Human Resources Business Partner

Salary: £42,000 to £45,000

Location: Hybrid Working with regular travel to sites

Sector: Healthcare

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and commercially focused People Operations Business Partner to join a growing healthcare organisation. This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced, regulated environment and enjoys leading teams, driving operational excellence, and delivering outstanding recruitment and people services.

Reporting into senior leadership, you will play a key role in supporting workforce growth, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing efficient people processes that enhance the employee journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and motivate a People Operations and Recruitment team to deliver a high-quality service.
• Partner with managers across the business to support workforce planning and complex recruitment pipelines.
• Manage high-volume talent acquisition activity across multiple sites and functions.
• Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring exceptional candidate experiences and efficient hiring journeys.
• Ensure all safer recruitment practices are followed in line with healthcare sector requirements.
• Maintain robust clinical compliance processes, including pre-employment checks and right-to-work verification.
• Monitor recruitment performance, candidate tracking, and workforce metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Support managers with recruitment challenges within highly regulated environments.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, CQC requirements, and internal governance standards.
• Develop and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency and operational effectiveness.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and provide expert HR and recruitment advice.

About You

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience within an HR Business Partner, People Partner, or People Operations role.
• Strong people management experience with a track record of leading and developing successful teams.
• Experience managing recruitment within a regulated environment, ideally healthcare, social care, or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of safer recruitment practices and clinical compliance requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of managing high-volume recruitment and talent acquisition campaigns.
• Experienced in the use of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment reporting tools.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Results-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
• If you are a passionate HR professional with experience in high-volume recruitment, team leadership, compliance, and people operations within regulated environments, we’d love to hear from you.

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