HR Director

HealthNet Homecare is a leading provider of homecare services, supporting patients to receive treatment and care in the comfort of their own homes. From medication deliveries to specialist clinical nursing support, including injection training and the administration of IV and infusion therapies, we are dedicated to making healthcare more accessible and convenient for those who need it most.

Supporting over 300,000 patients across a wide range of therapy areas, our experienced and compassionate teams work with individuals living with both rare and more common conditions. Our mission is to make patients' lives easier by removing the stress of managing treatment and providing reassurance that they are receiving safe, high-quality care every step of the way.

We are currently looking for a Group HR Director to lead our People Services Team. 

If you are passionate about making a real difference and are looking for a role with purpose, where your work has a positive impact on patients' everyday lives, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

Build and deliver a Group HR strategy that attracts, develops and retains the right people, manages people risk and cost, and supports value creation for the business and its investors.

• Develop and deliver a Group HR strategy aligned to the business plan and investor value-creation agenda.
• Act as a member of the senior leadership team, advising the Board and CEO on all people matters and being accountable for the performance of the HR function.
• Align policies, terms and culture across all businesses while recognising the different needs of each workforce.
• Lead the HR team: set direction and priorities, manage performance and build capability.
• Lead organization design, restructures and change programmes, including collective consultation where required.
• Support M&A activity: people due diligence, TUPE transfers and post -acquisition integration.
• Own the Group reward framework: pay structure, benchmarking, annual pay review, bonus and incentive schemes, benefits.
• Oversee pensions auto-enrolment compliance and pension scheme governance.
• Drive Group-wide talent management, succession planning and leadership development.
• Oversee recruitment at all levels, reducing vacancy levels, time to hire, recruitment costs and reliance on agency labor.
• Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle, from onboarding to exit.
• Lead employee engagement, internal communication on people matters and the EDI strategy.
• Ensure learning and development and mandatory training meet business and regulatory needs.
• Provide commercial, pragmatic advice to managers on all employee relations matters, in line with policy and employment law.
• Oversee grievances, disciplinaries, capability, absence management and employment tribunal risk.
• Lead the wellbeing strategy and occupational health provision, working with Health & safety.
• Keep all HR policies and procedures under review, ensuring they reflect current legislation and are communicated consistently.
• Lead readiness for employment law change, including phased implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements relating to staff (CQC, GPhC, RQIA). Including DBS checks, professional registrations.
• Ensure compliance with logistics workforce requirements: driver license checks, drivers’ hours and Working Time Regulations.
• Oversee right-to-work checks.
• Deliver statutory reporting, including gender pay gap reporting, and the preventative duty on sexual harassment.
• Own the HRIS and the HR-Payroll interface, ensuring accurate data and GDPR compliance for employee data.
• Produce a people KPE dashboard for the Board and management.
• Hold senior accountability for the Group Health & Safety strategy. Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and related regulations across all sites and field based teams.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigation, RIDDOR compliance, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Oversee the development and delivery of the Group ESG Strategy, aligned to investor requirements and customer expectations.
• Sign off ESG reporting to investors, SECR disclosures and the modern slavery statement.
• Report on H&S and ESG performance to the Board.
• To carry out any reasonable request given by appropriate persons

What experience and skills are we looking for?

• Own the HRIS and the HR-Payroll interface, ensuring accurate data and GDPR compliance for employee data.
• Produce a people KPE dashboard for the Board and management.
• Hold senior accountability for the Group Health & Safety strategy. Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and related regulations across all sites and field based teams.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigation, RIDDOR compliance, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Oversee the development and delivery of the Group ESG Strategy, aligned to investor requirements and customer expectations.
• Sign off ESG reporting to investors, SECR disclosures and the modern slavery statement.
• Report on H&S and ESG performance to the Board.
• To carry out any reasonable request given by appropriate persons.

Qualifications

Chartered MCIPD (Level 7) or equivalent senior experience.

Key Compentencies

• Planning and Organising
• Teamwork and Leadership
• Good inter-personal skills in a way that promotes credibility, authority, and trust
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• A high level of commercial and operational business acumen.
• Self-motivated and dedicated with a committed approach in understanding the business and industry.

What we offer

• Competitive salary structure
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday
• Pension Scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Professional registration fees paid
• Employee Assistant Programme including 24/7 hour access to remote GP appointments.
• Refer a friend scheme
• Uniform provided
• Kit bags for all Homecare Nurses
• Eyecare Vouches
• Perks and benefits via Perkbox
• Long service awards.

If the role sounds of interest, and you want to be a part of a company who truly places our patients at the heart of everything we do, please feel free to apply through our careers page and join us in making a difference.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to all applicants individually. If you are selected for interview, we will be in touch.