HR Business Partner

An exciting opportunity to join the well-respected People team (ER & HRBP team) at Oxleas as an HRBP providing support to our Community Physical Health Directorate & Corporate Services. You will be passionate about making Oxleas a great place to work - an engaging & caring leader committed to tackling inequalities & supporting the delivery of excellent care to our patients & our local communities.

Fully CIPD qualified & a current CIPD Member, you will bring considerable HR experience & a demonstrable commitment to delivering a high-quality & solution-focused approach. You need strong knowledge of employment law & ER casework experience alongside acting as an advocate for change in support of the Trust's strategies. You will act as a full business partner to your Directorate management team with the ability to gain credibility at an early stage.

The successful candidate will be based at Trust HQ Pinewood House, near Bexley, Kent, with some flexibility for agile (home) working but the role will involve travel to our services across the boroughs of Bexley & Greenwich. You may be asked to travel to other Oxleas sites across the Trust as & when required., To contribute to the development and implementation of the Trust's strategic aims and HR strategy as a proactive member of both the HR and local Directorate management team.

Responsible for provision of a specialist advisory service to managers on all aspects of Human Resource matters.

To act as an advocate of change and modernisation in support of the Trust Business and HR strategies.

To work extensively in partnership with external stakeholders, which include local authorities, commissioners and trade unions to name a few, all of which need exceptional communication, negotiation and influencing skills to support delivery of the directorates' people agenda

To line manage the HR Advisor for Community Physical Health & Corporate Services to ensure the provision of a comprehensive and high quality HR service to all staff within a designated area.

To promote best practice in human resource management through the effective use of performance management systems including appraisal and personal development planning

Operate in a multi-unionised and multi-professional employee relations environment.

To deputise for the Head of ER and Business Partnering.

To provide specialist knowledge in areas including agenda for change, TUPE and organisational change.

To undertake adhoc projects as and when required by the Head of ER & Business Partnering.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values