Senior HR & OD Business Partner
Job summary
Are you an experienced HR professional seeking to make a real difference within a dynamic and forward-thinking NHS Trust? Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a passionate and strategic Senior HR & PD Business Partner to join our People & Culture team.
The People & Culture service is central to the Trust's ability to attract, develop and retain a talented workforce, ensuring a positive working environment that supports both exceptional patient care and staff wellbeing. The service has recently been redesigned to ensure it meet the needs of the organisation's new target operating model. This newly created role will be responsible for supporting the senior management team within the new divisions successfully implement the people agenda.
Main duties of the job
- Lead on strategic HR initiatives and support transformation projects across the Trust
- Partner with business leaders to deliver workforce planning, talent management, and employee engagement strategies
- Champion best practice in employee relations, organisational development, and equality, diversity and inclusion
- Support the implementation of national and local workforce policies
About us
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents - it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Details
Date posted
22 April 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
382-COR21-26-A
Job locations
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
Job description
Job responsibilities
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a passionate and strategic Senior HR & PD Business Partner to join our People & Culture team.
Please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a passionate and strategic Senior HR & PD Business Partner to join our People & Culture team.
Please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- MCIPD qualification and membership.
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Experience of working in a senior HR capacity.
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of Agenda for Change terms and Conditions
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to build effective and trusting business partnering relationships
- Credible leader with the ability to engage staff at all levels and across disciplines.
- Excellent emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
- Competent IT skills
- Strong communication skills to establish good working relationships with leaders, colleagues and external organisations
- Ability to be responsible and accountable for decision making
- Ability to organise and prioritise
- Ability to challenge, be assertive and negotiate with clinicians and senior managers.
- Politically astute.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Able to evaluate situations and assimilate information quickly and make judgements on a wide range of options
- Objective thinker with confidence to challenge existing practice and win support from others.
- A flexible and adaptable attitude. Able to work to deadlines and manage a range of activities simultaneously.
- Be resilient in a range of complex and challenging situations
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable and extensive HR experience in a business partnering role, some of which must be at senior management level
- Knowledge of current Employment Law and developments in relation to employee relations issues
- Significant experience of organisational change e.g. TUPE, restructure, redundancy
- Experience of planning and delivering people initiatives, including talent management, workforce planning and performance management
- Experience of undertaking complex investigations, writing reports.
- Experience of managing Operational HR and OD teams.
- Experience of working within a highly political and sensitive environment and has the skills to work within this.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of medical and dental terms and conditions
- Knowledge of NHS Job Evaluation Process
- Experience of working with Trade Unions
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- MCIPD qualification and membership.
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Experience of working in a senior HR capacity.
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of Agenda for Change terms and Conditions
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to build effective and trusting business partnering relationships
- Credible leader with the ability to engage staff at all levels and across disciplines.
- Excellent emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
- Competent IT skills
- Strong communication skills to establish good working relationships with leaders, colleagues and external organisations
- Ability to be responsible and accountable for decision making
- Ability to organise and prioritise
- Ability to challenge, be assertive and negotiate with clinicians and senior managers.
- Politically astute.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Able to evaluate situations and assimilate information quickly and make judgements on a wide range of options
- Objective thinker with confidence to challenge existing practice and win support from others.
- A flexible and adaptable attitude. Able to work to deadlines and manage a range of activities simultaneously.
- Be resilient in a range of complex and challenging situations
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable and extensive HR experience in a business partnering role, some of which must be at senior management level
- Knowledge of current Employment Law and developments in relation to employee relations issues
- Significant experience of organisational change e.g. TUPE, restructure, redundancy
- Experience of planning and delivering people initiatives, including talent management, workforce planning and performance management
- Experience of undertaking complex investigations, writing reports.
- Experience of managing Operational HR and OD teams.
- Experience of working within a highly political and sensitive environment and has the skills to work within this.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of medical and dental terms and conditions
- Knowledge of NHS Job Evaluation Process
- Experience of working with Trade Unions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
Employer's website
https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
Employer's website
https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)