NHS HR Service Management

Transform HR with modern, digital service management
Healthcare solutions

How much time does your HR team really spend on people?

Is your People Service enabling HR strategy—or buried in admin? If you're still interacting with employees by phone, routing cases with paper forms or emails, or manually keying data changes into ESR—it's time to modernise HR service operations.

 

With Hornbill NHS HR Service Manager, you can digitise employee interactions and automate routine HR processes to cut manual work by 60%—driving a shift in focus from HR operations to strategic challenges.

Solving your HR service challenges

Great experience. Fast delivery. Happy employees.

Improve the employee experience

‘Creating a Great Employee Experience’ is one of the 8 key pillars set out in the Future of NHS HR report. Employee Experience (EX) matters because a great experience drives engagement, productivity, and retention. The service your HR team provides is a big part of that.

 

Hornbill HRSM gives employees a digital HR portal that takes the stress out of getting help. Available anywhere, on any device, it fits the needs of a 24/7 NHS workforce that's always on the move.

 

Rapid delivery is another key driver of a great employee experience. Hornbill's streamlined and automated case management solution means employees get the outcomes they need faster.

Reduce calls. Shift focus to case resolution.

Digital employee interaction

Deflecting routine calls to a digital HR portal drives a shift in focus from interacting with employees to working their cases. Hornbill gives your employees a compelling, consumer-style digital experience—available 24/7 on any device.

 

With a digital HR portal, your HR can reduce inbound calls by 80%—giving your team more time more capacity to get work done.

 

That means your HR team can handle more cases, more quickly. And they have more time and energy to handle complex cases that require one-to-one interaction (as well as creating capacity for strategic HR projects).

Accelerate and streamline HR operations work

Driving operational HR efficiency

Replace paper forms, spreadsheets, and ad-hoc processes with a digital platform that manages information and guides processes to improve efficiency by 60%+.

 

Hornbill HR Service Manager makes it simple. We've worked with NHS Trusts to bring you the features you need to transform HR operations, fast.

 

How? Hornbill includes a package of 50+ ready-to-use NHS HR capabilities. Based on NHS HR best practices, these packages include all the forms, workflows, and digital content you need to achieve a rapid boost in operational HR efficiency.

Support workforce flexibility

Workforce flexibility

The complex needs of an NHS trust workforce demands a flexible computer system to underpin it. 24/7 services, complex shift patterns, changing staff needs, and cross-site working all mean that an NHS Trust is an ever-changing landscape.

 

For HR leaders and clinical managers to maintain visibility and control, this landscape must be reflected accurately in the ESR system. But manual updates are prone to errors and omissions. In large NHS trusts, thousands of ESR data changes mean errors are common—creating issues that ripple across the Trust and disrupt patient care.

 

Hornbill automates routine ESR changes and synchronises millions of ESR data points every day to ensure HR managers and team leads have the accurate staffing information they need to make the right decisions.

Remove the barriers created by outdated platforms

Legacy systems

National NHS systems are built for scale and compliance, not local nuance. Trust workflows often have to bend to the system, leaving HR teams reliant on manual steps, emails, and workarounds.

 

Hornbill HR Service Manager frees you from restrictions and manual workarounds.

 

It adds a modern service management platform on top of your ESR system—to enable a new digital employee experience and policy-aligned digital workflows that reflect your Trust's unique requirements—without compromising ESR compliance.

Modernising HR in the NHS

Revolutionise employee interaction and HR operations.

 

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Modernize access to people services

NHS HR Portal

Compelling digital HR service experiences—available 24/7 on any device

Give your people the modern, digital service experience they expect. Every employee can log, update, and track HR requests wherever they are—without having to go to a PC or pick up the phone. Eliminate queuing from the employee experience to give them more time for front line work. Stop the phones ringing in your HR department to reclaim time for strategic HR projects.

Transform HR operations

Transform HR operations

Get visibility, streamline processes, and automate service delivery to cut routine HR work by 80%.

Centralise, streamline, and automate HR operations to reduce time spent on routine HR work. Help employees get the outcomes they need faster. Shift HR focus from day-to-day work to strategic projects—like workforce planning, training, and wellbeing programs.

