People & Organisational Development (P&OD) Business Partner

Are you an experienced Senior POD Business Partner looking for a fresh challenge or a POD Business Partner ready to take the next step in their career? If so, this is an exciting time to join South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust! We are at the beginning of an exciting journey to transform our POD team to deliver a proactive and effective customer focussed service to meet the challenges of the future. As the POD Business Partner you take responsibility for the provision of high quality strategic and operational workforce and Organisational Development support to ensure best practice people management within your areas and across the Trust as well as the wider workforce function. You will need to establish credibility as the POD specialist and lead on the services you support understanding both internal and external challenges, developments and change, both current and planned. In this role you will play a key part in the delivery of the Trust workforce and O.D strategy through the development of the POD Service. The workforce strategy sets out our ambition that all staff are well led and well managed and where everybody irrespective of their role feels valued, heard, supported, safe and connected. The POD Business Partner will work with the senior leaders to communicate and embed the strategy at a local level, adapting as necessary for the Directorate's vision.,

• Undertake specific projects to support delivery of the workforce and O.D strategy, both within the service areas and across the Trust as appropriate.
• Proactively review future changes to workforce and develop and implement local HR initiatives and projects, to ensure delivery of the services strategic and operational objectives
• Lead on the identification of workforce related cost efficiency schemes and support their delivery. In conjunction with management teams, analyse the cost/benefit of specific programmes, weighing up risks and adjusting plans. Act as the professional lead on change programmes within the division and best practice change management tools and techniques.
• Work alongside the Services / Boroughs senior leadership team and their teams in identifying workforce issues and developing appropriate business focused People & OD interventions and developing the people capability to deliver their business plan(s).
• Support and challenge managers in the identification of Learning and Development needs in respect of the people management agenda and in the application of HR policies and practices. Providing advice and guidance on highly complex HR issues to minimise risk and financial exposure.
• Develop and implement creative employee engagement initiatives to support the delivery of organisational goals, including retention and wellbeing initiatives to increase the overall 'brand' of the services.
• Deputise for the Associate Director of People & OD, as required.
  
  South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.