HR Advisor

About the Organisation

NHS Lanarkshire puts the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague plays a key role in delivering healthcare services to a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in North and South Lanarkshire. The organisation comprises Acute Services (hospital-based services across three main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, and North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships, which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services.

About the Role

This is an excellent opportunity within the Employee Relations Team, where you will provide professional casework and policy advisory support across NHS Lanarkshire. You will manage a diverse caseload covering early and formal stages of attendance management, conduct, grievance, capability, and bullying and harassment. The role involves participating in early resolution meetings and formal hearings, representing HR, and supporting investigating managers in line with the Workforce Policies Investigation Process.

This opportunity offers career development through exposure to complex casework, policy work, and cross-organisational collaboration, building confidence and deepening professional expertise within the HR profession.

Responsibilities

• Support managers in dealing with employee relations issues, including conduct, capability, grievance, bullying and harassment, and attendance management, including preparing formal reports in line with relevant policies.
• Encourage and support managers to resolve employee relations issues via informal routes where possible, in accordance with Once for Scotland Policies and best practice.
• Provide guidance to managers on interpreting and implementing terms and conditions of employment, ensuring decisions are reasonable, consistent, and aligned with Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions, NHSS and NHSL policies, and employment law.
• Escalate unclear or complex matters to the HR Manager where necessary.
• Build effective relationships with managers and staff, acting as the first point of contact and a credible source of advice for all employee relations issues, escalating to the HR Manager as appropriate.

Requirements

• CIPD membership at Associate level or above.
• Experience providing high-quality advice and guidance to managers.
• Confidence and credibility to communicate effectively in meetings, hearings, and other formal settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to convey complex information clearly and supportively.
• Ability to build and sustain positive working relationships with managers, staff, Trade Union, and HR colleagues.
• Professionalism, empathy, and good judgement in handling sensitive and confidential matters.
• Efficiency in working within the timescales set by the Once for Scotland workforce policies.

Qualifications & Skills

• Relevant experience within an HR environment.
• Good working knowledge of Human Resource Management, HR best practice, and employment legislation.
• Good keyboard skills and IT literacy.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• A full UK/EU/EEA driving licence.

Benefits

• 35 days of annual leave, including public holidays.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Annual incremental salary progression.
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• NHS discounts and additional benefits.

Schedule

Monday to Friday.

For informal discussion, contact Jennifer Hamilton, Senior HR Advisor at Jennifer.Hamilton@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. For recruitment process questions, contact Gemma Irwin, Recruitment Administrator at Gemma.Irwin@Lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.