Band 4 Senior Bank Recruitment Lead

NHS Jobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Recruitment Lead to oversee the recruitment of Bank workers, ensuring processes align with Trust and national guidelines. The role includes managing adverts, social media accounts, and recruitment events, and supporting ESR pay registrations.

The post-holder will train and support Bank Coordinators, provide guidance on DBS/risk assessments, and ensure GDPR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Bank lead for all Bank worker recruitment and fast track processes.
• Ensure Bank recruitment is undertaken in accordance with Trust and national guidelines and procedures.
• Act as a point of contact for Bank adverts and manage Bank recruitment social media accounts.
• Manage recruitment open days for Bank workers, arranging panels and checking/ signing of timesheets.
• Ensure Bank workers are registered on the Bank system and hired correctly in ESR for pay.
• Provide training and support to Bank Co-ordinators to hire and terminate efficiently.
• Offer specialist advice on joining the Trust Bank via various routes, including fast track and advertised roles.
• Keep applicants and managers informed about agency fees or notice periods as relevant.
• Support applicants through DBS risk assessments or right to work checks while ensuring GDPR compliance.
• Handle sensitive information and generate reports to identify recruitment gaps and risks.
• Assist with access to systems, IT accounts, uniforms and training before first shift.
• Coordinate induction and mandatory training with the Compliance Team and escalate gaps when needed.
• Develop positive relationships with Divisional management, HR Partners and Recruitment to improve recruitment and retention.
• Identify delays in recruitment and work with the Bank team to develop solutions.

Job description

The post holder will: Act as the Bank lead for all Bank worker recruitment and fast track processes. Ensuring Bank recruitment is undertaken in accordance with agreed Trust and national recruitment guidelines and procedures. Act as a point of contact for any Bank adverts and manage Bank recruitment social media accounts. Responsible for the efficient management of all Bank recruitment including long listing and organising, supervision and support of Divisional shortlisters and interview panels. Manage recruitment open days for Bank worker recruitment, arranging recruitment panels and checking and signing of timesheets, confirming hours worked as necessary. Act as an expert Bank system user to ensure that new Bank workers are registered on the Bank system and hired correctly in ESR for the purposes of pay following completion of recruitment.The post holder will provide training and support to Bank Co-ordinators as appropriate to ensure that Bank workers are hired and terminated efficiently. Provide specialist advice and information promptly regarding the most effective way to join the Trust Bank including recruitment via fast track application, advertised jobs and ad hoc specialist recruitment. Ensure that applicants and requesting managers are informed and updated on a regular basis including any information on agency fees or additional notice period that may be relevant. Support applicants through the recruitment process including setting up of DBS risk assessments or right to work assessments with the relevant Bank manager and handling of any relevant sensitive information to ensure compliance with GDPR. This may involve delivering of contentious information which will require tact, sensitivity, empathy and negotiation skills. The post holder will need to provide and manage sensitive information on a daily basis including safe staffing reports, Bank and agency usage reports, Divisional temporary worker spend reports and new service implementation reports to identify areas for targeted recruitment. Deal with a range of queries from both applicants and service managers appropriately ensuring that queries are recorded and monitored. Ensure that where appropriate new applicants receive help with additional needs including referral to Team Prevent and completion of relevant risk assessments as necessary. Responsible for ensuring that new workers have access to systems and equipment prior to the commencement of the first shift where appropriate. This may involve setting up of new I.T. accounts, issuing of uniforms and training in how to use systems for processing of timesheets and expenses. Liaise with the Compliance Team to ensure the completion of induction and relevant mandatory training before commencement. Where this is not possible, escalate gaps in compliance with Bank management team and liaise with services as appropriate to ensure risk assessments are completed and recorded. Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with Divisional management teams, HR Business Partners and the Recruitment Team, working together to address issues and continually improve the Bank recruitment and retention process. This will involve working on specialist projects aimed at improving retention and recruitment of workers. This may also involve liaising with new Bank workers who have not picked up any shifts to identify the reasons for this and to discuss with service managers and HR Business Partners where barriers to work have been identified. Identify, escalate and communicate issues and concerns about delays in recruitment. Work in partnership with the Bank management team, Recruitment and service leads to analyse issues and support the development of management solutions where appropriate.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust