HR Business Partner (Medical)

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.

We are looking for a dedicated HR Business Partner to join our HR Business Partnering team on a 12month FTC basis. This is a great opportunity for an HRBP with significant experience of working with medical workforce to take a lead role in supporting our medical service review so we can best achieve our organisational goals. You will parter with senior managers and clinical leaders to provide proactive, professional guidance to with a key focus on transformation change.

Your Impact: 

• Lead workforce elements of the medical review programme, as a senior representative of the People directorate, at working groups, programme boards, and governance forums.
• Lead the development of end-to-end medical workforce transformation and organisational change plans, including milestones, dependencies, deliverables and assurance arrangements.
• Influence, advise and constructively challenge senior leaders, and clinicians to ensure that workforce risks are understood, mitigated and actively managed.
• Support the medical workforce review through implementation, ensuring transitions are managed safely, legally and compassionately.

Key Criteria:

• Significant experience in an HR Business Partnering role working with medical workforce and a thorough understanding of medical and dental terms and conditions of service.
• Experience of working with senior managers and directors and managing complex cases pertaining to doctor’s terms and conditions.
• Proven experience of leading workforce aspects of transformation or service redesign programmes.
• Evidence of building working relationships across various stakeholder groups e.g. the BMA.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to advise, challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to systematically analyse information and cut through complexity to bring clear and relevant recommendations.
• Ability to occasionally travel within the UK and work unsociable hours.

Please see the full job description here.

Application & Interview Process

• As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and supplementary details. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
• NHS employees interested in a secondment are encouraged to apply. Any secondment arrangements will be subject to agreement from your current employer.
• Close date for applications: Monday 29 June. We encourage early applications as we may close the job advert sooner after receiving a sufficient number of applications.

Salary: c. £45,000-50,000 depending on experience

Contract:  12m FTC

Based:  UK Remote. Occasional travel may be required.

At Marie Curie, our values are central to everything we do. They guide how we care for people, how we work together, and how we make decisions every day. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe for everyone — staff and volunteers alike — supportive, inclusive and rewarding.  We take stringent steps to ensure that anyone who joins our organisation are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. We actively consider our impact on the planet, embedding sustainability into everyday decisions to create a lasting, positive difference for the individuals we care for and the world we share.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. Marie Curie is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, recognising both the social justice imperative and the strength a diverse workforce brings.  We actively encourage applications from people of all cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you require any support, please contact us at [email protected].

Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team, and in return, we ask that your application authentically reflects you — your experience, perspective and voice.