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Job overview
The Medical Workforce Team are seeking someone with a keen interest in a generalist HR career, to provide a high level operational service to managers and employees.
The role of the Medical Workforce Assistant is varied, requiring excellent organisational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritise conflicting demands.
We are seeking someone with meticulous attention to detail, experience of HR administration, strong communication skills, and an approachable and confident manner when dealing with people at all levels.
This post is for 7 months to cover a period of maternity leave within the team.
Main duties of the job
- To provide administrative and clerical support to the recruitment function, ensuring high quality and safe recruitment and selection practice, induction, sign on and administration of payroll information and contracts of employment; maintenance of electronic filing systems and ESR, and responsibility for key medical workforce processes and systems.
- To support the day to day operational management of the Medical Recruitment Advisors ensuring a high quality, responsive service to medical staff and managers within the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
- Knowledge of the recruitment process.
- Knowledge/understanding of the role of the Human Resources department
Desirable
- Knowledge of the NHS
- An understanding of Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions
Experience
Essential
- Administrative experience
Desirable
- Experience of working within a Recruitment environment.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisational and administration skills – prioritising, meeting deadlines, setting standards
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage own workload and work under pressure
Desirable
- ESR
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent English
- Business Administration / Human Resources Related Study or equivalent experience
Desirable
- CIPD or working towards
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This advert is for Medical Workforce Assistant with Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £31,554 - £33,270 p.a. inc.. The contract type is Fixed term: 7 months (maternity cover). The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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