Job Description

1 Mabledon Place, WC1H 9AX


Up to 42,000 DOE

Job Title:

HR Advisor, Human Resources Department (Maternity Cover, 12 months)

Location

: 1 Mabledon Place, WC1H 9AX

Salary range:

Up to 42,000 DOE

About us:

Sonic Healthcare

is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK

encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

An exciting opportunity has arisen as a result of a secondment to cover maternity leave in the department. This role is a fixed term contract for a period of 12 months, with a possibility of an extension.
The HR Advisor FTC role will be responsible for offering practical employee relations advice to the management team and advising on ER policy and process.
The ideal candidate must be comfortable immersing themselves fully within the business to build in depth operational awareness and strong relationships with managers and senior leaders, which in turn will enable them to provide valuable advice that fit with operational needs.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and engaged

HR Advisor

to join our diverse and forward thinking HR team. This is a Maternity cover role for a period of 12 months and is critical to the HR team and the wider business.

The HR Advisor will be responsible for providing professional HR advice, support and guidance in employee relations matters. This role has a strong emphasis on building relationships with the management teams and being a trusted advisor of all employee relations matters and being a subject matter expert on internal policies and procedures.

Our HR Advisors have a strong presence within the organisation and this is a highly visible role across the organisation.
Working within an expanding HR team, the HR Advisors will work alongside the existing workforce to continue to support the business in developing confident people managers, as well as raising the profile of the department as subject matter experts on employee relations, advice on policy and procedure, industrial relations and change management.

Key Responsibilities and Scope

Remain up to date with external HR trends and legislative changes, sharing relevant learnings with the wider team through regular upskilling session

Work in partnership with the management teams and identify opportunities to upskill managers in people management related matters through coaching and mentoring.

Plan, organise and facilitate appropriate HR interventions where there is evidence of dysfunctional or ineffective teams or individual staff. Facilitate workplace mediation for appropriate scenarios, resolving matters before formal action is needed.

Assist and support the HR Business Partners in managing ACAS early conciliation claims and employment tribunal bundles.

Act as the nominated HR representative in employee relations cases

Support on change management processes

Identify areas for improvement across the department, and work alongside the appropriate team members to ensure processes are efficient and robust.

Build and maintain strong and constructive relationships with staff side and trade union representatives

Person Specification

Experience in managing and advising on employee relation matters

Degree or equivalent experience

Experience in workplace resolution through the use of structured mediation is beneficial

Developed knowledge of employment law, current and pending legislation and EU directives

General understanding of trends in employment matters both within and outside the healthcare sector

Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

Strong stakeholder management skills, developing trusted relationships with across the business

Hands on approach, happy to immerse oneself in a fast paced team, delivering tasks to assigned deadlines.


At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

Training and development opportunities

- supporting professional development

Annual salary review

- No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

Discounted gym membership

- we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

Cash healthcare plan

- cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians

Sick Pay Entitlement

- 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

Life Assurance

- providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

Employee Assistance Programme

- supporting staff wellbeing

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

- interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket

Perkbox

- Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

Company Pension Scheme -

company and staff contributions which increase with service

Competitive annual leave allowance

- 23 days rising to 28 days after 5 years service

Flexible working hours

- 40 hours standard working week

Hybrid Working

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA




Vacancy ID : 031886 Closing Date : 08-May-2025


Contact Person : Alwyn Nason Contact Email : alwyn.nason@tdlpathology.com