Recruitment Administrator | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Partial home working

Job summary

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Recruitment Administrator to join the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Recruitment Team. The role involves guiding managers and candidates through the recruitment journey, with a focus on efficiency and quality of hire.

Based at Yeoman's House with modern offices, there is flexibility to work from home part of the week after training. Travel to Bournemouth/Poole may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience in Recruitment, HR, or busy administrative role with strong organisation skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to support managers with recruitment processes.

Responsibilities

• Work at pace to support recruiting managers and candidates through the recruitment journey; contribute to the Trust’s 30‑day time‑to‑hire target.
• Support candidates to understand pre‑employment check requirements in line with NHS Employment Check Standards.
• Advise managers on recruitment policies, procedures and best practice.
• Prepare and issue conditional offer letters and employment contracts.
• Complete all pre‑employment checks accurately and efficiently.
• Contribute to reducing vacancy levels and maintaining safe staffing across the Trust.
• Attend recruitment events to promote the Trust and support candidate attraction.
• Respond to telephone and email enquiries from managers and candidates in a timely and professional manner.

Skills

Recruitment experience

HR experience

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Recruitment Administrator | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

If you're looking for an exciting new career opportunity and have experience in Recruitment, Human Resources, or a busy administrative role that requires excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, we'd love to hear from you!

The Recruitment Team at University Hospitals Dorset is based in modern offices at Yeoman's House, with the flexibility to work from home for part of the week following your initial training period. As part of this fast-paced and supportive team, you will work closely with recruiting managers across our hospital sites, guiding them through the recruitment process and maintaining regular contact with candidates.

We pride ourselves on working collaboratively, supporting one another to deliver an outstanding service to both managers and applicants. Whatever your background, you will share our values and be committed to providing a professional, efficient, and customer-focused recruitment service.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, enabling you to support managers with best practice recruitment processes and ensure candidates progress smoothly through recruitment and onboarding.

Base Location:Yeoman's House (behind Castlepoint Shopping Centre), with occasional travel to Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.

Interview Date:Thursday 22nd October

Home Working:Following a three-month training period, we offer partial home working, with the option to work from home for up to 40% of your contracted hours per week.

Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job include:

• Work at pace to support recruiting managers and candidates throughout the recruitment journey, contributing to the Trust’s 30‑day time‑to‑hire target.
• Support candidates to understand pre‑employment check requirements in line with NHS Employment Check Standards.
• Advise managers on recruitment policies, procedures and best practice.
• Prepare and issue conditional offer letters and employment contracts.
• Complete all pre‑employment checks accurately and efficiently.
• Contribute to reducing vacancy levels and maintaining safe staffing across the Trust.
• Attend recruitment events on occasion to promote the Trust and support candidate attraction.
• Respond to telephone and email enquiries from managers and candidates in a timely and professional manner.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service‑specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust