Recruitment Consultant

Rentavilla4u; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare recruitment agency is seeking a Healthcare Recruitment Consultant to manage a busy staffing desk and build relationships with clients and candidates. This role includes sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding healthcare professionals, managing client needs, and achieving targets. Ideal candidates are resilient, organized, and possess excellent communication skills. Opportunities for career development, competitive salary, and a supportive team await at this growing agency in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous commission structure

Annual leave rising with service

Social events

Additional day off on birthday

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Recruitment Consultant or in a similar role preferred.
• Ambitious and driven with a passion for helping others.
• Full UK Driving License and vehicle access required.

Responsibilities

• Manage the temporary staffing desk and scheduling.
• Source and onboard healthcare professionals.
• Manage existing client staffing needs.

Skills

Resilience

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to multitask

Job description

Overview

Recruitment Consultant (open to Trainee)

We are an ambitious, hardworking and compassionate Healthcare Recruitment Agency established in 2018, with 3 additional thriving branches across the country. At SaferHandCare, we value integrity, transparency and a collaborative, progressive culture. Above all, we have an unwavering passion for recruitment and supporting Nursing/Residential Homes and vulnerable individuals.

Healthcare recruitment can be challenging, but it is also incredibly rewarding - we support each other and make a real difference every day!

Role

As a Healthcare Recruitment Consultant, you will manage our busy temporary staffing desk, providing support with effective scheduling and liaising with our dedicated, registered care staff and local residential and nursing establishments that we support. You will also actively participate in new business development activities.

This is a fast-paced, people-focused role suited to someone who thrives under pressure and enjoys building relationships while delivering outstanding service. You will be fully supported by approachable and hands-on management and the wider team, who value and recognise your hard work, with clear rewards and progression opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Taking an active role in the candidate attraction process including sourcing potential healthcare professionals, reviewing applications, conducting interviews and onboarding
• Managing existing clients to ensure all temporary staffing needs are met
• Prospecting potential clients by using sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking to grow your client base
• Achieving and exceeding KPI's, targets & objectives on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
• Collaborating effectively with the team
• Getting to know our carers and their schedules, locations etc., as well as building/developing strong relationships with the care home managers
• Retaining information regarding care home preferences, shift patterns etc.
• Delivering the highest quality of client and candidate service
• Ensuring compliance is maintained to the highest standard
• Co-ordinating shifts on a busy temp desk
• Managing the out of hours on-call phone shared on a rota basis including alternate weekends
• Nominating Carer's of the Month based on their hard work and dedication
• Ad hoc duties when required

Requirements

Ideally, you will currently be working as a Recruitment Consultant within Healthcare or on a busy temporary desk. However, we are also open to motivated trainees with the right attitude and transferable skills, as full training will be provided.

If you're ambitious, driven and motivated by making a difference while helping others, that's exactly what we're looking for!

You Will Also Ideally Have

• Demonstrable experience of resilience and remaining focused when things don't go as planned - healthcare recruitment is a particularly difficult industry, but we're in it together and we're making a difference every day!
• Confident approach, and sometimes assertive when needed, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment and work reactively
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to think outside the box
• A full UK Driving License with access to your own vehicle during working hours
• Flexibility to manage the on-call phone during evenings and weekends on a rota basis

Additional Information

• Competitive basic salary of £25,700 - £27,000 dependent on experience
• Uncapped, generous commission structure
• On call bonus
• Incredible potential for career development as part of a growing business
• Supportive, friendly, and approachable management who will not only listen but value your ideas and input into the business
• Working alongside a vibrant, talented, and motivated team
• Regular incentives (including trips abroad, cash prizes, meals out, additional annual leave etc.)
• Social Events
• Annual Leave rising with service up to 25 days
• Additional day off on your birthday
• Christmas Shut Down

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with drive, ambition and focus to have a real impact in a growing business, looking to progress their career.

If you have the relevant experience and would like to learn more, then please call 01782 438115 (option2) and ask for Hannah Kirk. Alternatively, submit your application for consideration.

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