Job overview

The focus of the role will be to provide advice, guidance, coaching and support for managers across the trust to support them in developing their own management and team capability. This will be achieved through formal and informal casework, advice, policy and training development.

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Providing expertise, effective and efficient processes across a range of employment relations, including:

• casework
• supporting and maintaining attendance 
• policy development
• management training
• organisational change
• job evaluation processes

Working for our organisation

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The focus of the role will be to provide advice, guidance, coaching and support for managers across the trust to support them in developing their own management and team capability. This will be achieved through formal and informal casework, advice, policy and training development.

Casework

·       Provide a proactive, professional and comprehensive response to employee relation / people management challenges though informal advice and guidance.

·       Provide support and leadership to formal casework through specialist advice to investigating officers and panel chairs and members through all stages and decision making, including decisions to suspend, presenting cases in a hearing, formality of approach and panel outcomes.

·       Ensure all casework is resolved and progressed at each stage in a timely manner, as determined by the specific circumstances.

·       Ensure full and accurate records are maintained, secured and accessible as appropriate. Compile packs for hearings and similar and ensure relevant parties are provided with materials in good time.

·       Escalate any concerns and complexities appropriately and in a timely manner.

Supporting and maintaining attendance

·       Provide support and leadership in the form of advice and guidance to managers and leaders to resolve individual attendance and health related issues through all stages, including informal support to assist remaining in work through to formal processes including dismissals, redeployments and ill health retirement applications.

·       Maintain a clear oversight on divisional absences and risks and work with managers and leaders to develop plans that support attendance in work.

·       Monitor and report on compliance with policy, including return to work meetings and formal / informal process management and support.

·       Monitor and report on absence data and information accordingly through relevant trust mechanisms

·       Liaise with external services, such as access to work and external providers, such as occupational health to ensure individuals are well supported and compliant with procedural requirements. Attendance at case conferences and similar as appropriate.

Policy & Training development

·       Provide a source of expertise on employee relations policies and advise accordingly, including internally amongst the HR Advisory team

·       Draft, review and contribute to relevant policies, toolkits and guides

·       Design, review and deliver training packages across the organisation

·       Deliver drop in clinics, or similar, to respond proactively to organisational / divisional requirements

Organisational change

·       Under the support / in partnership with the Divisional People Lead, support organisational change processes, such as changes to terms and conditions or restructuring processes.

Job evaluation and analysis

·       Advise managers on job evaluation and give specialist advice on developing job descriptions within a service structure. Participate in job matching panels and consistency checking.

Other duties may include participation in projects or specific objectives as agreed and commensurate with the general duties above.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff.  We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.

We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre.  Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community.  As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.

DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign.  The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

TWITTER/FACEBOOK - DCHS has its own Social Media accounts for recruitment. Follow us/like us via @dchsjobs

Our vision “to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work”

Our values:

1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone’s contribution because everyone matters

The majority of our locations offer free parking facilities for staff.

We will communicate with you regarding your application via email so please check your email account on a regular basis.  If using hotmail, MSN or yahoo email accounts please check your 'junk/spam' mail regularly.

If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team,   01332 564856, option 1, option 1  or   [email protected]  and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please note - if we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. 

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you.  Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.