Job overview

Closing Date:  20.06.25

Shortlisting to take place in the week closing date:  week commencing: 23.06.25

Interview expected to take place: week commencing: 30.06.25

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) is responsible for providing hospital services for the people of Bradford and communities across Yorkshire. We serve a core population of around 550,000 people and provide specialist services for some 1.1 million. We employ over 6,500 members of staff who work over several sites, including Bradford Royal Infirmary, which provides the majority of inpatient services, and St Luke’s Hospital, which predominantly provides outpatient and rehabilitation services. We also provide a range of services from community sites at Westbourne Green, Westwood Park, Eccleshill, Skipton and the Bradford Macula Centre.

BTHFT is a place where everyone can be their best and thrive at work and beyond. As a Trust, it’s essential that you feel valued and invested in, and that you feel supported in caring for your health and wellbeing. The Trust has created a community where everyone can learn, grow and reach their full potential. A place where everyone feels heard, are always treated with dignity and respect and are trusted to do their job.

Main duties of the job

The HR Business Partner team is instrumental in embedding the NHS People Plan, and the Trust’s values - We care; We value people; We are one team striving for excellence - in all that we do. Your role is integral in supporting the HR Business Partnering Team to provide a proactive and professional HR service to the Trust’s Clinical Service Units and Corporate Functions.  The role will be aligned within a dedicated workstream supporting an HR Business Partner and HR Manager.

You will provide professional advice and guidance to stake holders ensuring that HR policies, procedures and best practice is applied. It is expected that you will have the ability to advise managers on all aspects of employee relations and take part in investigations.  You will work closely with managers and staff across the Trust, to facilitate low levels of sickness absence through the analysis of absence data, identifying trends and issues, guiding managers through formal sickness absence, redeployment and capability procedures.

Working for our organisation

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative HR Professional to join our dynamic HR Business Partner team. If you are passionate about creating positive change and making a meaningful impact on both staff experience and patient care we would love to hear from you.

Within the HR Business Partner team, we all play a pivotal role in supporting the Trust’s strategic objectives, ensuring we are recognised as both a great place to work and the employer of choice in our community. Working within a fast-paced hospital setting you will support a diverse workforce, including clinical and non-clinical teams, helping to create a positive, supportive and highly performing workplace.

We are looking for a proactive, knowledgeable and committed HR Professionals who can drive this vision forward.  A secondment opportunity will also be considered.

There are many benefits of working at BTHFT, as part of the Trust’s commitment to flexible working, there will be some opportunity to work from home (on completion of probation period) and in the office on a rota basis.   We also offer wellbeing support, 27-33 days annual leave (depending on service), NHS Pension scheme, alongside payment and discount schemes including car leasing, ability to purchase extra annual leave, discount offers through Blue light card, Health Service and NHS Discount Offers.