About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time, permanent Recruitment Advisor to join the People Directorate Recruitment team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
You will provide a high-quality, customer-focused recruitment service across multiple divisions, ensuring efficient processes, legal compliance and best practice. You will manage and develop direct reports and work closely with service users to support organisational recruitment priorities.
As part of the APG Resourcing Hub, you will work flexibly across teams and support the full recruitment lifecycle for Agenda for Change, Medical and Dental, VSM and Honorary appointments, including ESR and associated administration.
You will also contribute to service improvement, innovation and recruitment projects, ensuring agreed SLAs, standards and timelines are met.
The role requires 2 days per week in the office.
We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. Application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts for recruitment and workforce purposes in line with GDPR.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the delivery of a high-quality recruitment service across the Trust. Key responsibilities include:
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for Medical and Dental staff and Agenda for Change roles, from advertisement through to appointment, covering permanent, temporary, fixed-term, and secondment positions within the APG shared service.
- Provide medical administrative support to clinicians and managers, including advisory support on vacancies and pre-employment checking procedures for all staff groups (Resident Doctors, Trust Grade/LED doctors, Consultants).
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with Managers, Clinicians, Consultants, and Resident Doctors within allocated divisions to ensure effective communication and service delivery.
- Support the Resourcing Team Leader in delivering a timely, high-quality recruitment service in line with KPIs, Resourcing Policy, and agreed service standards.
- Provide reliable, responsive recruitment advice and administrative support to applicants and recruiting managers.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of recruitment systems, policies, and administrative procedures under the guidance of the Senior Resourcing Advisor/Team Leader.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Good general education to CPP or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development to level 4 or equivalent
Desirable
- Associate CIPD or working towards
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a recruitment service
- Good working and practical knowledge of a range of recruitment approaches and their appropriateness for specific needs
- Up to date employment law and requirements for pre-employment screening including immigration, references and DBS.
Desirable
- Experience as a recruiter in a complex organisation.
- NHS HR systems - TRAC, ESR, SMS, NCRS
Skills, Abilities, and attributes
Essential
- Able to deliver a recruitment service from identification of need to candidate starting employment
- Able to contribute immediately to the work of the department and establish professional credibility with client managers
- Able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and Trade Union representatives.
- Able to apply and advise client managers on the recruitment policy
- Able to review Trust recruitment policies and processes and suggest alternative approaches which add value.
Desirable
- Digital skills including Co-Pilot and AI
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
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital,
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)