Why digitalise HR service operations?

Guided workflows

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Replace ad-hoc processes with guided digital workflows

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Get teams working together for your employees

Error reduction

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The right process eliminates faulty outcomes, bad data, and rework

Transformational benefits across NHS Trusts

Modernise your HR service ecosystem to make life better for every employee and every member of your HR team.

Clinical staff can focus on patient care, not admin.

Boost productivity

By streamlining employee HR service experiences, clinical staff get the outcomes they need faster. That means time spent on admin, and more time focused on their role.

 

Problems that can block ability to work (like RTW, professional registration, vaccination, and DBS issues) are quickly resolved, reducing lost hours that must be covered by band and agency staff.

 

That means more of your people are available for patient care and managing clinical operations.

Less stress. More time for the front line.

Boost productivity

Hornbill HR Service Manager helps NHS employees work more efficiently by streamlining everyday service requests—reducing administrative burden and improving access to essential information.

 

Its intuitive interface allows staff to log issues quickly and track progress in real time. Automated workflows remove manual steps, speeding up resolution times and freeing employees to focus on patient care rather than paperwork.

 

It gives NHS employees a smoother, more consistent service experience that supports their work on the front line.

Boost efficiency and reduce stress in your HR team

benefits for HR advisors

Hornbill Service Manager helps HR Advisors in NHS organisations by simplifying and streamlining the daily flow of queries and casework. Real-time visibility of caseloads helps advisors prioritise effectively and manage demand.

 

It provides a single, organised space to manage requests, track progress, and access relevant information, reducing time spent searching through emails or spreadsheets. 

 

Automated workflows guide advisors through consistent, compliant steps, ensuring nothing is missed and improving the quality of advice given to staff and managers. Automated ESR updates further boost advisor efficiency, saving hundreds of hours across your team.

 

By removing administrative friction, Hornbill allows HR Advisors to focus more on meaningful conversations, timely guidance, and supporting better workforce outcomes.

Get clear visibility of workloads and performance

HR operations manager

Hornbill HR Service Manager helps HR Operations Managers in NHS organisations by giving them clear visibility and control over high-volume, time-sensitive HR processes.

 

Automated workflows standardise tasks such as onboarding, job changes, and leaver procedures, reducing manual effort and eliminating bottlenecks.

 

Real-time dashboards highlight workload, service performance, and compliance risks, enabling proactive decision-making. With a single, centralised system for requests, documentation, and communication, HR teams work more efficiently and consistently.

 

This improves service quality for managers and staff across the organisation, reduces errors, and frees HR Operations Managers to focus on strategic workforce priorities rather than chasing paperwork.

Elevate your day from ops to strategy

HR director

Hornbill HR Service Manager supports HR Directors in NHS organisations by providing strategic oversight of workforce services and ensuring consistent, compliant delivery at scale. By digitising and standardising key HR processes, Hornbill reduces operational cost, risk and variation across sites, supporting better workforce management.

 

Real-time analytics offer clear insight into demand, performance, and service bottlenecks, enabling evidence-based decisions that align HR capacity with organisational priorities.

 

Automated workflows free teams from manual administration, helping HR functions operate more efficiently within tight budgets. With improved transparency, governance, and service quality, HR Directors can focus on long-term workforce transformation rather than operational firefighting.

London's largest NHS Foundation Trust transforms HR service with Hornbill

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust improved HR performance across 20 KPIs.

 

“We’ve reduced the administrative burden for clinical colleagues, releasing more time to care for patients.”

 

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Integration with NHS ESR

Hornbill has a unique, ready-to-use integration with ESR

Integration with ESR means Hornbill becomes your new digital platform for employee interaction and case management—free from the limitations of the static ESR system.

 

Automatic data synchronisation and ESR updates mean your HR team have the fresh, accurate data they need—without spending hundreds of hours every month on manual data updates. 

 

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Why we love hornbill…

The service designer lets any team take control over processes and automation to deliver service faster and more efficiently”

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