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Band 5 Medical HR Officer - Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Bath, BA1 3QEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

2 November 2026

13 days left

Job description

We are looking for a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic Medical HR Officer to join our Medical HR Team. You'll be joining a team that is passionate ...

As the Medical HR Officer you will,

  • Provide specialist Medical HR advice and support to medical leaders, managers and medical staff on employment matters, policies, procedures and employment legislation.
  • Support senior medical staff in managing sickness absence, employee relations issues and compliance with Trust policies and best practice.
  • Coordinate and manage the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding of medical staff, including Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Resident Doctors and Medical Bank doctors.
  • Manage medical recruitment systems and records, ensuring accurate maintenance of ESR, TRAC and other workforce systems.
  • Manage the administration of Resident Doctor rotations, work schedules, honorary contracts and on-boarding processes in line with national and local requirements.
  • Produce and maintain Resident Doctor rotas and pay information using eRota, ensuring compliance with contractual and code of practice deadlines.
  • Provide specialist advice and support on medical payroll matters, including salary calculations, rotational changes, leave arrangements and payroll queries.
  • Contribute to service improvement and the development of Medical HR practices.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Qualifications and Training

Essential: - Educated to degree level or equivalent; - CIPD qualification level 5 (or working towards) or equivalent level of experience in HR.; - CIPD Membership

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience of working in a large, complex organisation operating within a policy and procedure framework, giving advice and ensuring compliance
  • Knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation
  • Knowledge of NHS/Social Services
  • Experience of delivering work against timescales and to time

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Medical & Dental Terms and Conditions
  • Experience of advising on medical HR matters
  • Experience of using TRAC, NHS Jobs and Electronic Staff Record (ESR)
  • Knowledge of Resident Doctor rotations

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to manage challenging conversations using tact, diplomacy and professional judgement
  • Sound IT literacy, including word processing skills, experience of using the MS office suite - Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint and use HR systems
  • Good time management skills, including the ability to organise workload and meet deadlines
  • Ability to work independently while recognising when escalation is required
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Possess good communication skills in order to advise medial managers and employees on a wide range of employment issues and policies
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 October 2026

Last checked

20 October 2026

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About the employer

AWM
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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