HR/ER Advisor - Band 6 in Orpington

Are you passionate about creating positive workplace cultures where people feel supported and empowered to do their best work? We are recruiting two experienced HR professionals to join Bromley Healthcare -- one HR Adviser and one Employee Relations-focused Adviser. You will provide high-quality, pragmatic HR advice and ER support to managers and staff, helping to build an inclusive, effective and safe working environment. You will support managers to engage their teams and confidently manage absence, performance, wellbeing, disciplinary, grievance, and bullying and harassment cases. The ER-focused role will lead on complex casework and support formal processes and panels to ensure fair, timely and legally compliant outcomes. Both roles will contribute to employee relations activity across the organisation. You will also provide initial, informal HR support to a small number of medical and dental staff, working closely with the Chief Medical Officer and Responsible Officer. This is a varied, hands‑on role suited to someone confident, solutions‑focused, organised and able to build strong working relationships at all levels.

Main duties of the job:

• Formal note‑taking at hearings
• Preparing and issuing hearing packs
• General HR administration

For full details of duties & responsibilities associated with these roles can be found on the attached job descriptions.

About us:

Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups. Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point. We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle‑to‑work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high‑street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low‑interest personal loans, and an excellent lease‑car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.

Person Specification:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in human resources, business studies or related discipline, or equivalent level of experience

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• In‑depth knowledge of HR practice and legislation across the employee lifecycle

• Good interpersonal skills, including communication and relationship management
• High level of written and verbal communication skills, with ability to tailor communications to the audience
• Good training and coaching skills
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Ability to identify people issues and risks and provide effective advice to mitigate these

• Significant HR operational experience at an HR advisory level, providing advice on HR issues across the employee lifecycle
• Experience in supporting Chairs to make decisions and give outcomes during formal hearings
• Experience of providing HR advice on complex and sensitive issues to managers
• Experience of supporting organisational change processes
• Experience in handling grievance and disciplinary, performance management, bullying & harassment and sickness absence issues
• Experience in implementing HR policies and procedures
• Experience of working with staff side / Trade Union representatives in a unionised environment
• Experience in using data and trend analysis to inform advice
• Experience of coaching and training front line managers on HR issues
• Experience of working across professional boundaries
• Knowledge and experience of working with medical and dental staffing
• Knowledge of medical staffing systems such as SARD

• Ability to use MS Office and proficient in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• If you are an IAO or IAA, to ensure you are aware of your responsibilities
• Experience of using ESR

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.

£44,485 to £52,521 a year, inclusive of HCAS.