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Location
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
19 Apr 2026
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
Posted Date
02 Apr 2026

Job overview

We are looking for a highly experienced and driven talent acquisition professional to join our friendly team at Worthing Hospital on a 12 month fixed term opportunity.

To succeed in this exciting new role you will need to demonstrate a track record of in-house resourcing, ideally in an healthcare setting.

Your role will be to partner with managers to support their recruitment needs including drafting adverts, managing advertising and social media campaigns and coordinating assessment processes. You will also develop competency and values based interview frameworks and develop healthily candidate pipelines for key roles including Healthcare Assistant, Registered Nurse and Allied Healthcare Professionals.

You will work closely with the Head of Resourcing to ensure that our processes are candidate and manager centric and coach team members to develop TA capacity. The post holder will coordinate senior recruitment campaigns and act as a subject matter expert, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. A high standard of written English will be required as the successful candidate will regularly draft adverts, develop interview questions and write committee papers. Visibility is vital in this role, therefore we are looking for someone on a full time basis, 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home.

Main duties of the job

Coach and develop team members ensuring that there is internal knowledge and capacity to meet the needs of UHSussex

Ensure high standards of performance management, identifying learning needs and support as necessary

Participate in regular one to ones with the Head of Resourcing

In conjunction with the Head of Resourcing, lead and execute the recruitment strategy for UHSussex

Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, shaping the talent acquisition strategy

Develop innovative sourcing strategies to attract diverse talent, utilising various channels

Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to enhance the employer brand

Collaborate with colleagues in the people directorate to determine medium to long-term talent requirements and skill shortages, developing appropriate strategic resourcing solutions in response

Lead the development of direct sourcing strategies in conjunction with the Head of Resourcing and Director of HR Operations, this may include direct approaches and headhunting

Design, deliver and evaluate online and face to face line manager recruitment

Develop resourcing policy and strategies with EDI at their core Support the development of job descriptions ensuring that these have been evaluated prior to advertising

For further information, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more details of the role and the main responsibilities.