In my role as an HR Advisor, I supported and advised managers in all areas of employee relations and operational HR issues - disciplinary, grievance, bullying and harassment, sickness absence, performance etc. - requiring in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of employment law and Trust policies. I widened my experience of strategic HR by undertaking and leading on projects for the HR Business Partners related to organisational development and service redesign, including TUPE.

As an HR Management Trainee on the NHS Graduate Scheme I have undertaken a number of placements in an Acute Trust, a Community Healthcare Trust and a flexi-placement at the accountancy firm, Grant Thornton. The scheme is incredibly competitive with 15,000 applicants applying for under 150 jobs and I feel very privileged to have my place on the scheme. I have gained knowledge, understanding and practical experience in all areas of HR, including:Employment LawDisciplinariesGrievancesAbsence ManagementPerformance ManagementBullying and Harrassment InvestigationsOrganisational Change (TUPE etc.)RedeploymentRecruitmentPolicy Development Partnership working with Trade UnionsI have gained a fantastic grounding in HR within the NHS and the Professional Services Industry and have undertaken challenging development opportunities to further my knowledge and experience and will continue to do so.

As part of the NHS Graduate Scheme I undertook a 'flexi-placement' with Grant Thornton as an HR Officer in their People and Skills Department. I lead a project around culture alignment between two offices that had recently merged. This involved research of current thinking and practice about culture alignment, designing and distributing a survey, analysing the results and producing a report for the Partners with my findings and recommendations for next steps. Other work I undertook:Maternity leave guidance for line managersA review of the local induction process and documentsExit interviews and consequent recommendationsOrganising international secondmentsPerformance management

My placement at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals involved:Developing recruitment templates in line with the Equality Act 2010Evaluating and developing the process and costs for advertising in external publicationsFormulating a redeployment processDeveloping the absence management policy and associated documentsSupporting HR Advisors, Senior HR Advisors and Assistant HR Managers with employee relations case workAdvising disciplinary hearing panels