Job summaryJoin HealthSet and help shape the workforce behind a major digital transformationThis is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior HR professional to join the HealthSet programme, working across:Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustSomerset NHS Foundation TrustUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.HealthSet brings together colleagues across four NHS organisations and this role will provide strategic HR and workforce leadership to the programme.Working with HealthSet programme leadership, HR Business Partners and senior leaders across the partner Trusts, you will lead and influence the people and workforce agenda required to support successful programme delivery.Interview Date: TBCMain duties of the jobAs the HealthSet HR Business Partner, you will provide strategic HR leadership across workforce planning, recruitment and retention, organisational development, employee engagement, leadership development, workforce transformation, organisational design and workforce analytics.Working closely with senior leaders, you will provide expert advice, challenge and support to develop workforce solutions that enable the successful delivery of programme objectives.A key element of the role is working across organisational boundaries. You will build strong relationships across the four partner Trusts and collaborate with HR and People teams to ensure a consistent and effective workforce approach.You will also provide line management and support to the HealthSet Workforce Lead and HealthSet Workforce Coordinator, helping to coordinate workforce activity and priorities across the programme.About youYou will be an experienced HR professional with a strong background in workforce strategy, organisational development and change management. You will have experience influencing senior stakeholders, delivering workforce initiatives and supporting service transformation.You will be skilled at building trusted relationships, working across organisations and using workforce information to support decision-making. Knowledge of the NHS workforce agenda is essential.This is a highly visible partnership role requiring travel across the HealthSet partner Trusts and an on-site presence.About usHealthsetis a joint programme across four trusts in Dorset and Somerset to deliver a shared electronic health record (EHR) for acute, community and mental health services, working with our system provider, Epic. This once-in-a-generation programme will transform how information is recorded,sharedand accessed, enabling colleagues to spend less time working around systems and more time caring.Our teams deliver safe, compassionate care every day, but we still rely on multiple systems, separaterecordsand paper processes. This can mean patients repeating their story and colleagues spending valuable time duplicating work or managing gaps in information. For our digital teams, this means managing multiple legacy systems and data sources to support users to deliver services.Healthsetis our shared response. By introducing one EHR across our organisations, we will support morejoined-upworking, saferdecision-makingand better use of information, freeing up more time for care.This ambitious programme will fundamentally change how health and care is delivered across Dorset and Somerset in a way that is clinically and financially sustainable. We will be guided by doing the right thing for our patients, carers,peopleand communities, while creating a working environment that better supports our colleagues.DetailsDate posted29 October 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8bSalary 66,582 to 77,368 a year per annum ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number153-CO07024Job locationsDorset / SomersetDorset / SomersetBH7 7DWUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. Job description Job responsibilitiesTo understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.Person Specification Qualifications EssentialEducated to Masters level or equivalent experienceMember of Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentEvidence of Continuing Professional DevelopmentDesirableFellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Coaching qualification Experience EssentialSubstantial generalist and senior HR experience in advising senior managers on best practice HR approaches, particularly relating to change management.Experience in successful leading and delivering OD and/or workforce projectsExperience in developing and implementing OD and Workforce strategy.Experience in managing complex and sensitive employment relations issues. Skills EssentialDemonstrable knowledge of current thinking on good HR practice on all aspects of HR management.Knowledge of current workforce and HR agenda in the NHSAbility to relate to managers, understanding different education, approaches, styles and expertise and utilise this knowledge to develop effective relationship and cooperative ways of working to achieve the Trust's aimAbility to work effectively and be comfortable with achieving through influence and leadership.DesirableProject Management skills Person Specification Qualifications EssentialEducated to Masters level or equivalent experienceMember of Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentEvidence of Continuing Professional DevelopmentDesirableFellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Coaching qualification Experience EssentialSubstantial generalist and senior HR experience in advising senior managers on best practice HR approaches, particularly relating to change management.Experience in successful leading and delivering OD and/or workforce projectsExperience in developing and implementing OD and Workforce strategy.Experience in managing complex and sensitive employment relations issues. Skills EssentialDemonstrable knowledge of current thinking on good HR practice on all aspects of HR management.Knowledge of current workforce and HR agenda in the NHSAbility to relate to managers, understanding different education, approaches, styles and expertise and utilise this knowledge to develop effective relationship and cooperative ways of working to achieve the Trust's aimAbility to work effectively and be comfortable with achieving through influence and leadership.DesirableProject Management skillsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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).UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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).UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustAddressDorset / SomersetDorset / SomersetBH7 7DWUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustAddressDorset / SomersetDorset / SomersetBH7 7DWUnited KingdomEmployer's website
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