Workforce Business Partner

1. The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (Cymru) is Wales’ exciting and innovative aeromedical/car-based Pre-Hospital and transfer service.
2. We are looking for an HR professional to support our transformation process.
3. We offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (Cymru) is Wales’ exciting and innovative aeromedical/ car-based Pre-Hospital and transfer service. The Wales Air Ambulance Charity provide H145 helicopters as well as Volvo and Audi Response cars. We provide both medical/ practitioner teams to our communities and put the patient at the centre of our life saving operations.

We also deliver an Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) which is predominately a road-based service with dedicated critical care transfer staff, vehicles and equipment from our bases in Cardiff and Bangor.

The organisation is now entering a significant period of change, and we are looking for an HR professional to support our transformation process.

Main duties of the job

The Workforce Business Partner will act as a senior member of Swansea University's Health Board’s Workforce & Organisational Development Team.

Responsibilities include: 

• Providing complex workforce advice to the delivery groups on organisational development initiatives and strategic change management, using workforce data to inform decision making and planning
• Work with senior management teams to design and implement management and team structures which facilitate delivery of strategic and operational objectives
• Advising on complex employee relations cases which are multifaceted where no precedent exists. Employing advanced communication skills for managing discussions with the service groups, senior managers, staff
• Providing expert advice within the delivery group on contract management, effective workforce planning, recruitment and deployment based on business data insights, culture development, through effective staff involvement, team working and engagement, staff well-being.

We pride ourselves on working collaboratively with a range of key stake holders and across a variety of settings and environments so we can respond to the needs of our Welsh communities.

If you embody our values and are compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples’ lives, then we would love to hear from you.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. 

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.