Recruitment Advisor

NHS; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Recruitment Advisor for a fixed-term 12-month role within the medical recruitment team. You will recruit doctors across grades, support resident doctor intake, and manage advertising, interviews, offers and employment checks.

Strong admin skills and a proactive, customer-focused approach are essential. The role operates on a remote/office hybrid rota with potential interview date in early October 2026.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent)
• Experience in customer service and administrative tasks
• Experience in recruitment/HR environment
• Ability to manage workload and competing priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and electronic systems/databases

Responsibilities

• Support line managers to recruit effectively
• Use our e-recruitment systems to recruit candidates
• Promote and deliver a high-quality service to service users
• Participate in a remote/office hybrid rota
• Participate in recruitment events

Skills

Customer service

Administrative tasks

Recruitment experience

Social media use

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

GCSE English

GCSE Maths

Tools

Electronic databases

Recruitment software

Job description

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Recruitment Advisor

The closing date is 27 September 2026

We have an exciting role to work within the medical recruitment team at Dorset County Hospital for a fixed term of 12 months. This would involve recruiting doctors of all grades across all services, as well as supporting the intake of all Resident doctors throughout the year.

We are looking for a confident, committed team member who has excellent administrative skills and enjoys working in a unique fast-pacedenvironment. This role involves supporting advertising, arranging interviews, submitting offers and completing employment checks for newmembers of our Trust.

Potential interview date 6th October 2026.

Right to Work in the UK: This role is not available for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to support visa applications for this post in line with UKVI regulations.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will:

• Support line managers to effectively and efficiently recruit.
• Use our e-recruitment systems to swiftly and proactively recruit candidates
• Promote and deliver a high quality service to all our service users
• Participate in a remote working/ in office hybrid rota
• Participate in recruitment events

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Experience of working in a customer focused/administrative environment
• Solid experience of undertaking a range of administrative tasks and competence in various computer systems
• Ability to manage your own workload working both independently and towards team goals
• Ability to manage competing priorities

In return, we can offer you a position in a truly unique, friendly and close-knit team, who have a large impact on our organisation and our community.

About us

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Job responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.Please contact us at [e-mail] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in English and Maths, or demonstrable literacy and numeracy through work experience

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience delivering excellent customer service in a customer-facing environment
• Experience undertaking administrative duties with accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience working within recruitment, HR or workforce administration
• Experience supporting recruitment campaigns, events or attraction activities
• Experience using social media or digital communication channels in a professional setting
• Experience using Microsoft Office and electronic systems/databases

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively, meeting deadlines and responding to changing priorities
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and contribute positively to team objectives
• Ability to use initiative and work independently

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

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearPro Rata Per Annum