Recruitment Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Recruitment Department of SWB for a Band 3 Recruitment Officer. This is a 16 hours per week post.

You will be involved in administrating the recruitment process for Medical, Clinical and Non-Clinical applicants.

This post offers a variety of work and would suit someone who enjoys a challenge in a very fast-moving environment.

Main duties of the job

The primary function of the role is to support the team to ensure that the Recruitment Process is administered according to NHS Employment Check Standards and within our set Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).

Acting as the first point of contact for applicants, you will be responsible for assisting with the whole recruitment process, This will entail dealing with both candidate and manager queries and administering the recruitment process all the way through.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide excellent customer service. Working together within the Recruitment Team, and with others in the Trust, this is an integral role, ensuring our candidates and service users receive the best possible service.

The post holder will already be able to demonstrate both administrative and customer service skills, have previous office experience and preferably have experience using NHS Jobs/Trac/ESR although full training will be given. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to evidence working to deadlines with a drive and willingness to succeed and help the team achieve our goals.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH)is now open and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives