC Managers and staff with a focus on customer service and service development.

Main duties of the job

Advise and support Managers and staff in the interpretation of partnership HR policies and procedures, and provide professional advice on best practices, and its application in the service, including:-

  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Employee Relations including discipline, grievance, redundancy, redeployment, capability and TUPE.
  • Sickness and other absence
  • Pay and conditions of service
  • Performance Management and annual appraisals
  • Employee health and wellbeing
  • Flexible Working
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Training and Development
  • Employment Law
  • Organisational change and restructuring
  • Parental leave entitlements, eg maternity
  • Talent management and succession planning
  • Staff engagement and involvement
  • Job Evaluation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree Level or equivalent
  • CIPD level 5/7 qualified or significant commensurate experience in a senior role

Desirable

  • Formal training in a relevant topic such as coaching, mediation or employment law

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive Operational HR experience, preferably in a large organisation.
  • Experience of dealing with complex HR issues
  • Experience of managing HR systems
  • Training/supervisory/management experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 30 July 2026

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