Employee Relations Manager | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and committed Employee Relations (ER) Manager to join our team at GESH (St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals).

This is an exciting time to join GESH, as we continue to develop and embed new and improved ways of working across the Trust. This role offers a real opportunity to make a meaningful impact, providing expert Employee Relations support and contributing to a positive, fair, and consistent approach to people management.

As ER Manager, youwill work closely with the Deputy Group Head of Employee Relations and Group Head of Employee Relations to provide a specialist employee relations and resolution service to managers and staff across the group. The role will require working closely with managers and management teams to improve the standard of ER practice, ensuring that best practice is developed.

The postholder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a team of Employee Relations Advisors, which will include providing support and guidance on ER matters and identifying new ways of working.

The role will support the development of the skills and capacity of managers to empower them to manage people issues effectively and independently. The post holder will drive the delivery of an early resolution approach in the delivery of advice to managers to build confidence in dealing with complex people-management issues.

Thepost holder will be responsible for complex employee relations case work and will provide advice and support to line managers on a range of ER issues including, but not limited to, discipline, grievance management, poor performance and attendance and workplace dispute management.

As a senior member of the gesh Employee Relations Team the postholder will be expected to support casework across all group sites as and when required.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

A key function of the role will be to lead on the review, development and implementation of best practice systems and processes to support a consistent, robust and excellent Employee Relations service to support identified divisions within the group structure. The postholder will develop long-term, value-added Employee Relationsprocesses and practices designed toenable cases to be managedin line with best practice and legal guidelines. This will also include the monitoring of ER casework and establishing and running regular KPI reports.

This advert closes on Friday 12 Jun 2026

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