Recruitment Officer

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is looking for a Recruitment Officer to enhance their recruitment processes. The ideal candidate will have experience in a recruitment setting and will be tasked with maintaining HR systems and providing high-quality recruitment services to clinical units. Additional training in leadership will be provided to support career progression. This role is crucial for ensuring a professional candidate experience and adherence to best practices in recruitment.

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

In-house courses and programmes

Qualifications

• Prior experience working in a recruitment setting.
• Experience in HR administration within a high volume recruitment market.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive recruitment service to Clinical Service Units.
• Maintain high professionalism and confidentiality as point of contact.
• Accurate maintenance of electronic HR systems including TRAC and ESR.

Skills

Knowledge of recruitment and selection procedures & best practice

Ability to organise and prioritise own workload

Working Knowledge of Data Protection Legislation

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

NVQ 3 in Business Administration or equivalent

Tools

Electronic HR systems

Job description

Go back South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Recruitment Officer

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Applications are invited for the post of Recruitment Officer with University Hospitals Tees.

This post is based within the Recruitment Team. We continue to streamline our recruitment processes from point of vacancy approval through to a new starter joining the organisation, and we are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative individual who is looking to start or progress their career in Human Resources.

The successful candidate will have prior experience of working in a recruitment setting.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a comprehensive, high quality and effective recruitment service to the Clinical Service Units in accordance with agreed processes, schedules, employment law and Trust policies and procedures in line with NHS Employment Check Standards.

Your responsibilities are to provide customer focused end to end recruitment service to managers, staff and candidates on a wide range of recruitment, employment and ESR queries ensuring we deliver a highly professional candidate experience.

As a named point of contact with the Clinical Service Unit, you will be expected to maintain high levels of professionalism and confidentiality at all times, providing responses in a timely manner.

You will be responsible for the accurate maintenance of electronic HR systems including TRAC and ESR, ensuring that recruitment and ESR processes are completed safely, accurately and promptly.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

About us

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of recruitment and selection procedures & best practice
• Knowledge of Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions in relation to recruitment and selection
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
• Working Knowledge of Data Protection Legislation and Information Governance standards

Qualifications and Training

• NVQ 3 in Business Administration or equivalent qualification or experience

Experience

• Experience of working in a recruitment or HR administration role within a high volume recruitment market.
• Experience of working to policy and procedural requirements
• Experience of Microsoft office packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Competent with the use of electronic HR systems
• Provide and receive complex information with tact and empathy when dealing with queries regarding starting salary, types of visa required, references and personal queries.

Personal Attributes

• Planning, organisation and time management skills
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Able to advise on policy and procedures seeking supervision if required

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust