People Business Partner

People Business Partner Reading (M4 Corridor) FTC 12 Months Salary Dependent on Experience

We are one of the UK's leading independent hospital groups and the largest in terms of revenue. From our 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across England, Wales, and Scotland, we provide diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology, and general surgery. We also operate a network of private GPs and provide occupational health services to over 700 corporate clients. We are the principal independent provider by volume of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.

The group was founded with the acquisition and re-branding of 25 Bupa hospitals in 2007. Since then, Spire Healthcare has made significant capital investments in its estate and continues to deliver successful and award-winning clinical outcomes and high levels of patient satisfaction. Spire is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250. We were the first private hospital provider to publish outcomes data on our website and we have received awards for our clinical quality and high levels of patient satisfaction.

Spire Healthcare is committed to the highest quality of patient care. Working in partnership with over 8,760 experienced consultants, we delivered tailored, personalised care to approximately 926,500 inpatients, outpatients, and day case patients in 2022.

Patients, consultants, and general practitioners trust Spire Healthcare to deliver the high-quality care they expect from a leading private healthcare provider.

We are now looking for a People Business Partner to join our existing People Team. As a People Business Partner, you will lead the continuous development of the HR service provided to our hospitals. In this role you will support to the hospital-based HR teams with the management of complex ER caseload, delivery of training and project People activity, enabling the local HR teams to focus on supporting day to day hospital HR needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Will include but are not limited to:

• Developing a people plan for the hub which will maximise workforce opportunities and address challenges such as retention, future skills, and flexible workforce management, using data and insights to support recommendations.
• Working with the Resourcing Partners to proactively plan and deliver workforce requirements.
• Understanding equality and diversity demographics across the hub, working with the hospitals on initiatives to improve inclusivity and representation.
• Driving and facilitating continuous improvement to our colleague experience by working with the hospital HR teams and the People Centres of Expertise to deliver a consistent, high-quality employee lifecycle journey.
• Supporting the hospital HR teams in the development of actionable employee engagement plans, working with and through senior leaders to facilitate challenge and ensure momentum.
• Overseeing all employee relations cases in the hub, acting as a point of escalation for complex cases and leading as required based on the capability and capacity of the hospital HR team.
• Understanding and anticipating the need for change, diagnosing the underlying issues and building the case for change with stakeholders and supporting change management activities, including restructures, TUPE transfers and behavioural change.
• Helping to upskill HR Advisors and line managers in managing investigations and employee relations matters, providing coaching and guidance as required.
• Using WorkPro, ensure that cases within the hub are recorded correctly and managed consistently in a timely fashion.
• Delivering in-house people management and leadership training and corporate induction across the hub
• Dotted-line management responsibility for the local HR teams in the hub, supporting the Hospital Director with all aspects of line management; recruitment, performance management, wellbeing for example.

Key Requirements:

• A thorough understanding of generalist People practices, qualified to Level CIPD 7 or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience of managing complex employee relations casework.
• Knowledge of UK employment law and best practice
• Proven experience of effectively leading and embedding change initiatives.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to identify trends in order to inform decisions and solve problems.
• Capability to develop and coach others.
• Actively seeks to understand a variety of cultures and viewpoints and uses this to develop solutions that encourage and support different needs, values, and motivators.
• Demonstrable stakeholder engagement, management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple priorities.
• Can decisively makes high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or uncertain situations. Able to effectively balance risk based on sound judgement and understanding.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Spire Healthcare is committed to creating an environment that will attract, retain, and motivate its people. We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues and consultants. We firmly believe that it is our people that make the business successful, and everyone should have the opportunity to work in a motivated team, free from discrimination on any grounds. We, therefore, are keen to receive and review applications from all candidates of under-represented groups who feel they offer the requisite skills.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.