Recruitment Officer

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Recruitment Officer to manage the recruitment of medical staff, including advertising, arranging interviews, chasing employment checks and issuing contracts.

The role supports a transition to a modern Employee Service Centre and ensures the recruitment process runs smoothly across medical and dental grades, with duties spanning screening and onboarding.

The closing date is 26 November 2026 and the post is permanent and full time.

Qualifications

• GCSE/O Levels including Maths and English or NVQ 2 or equivalent experience.
• 2 years clerical experience within the last two years and ability to meet deadlines.
• Proven knowledge of recruitment practice and NHS recruitment environment.
• Experience with Oracle ESR systems and the Trac recruitment tool.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment of Medical staff including advertising and interviewing.
• Chase employment checks and issue contracts of employment.
• Manage pre-employment check process and ensure smooth recruitment operations.
• Be the first point of contact for Medical Staff and advise or redirect as needed.

Skills

Advanced keyboard skills

Data handling

Organisation & time management

Communication skills (verbal/written)

Teamwork

Attention to confidentiality

Ability to work on own initiative

Education

GCSE/O Levels including Maths and English

NVQ 2 or equivalent experience

Tools

Oracle ESR systems

Trac recruitment tool

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Recruitment Officer

The closing date is 26 November 2026

The Trust is looking to recruit a Employee Service Centre Officer.

The post is to be offered on a permanent basis, full time basis.

You will be responsible for the recruitment of Medical staff within the Hull University Teaching Hospital's NHS Trust including advertising, arranging interviews, chasing employment checks and issuing contract of employments.

Main duties of the job

To support the transition to a modern integrated Employee Service Centre that embracestechnology to provide an efficient and effective customer focused service.

To manage the recruitment of the Junior Doctors within the Trust in addition to providing and supporting a comprehensive, efficient and effective Recruitment process across all medical and dental grades.

To ensure that the recruitment process run smoothly, including managing the pre-employment check process.

Be the first point of contact to Medical Staff and be able to advise and/or redirect to the correct teams asappropriate.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

We are managing the recruitment for this vacancy directly and are not seeking support from recruitment agencies or third-party sourcing providers. We kindly request that agencies do not submit applications, candidate CVs or speculative enquiries in relation to this post. Any unsolicited submissions will not be considered, and no agency fees will be payable unless a formal agreement has been made in advance with the Trust.

Job responsibilities

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 GCSE/O Levels including Maths and English or NVQ 2 or equivalent experience

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• A minimum of 2 years clerical experience within the last two years.
• A proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Proven knowledge of recruitment practice
• Relevant experience of working within an NHS Recruitment or Medical Staffing environment
• Experience of using Oracle ESR systems
• Experience of using the Trac recruitment tool

Application Completion

• ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• oAbility to work to high standards with a high degree of accuracy
• oEffective organisational and time management skills
• oAdvanced keyboard skills. Ability to manipulate large amounts of complex dataGood communication - verbal/written
• oBe able to work on own initiative
• oWorks well with in a team
• oDemonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• oParticipate in standard setting and research projects
• oEvidence showing clinical and professional development
• oTo be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
• oAbility to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
• oFacilitate learning of others

Special Attributes and other

• oAbility to problem solve
• oAbility to multi-task
• oAbility to work flexibly, both as an individual and as part of a team
• oPossess attention to detail
• oAbility to work well under pressure
• oHigh level of interpersonal skills
• oDemonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• oFlexible and reliable

Other Requirements

• oAbility to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust