Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HRBP to join Essentia, as part of Guys and St Thomas. The HR Business Partner is a largely self-managing senior strategic role, supporting Essentia Delivery Group. The key responsibility is to understand the business strategy of Essentia for which they are responsible and to contribute to the workforce strategy for that area, whilst ensuring its compatibility with Trust-wide workforce plans. "Working together, Doing it together and looking after each other" Essentia ethos means, you will be supported by not only the fantastic Essentia Academy and Workforce team, but also Essentia staff members. You will also have access to the Central Workforce: shared services and various centres of excellence at your disposal. We will provide your with access to tools, including training and development to enable you to deliver outcomes that make an impact. Main duties of the job The post holder main duties will be to: work alongside the Managers/Site Directors / Executive Team and their teams in identifying workforce issues and developing appropriate business focussed HR interventions, and developing the people; capability to deliver their short, medium and long-term business plans; seek out and use workforce intelligence, both internal and external, to identify people management requirements within the service area, establishing credibility as an expert in strategic HR within an operational service; support and challenge managers in the application of HR policies and practices, providing advice and guidance on complex HR issues in order to minimise risk and financial exposure; develop robust human resources relationships with divisions/corporate areas to influence, challenge and support service delivery and people strategies and monitor success; develop, recommend and support the implementation of appropriate HR interventions to address the HR issues facing the service area; work with the Essentia Workforce and Academy and the wider HR teams to ensure the services provided meet the needs of the service area they support, utilising the expertise of the specialist teams in HR to ensure workforce issues are addressed efficiently and effectively; Undertake specific projects to support delivery of the workforce and organisational development strategy, both within the service area and across the Trust as appropriate. Working for our organisation Essentia is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ and is responsible for all non-clinical healthcare services. Essentia designs, builds and maintains healthcare infrastructure, which is vital to the smooth running of healthcare services. This encompasses everything from construction projects and healthcare planning to waste management, catering, housekeeping, transport and security. Essentia employs around 1,900 people. It combines exceptionally high standards and public sector values with commercial focus, innovative thinking and modern technology to create the best possible patient experience. Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2022 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Transformation & Organisational Change: Co-creation of organisational change projects/TUPE/Strategic plans that affect the workforce as and when required. Business partner to services: Able to foster powerful and productive collaborative working relationships internally and externally. Expected to sit with the services, and rarely at corporate offices. Performance Review Meetings (PRM): Responsible for driving the achievement of 6 HR key performance indicators, through creation of information packs and attending monthly meetings with the services. Finance & Ops Committee: Produce, submit information and provide cover. To discuss overall HR performance of the Essentia. Using this committee as a platform to showcase impact of you and the teams actions and taking a insights/evidence based approach challenge, empower and influence to deliver the people strategy in an ethical, inclusive and value for money way. Work in partnership with Academy to ensure services are thinking strategically around c areer planning and risk associated with failure to succession plan and invest in staff development. Regularly write up proposals that drive strategic ambitions of Essentia group. Write, with recommendations, be research and evidence led. Exceptional written and oral communication skills for a variety of formal and informal purposes; able to articulate a vision with clarity Working in partnership, set up and lead task and finish groups to address workforce issues and realise strategic ambitions. Cover for Head of Workforce, Head of Academy and at times senior HR members from central workforce at key meetings. Attend senior management meetings across all sites/services. Partake in review of policies, procedures, initiatives in partnership with central workforce services, in order to that support realisation of the Essentia, people and trust strategies. Line manage a senior HR adviser, driving their potential to be the next HRBP, through development of skills and delegation of stretch opportunities. Person specification Knowledge Essential criteria Masters degree or relevant experience CIPD status - Member or relevant experience Skills Essential criteria Able to foster powerful and productive collaborative working relationships internally and externally An expert level of knowledge in strategic workforce issues, including legislation, NHS policy, and best practice Ability to analyse and understand business, financial and workforce data Up to date knowledge of key current issues in human resources and in local, regional and national networks and issues outside the organisation and how these impact on the Trust Strong strategic influencing and negotiating skills on complex and sensitive issues Experience Essential criteria Significant experience as a senior manager in a large complex organisation - acute hospital or multi site organisation Significant experience of facilitating and managing change (including TUPE, org change, transformation) Significant experience of leading and managing staff (this can be direct or indirectly/matrix structure)) Significant experience in human resources, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services Desirable criteria Full understanding of NHS workforce strategy KSA Essential criteria Able to foster powerful and productive collaborative working relationships internally and externally Exceptional written and oral communication skills for a variety of formal and informal purposes; able to articulate a vision with clarity Strong strategic influencing and negotiating skills on complex and sensitive issues Up to date knowledge of key current issues in human resources and in local, regional and national networks and issues outside the organisation and how these impact on the Trust Significant experience of facilitating and managing change (including TUPE, transformation) Significant experience in human resources, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services Significant experience of leading and managing staff (leadership and management skills) Exceptional interpersonal skills to be able to coordinate the delivery of effective HR support (time management, prioritisation, delivery) Ability to think strategically Politically astute, sensitive, tactful and diplomatic Ability to analyse and understand business, financial and workforce data Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. Further details / informal visits contact Name Herjinder Cleaver Job title Head of Workforce Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07890841035 Additional information Please feel free to contact me to have an informal chat about the role, the team and the working for Essentia.