About this role
Job summary
If you're looking for an exciting new career opportunity and have experience in Recruitment, Human Resources, or a busy administrative role that requires excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, we'd love to hear from you!
The Recruitment Team at University Hospitals Dorset is based in modern offices at Yeoman's House, with the flexibility to work from home for part of the week following your initial training period. As part of this fast-paced and supportive team, you will work closely with recruiting managers across our hospital sites, guiding them through the recruitment process and maintaining regular contact with candidates.
We pride ourselves on working collaboratively, supporting one another to deliver an outstanding service to both managers and applicants. Whatever your background, you will share our values and be committed to providing a professional, efficient, and customer-focused recruitment service.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, enabling you to support managers with best practice recruitment processes and ensure candidates progress smoothly through recruitment and onboarding.
Base Location: Yeoman's House (behind Castlepoint Shopping Centre), with occasional travel to Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.
Interview Date: Thursday 22nd October
Home Working: Following a three-month training period, we offer partial home working, with the option to work from home for up to 40% of your contracted hours per week.
Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job include:
Work at pace to support recruiting managers and candidates throughout the recruitment journey, contributing to the Trust's 30-day time-to-hire target. Support candidates to understand pre-employment check requirements in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. Advise managers on recruitment policies, procedures and best practice. Prepare and issue conditional offer letters and employment contracts. Complete all pre-employment checks accurately and efficiently. Contribute to reducing vacancy levels and maintaining safe staffing across the Trust. Attend recruitment events on occasion to promote the Trust and support candidate attraction. Respond to telephone and email enquiries from managers and candidates in a timely and professional manner.
About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Good standard of general education or equivalent demonstrable work experience Vocational level 3 qualification in relevant field (IT/HR/Administration) or equivalent level of experience.
Desirable
Certificate in Personnel Practice (CIPD) European Computer Driving Licence or other relevant IT qualification Recruitment training / qualification
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience of dealing with recruitment issues Administrative experience in a busy office environment Good customer services skills
Desirable
Experience in using ESR and Trac or other ATS or HR systems. NHS recruitment experience
Technical Skills Competencies Essential
Good customer services skills Able to use Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word to an intermediate level Able to evidence the ability to quickly learn new HR systems and software
Personal Attributes Essential
Professional approach to customers Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines Excellent attention to detail
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address Yeoman's Way - with occasional days at Bournemouth or Poole Hospitals
Bournemouth
BH8 0BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)