Job Description:
HR Business Partner
King Edward VII's Hospital, 5-10 Beaumont Street, Marylebone, London W1G 6AA
Permanent (37.5hrs) On-Site
Circa. £55,000pa + Fantastic Benefits
Advert Expires: - 31st March 2026
As an HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the culture, engagement, and development of our hospital workforce. Working closely with the Head of HR, you'll support the delivery of our People Plan, embed a business partnering model, and collaborate with leaders across the hospital to create an exceptional employee experience.
Your work will directly influence key outcomes, including engagement, retention, compliance, and capability development, ensuring that our people feel supported and empowered throughout every stage of the employee lifecycle.
How you'll help us make health happen.
In this role, you'll help us create a workplace where our people can deliver outstanding care by ensuring they feel valued, well-supported, and equipped to grow. You'll champion our values, drive effective communication, and strengthen leadership capabilities so that colleagues can thrive in a changing healthcare environment. By improving engagement, guiding managers, supporting organisational change, and ensuring compliance, you'll help build a culture where people can be at their best-ultimately enabling us to deliver high‑quality patient care every day.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with leaders to improve engagement, retention and overall people experience.
Post-acquisition integration support including systems, and data preparation
Support L&D activity and ensure statutory and mandatory training compliance.
Provide confident employee relations advice on a range of cases.
Lead onboarding and induction for new starters.
Support organisational change, restructures and consultation processes.
Deliver clear internal communications to keep colleagues informed.
Use people insights and reporting to support decision‑making.
Contribute to key people projects and work collaboratively with local and central teams.
Key Skills / Qualifications:
CIPD qualification or equivalent experience.
Post-acquisition integration experience (essential)
Strong generalist HR background (essential).
Solid understanding of employment law and experience managing complex ER cases (essential).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong attention to detail and high accuracy.
Competent IT user, including MS Office.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and workloads effectively (essential).
Flexible, pragmatic approach with the ability to adapt to organisational change.
Quick learner with enthusiasm for taking on new tasks (critical).
Strong team player, able to work with diverse groups and model hospital values (essential).
Ability to manage sensitive issues with diplomacy and professionalism.
Customer‑focused attitude with strong service delivery mindset.
Collaborative, proactive, and able to work effectively under pressure.
Benefits
At King Edward VII's Hospital, we want to reward our staff for the amazing job that they do.
As part of the team, you will have access to a range of benefits for your work and home life.
We offer a variety of benefits that take into consideration how you commute to work, your health and well-being and recognising your service and any staff referrals you make to the Hospital.
Take a look at the full range of benefits on offer when working here:
Annual leave entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays increasing with length of service
In-house training for all staff
Company pension scheme
Interest free travel loan
Private healthcare
Bicycle Loan Scheme
Retailer discounts
Employee Assistance Programme
Part of a Globally Trusted Healthcare Group
When you join King Edward VII, you also become part of Bupa - a global healthcare leader with the scale, stability and expertise of a major international brand. Being backed by Bupa means access to an extensive network of clinical and operational specialists, shared best practice from across the organisation, and the support of well‑established systems that help you grow, develop and deliver exceptional care. Our size gives us strength, while our purpose keeps us personal.
We champion diversity and want our people to reflect the communities we serve. Everyone is encouraged to ”Be you at Bupa”, and we actively welcome colleagues from all backgrounds and experiences. Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We're committed to ensuring you're treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
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King Edwards VII HospitalAt Cromwell Hospital, we have a great team of determined and loyal health care professionals. We’re continually investing in the world’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. That's why patients choose to come to us from across the UK, and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
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