Role Summary
This is an exciting time for the Trust and our People teams with the new NHS People Plan vision for the Future of HR/OD setting the standard for our profession. Having recently formed following the merger of Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Devon has now formally launched our Corporate Strategy, Vision and Values, setting out our roadmap and transformation journey for the next 5 years. We want to be a great place to work.
We are currently looking to recruit a professional, customer focused and responsive Business Partner to join our team. Your main focus will be to support our Divisions across our Trust services in their integration and change plans, enabling them to adapt as one organisation to the changing expectations and needs of the NHS and its people.
Reporting to the Lead People Business Partner, the post holder will partner with the Operational Integration Programme Director and the Corporate Programme Office to enabling divisional leadership teams to shape, translate and implement integration and plans, ensuring the provision of quality people solutions, aligned and responsive to the needs of our services and supporting our staff to deliver the best patient centred care.
With demonstrable people partnering, change and programme management experience gained in a large and complex organisation, strong technical knowledge and experience of supporting leaders with structural change management, the successful candidate will be someone who truly values collaborative working and has the skills and experience to support leaders with innovative and professional people solutions.
About the Role
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More detail about the role
Working in a Human Resources Business Partner role you will advise and provide proactive change management expertise and support to senior and service managers in developing operational models to support integrated service delivery across the whole Trust:
- Providing HR technical and change expertise and contribution as part of the wider integration programme consisting of divisional leads, Corporate Project Manager Office and HR colleagues.
- Support senior leaders with change, staff engagement, ambiguity and uncertainty by developing credible relationships, influencing appropriately and providing informal coaching support.
- Project managing integration activities in relation to HR, ensuring completion of relevant governance documents, appropriate engagement of key stakeholders, provision of updates and reports to formal steering groups and committees etc
- Supporting and providing HR expertise in the delivery of complex change management programmes, working with Service Leads, Staffside and Trade Unions.
- Working closely with Service Leads to enable delivery of integrated structures across operational and clinical services.
- Monitor and analyse workforce information to inform programmes of change and/or service redesigns.
- Lead on various Trust-wide workforce initiatives and programmes, with responsibility for development and implementation as needed.
- Working with colleagues to develop HR policies and procedures in line with the Trust’s Project Simplify approach, working with colleagues across the Trust to ensure inclusion, gather feedback and implement.
Supporting the implementation of the Trust’s ‘Just Culture’ journey including civility and respect principles as well as our new Trust values and behaviours.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Interview date: To be conformed
For further information please contact Karen Desborough, Lead People Business Partner at karen.desborough@nhs.net or Donna O’Connor, HR Integration Manager at donna.oconnor4@nhs.net.
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
