HR Advisor

HR Advisor | Wrexham | Wirral | Private Hospital | Full-time | Permanent | 37.5 hrs per week | £35,400 per annum plus excellent benefits

Spire Healthcare is seeking a qualified HR Advisor to become part of our People Team at Spire Yale (Wrexham) and Wirral Hospitals.

The postholder will be excepted to work across 2 hospital sites. In week one, the schedule will consist of two days at Yale (Wrexham) and three days at Wirral; in week two, the schedule will consist of three days at Yale and two days at Wirral.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. Our Purpose is to make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care, and this enables Spire to instil a culture of respect, inclusion and collaboration across the business.

This culture supports our ability to deliver high standards of care with integrity and compassion, from high-quality facilities to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients.

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm

Contract Type: Permanent

As HR Advisor you will support the business with advice and guidance processing all documentation and correspondence relating to the employee life cycle matters. Providing expert HR and employment law advice, coaching and mentoring to Spire colleagues and line managers; improving managers' confidence to deal with day to day first line HR queries.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

• Supporting the local delivery and implementation of Spire's people strategy with guidance and support from the Hub People Business Partner
• Support and challenge the managers in their workforce planning, enabling them to recruit the right person with the right skills, for the right work pattern that meets the business needs
• Ensure accurate and confidential management of all colleague HR files and personal information, in line with GDPR guidance
• Lead the hospital on-boarding activities for all new joiners to ensure all new colleagues are inducted in a timely manner by the hospital and their individual department
• Support managers and new starters through probation period meeting activity within the required timescales, providing advice and guidance as required
• Actively manage absence within the hospital to reduce short term absence and appropriately handle long term absences
• Support Managers in performance management processes, disciplinary, grievance issues and attendance matters
• Be the initial point of contact for all HR matters and provide high quality consistent HR advice in line with Spire policy, procedure and best practice

What do you need to have?

• CIPD Qualified - Minimum Level 5
• Proven experience as an HR Advisor or other HR position
• Experience of successful delivery in a project or customer / employee delivery role
• Knowledge of generalist HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development etc)
• Understanding of employment laws, absence and disciplinary / grievance procedures
• Excellent IT skills including recent working use of the Microsoft Office suite. (Word, Excel and Outlook particularly)
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
• A highly engaging individual who is able to take people with them through their positive, pro-active and enthusiastic approach

Benefits:

We offer employees 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
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free car park
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence