Recruitment Officer

Job summary

Admin and Clerical Band 3 - 30 hours per week

Join Our Team as a Dynamic Recruitment Officer. The recruitment team is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, candidate-focused well-organised admin / clerical member of staff to join the busy team.

This role involves working closely with recruiting managers and candidates, managing recruitment campaigns from posting adverts to making appointments. Responsibilities include handling adverts on NHS Jobs, processing conditional offers, conducting pre-employment checks including ID appointments, and managing hires and contracts.

You will provide excellent customer service and help ensure a positive candidate experience through regular communication with managers and candidates.

Strong administrative skills are essential, including proficiency in IT applications such as NHS Jobs and ESR (Electronic Staff Records) would be good but not essential.

We are a busy team, so the ability to work well under pressure, remain professional, and show enthusiasm for recruitment is important.

The team is currently working remotely, and full training and equipment will be provided.

Further for information please contact Keri Littlewood, Recruitment Manager on keri.littlewood@nhs.net or Donna Holmes, Recruitment Team Leader on donna.holmes6@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To work in the Recruitment Team to work alongside the Recruitment Manager / Team Leader and the Recruitment Officers to carry out all activities in the end to end recruitment process.

Provide a comprehensive, customer focused and efficient administration and full engagement service with multiple key stakeholders to ensure effective processes and procedures are in place which meet local needs and legislative and recruitment requirements.

Supporting the Recruitment Team in assisting the Trust in achieving its strategic and operational objectives. Some operational tasks include:

• Advertising job roles
• Setting up Trust interviews
• Conditional offers of employment
• Pre-employment checks (DBS, occupational health, references, right to work)
• ID appointments face to face and remote
• Weekly chasing of pre-employment checks
• Auditing of the recruitment files
• Unconditional offer (contract issuing, payroll set up)
• Management of recruitment inbox
• Completes Daily Checks using NHS Jobs, ESR and DBS system
• Update the Electronic Staff Records system, NHS Jobs e-Recruitment system and e-Rostering system as required
• Honorary Contracts
• Processing of Retire and Return employees

Job responsibilities

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence

Certificates of Sponsorship

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