Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) – Regional Hospitals
Remote work with travel to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Teesside, Leeds & York. Hybrid Working. Full Time: 37.5 hours per week.
Competitive salary available, depending on experience.
At Nuffield Health, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your leadership, your ability to drive meaningful change. Whether it’s shaping our people strategy, supporting our leaders, transforming our workforce, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.
We’re looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to play a strategic leadership role across a portfolio of regional hospitals. In this high‑impact position, you’ll lead the delivery of a forward‑thinking people agenda that supports organisational performance, workforce transformation, and a positive colleague experience. Working closely with Hospital Directors and senior leadership teams, you’ll operate at both a strategic and operational level, ensuring consistent HR delivery while responding to the needs of a complex, multi‑site healthcare environment. You’ll provide expert guidance, challenge thinking, and drive outcomes aligned with business priorities. You’ll also lead change initiatives and embed best practice across multiple locations, ensuring alignment with organisational goals while meeting local and regional workforce requirements.
Qualifications
- Significant experience operating as an HR Business Partner within a complex, multi‑site organisation.
- Strong track record of influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver business outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience leading and supporting organisational change and transformation programmes.
- In‑depth knowledge of UK employment law, with an understanding of regional differences (including Scotland desirable).
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to use data to inform decision making.
- Experience working across both England and Scotland employment frameworks (desirable).
- CIPD Level 7 qualification (or equivalent) desirable.
- Experience managing, coaching, or mentoring HR teams.
- The ability to balance strategic priorities with operational delivery in a fast‑paced environment.
- A collaborative approach, with a passion for building high‑performing teams and improving employee experience.
- Resilience and adaptability when working in complex and evolving environments.
Key Skills
- Strategic thinking and strong commercial awareness.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Leadership capability, including coaching and developing others.
- A data‑driven mindset to support informed and effective decision making.
- High emotional intelligence, integrity, and sound judgement.
Benefits
- The opportunity to work as a senior HR leader, shaping and delivering a strategic people agenda across multiple hospital sites.
- The chance to partner with senior leaders to influence organisational performance and workforce transformation.
- Exposure to a complex, multi‑site healthcare environment across England and Scotland.
- A variety of challenging and impactful work, supporting both operational excellence and long‑term transformation.
- The opportunity to further develop your leadership and strategic HR capability.
- A collaborative and supportive environment working alongside experienced HR and business leaders.
- Ongoing support to grow your career while making a meaningful impact across the organisation.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.
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