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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
405-24-AC312REC
Employer
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dorset County Hospital
Town
Dorchester
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Recruitment Advisor

Band 3

Outstanding Care, Outstanding Careers

For more information on our wonderful Trust search Join DCHFT and for more information on the benefits of working at DCHFT search DCHFT Staff Benefits

For help with completing an application search DCHFT Our Recruitment Process

 

Job overview

Are you interested in playing a vital role in a expanding hospital? Are you looking for a role that would utilise you excellent administrative skills, but in a unique fast paced environment? We are expanding our Recruitment Teams and think we have the perfect role for you!

Our recruitment team provide the services for every role in the Trust, and we are looking for confident, committed team members to support across the teams. This role involves supporting advertisement, arranging interviews, submitting offers and completing employment checks for every new member of our Trust.

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

 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. 

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 [email protected] 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

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE level/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in English and Maths
  • Good level of literacy and numeracy.
  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Business Administration

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Recent and significant experience of working within a recruitment, employment agency or human resources environment
  • Recent and significant experience of undertaking a range of administrative tasks and competence with Microsoft Office and web-based systems
  • Experience of working in a customer focused environment and providing support by telephone, email, and face to face
  • Experience in planning and implementing event-based recruitment activity with ongoing support to candidates
  • Knowledge of recruitment processes and relevant legislation
  • An understanding of confidentiality and how this is applied to the recruitment and selection process
  • Experience of using social media in the recruitment process

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent customer service and administrative skills
  • Effective communication skills both written and ora
  • Evidence of a creative approach that uses initiative and common sense in a demanding environment
  • Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities, organising, and prioritising own workload to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
  • Ability to collate statistical data and produce reports

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Olga Walsh
Job title
Recruitment Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01305 254655
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