The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
We have an opportunity for a highly driven and motivated individual to become part of our people resourcing team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust.
As our resourcing partner for clinical workforce, you will provide expertise and advice to develop and deliver recruitment strategies and support the reduction of bank/agency use and spend. Working with hiring managers and divisional teams to ensure services are able to meet their staffing needs and reducing the reliance on temporary workforce.
In return we can offer you full training and support to ensure you learn the role and are confident in agenda for change terms and conditions.
Interviews will take place on 7 January.
Main duties of the job
* Take a proactive approach to understanding resourcing requirements and translating the service need into creative campaigns and strategies; ensuring intervention where we are unable to attract applicants through the standard advertising process
* Track vacancy activity ensuring that all vacant posts are actively being recruited to and keeping a record of vacant posts where there are no plans to recruit into and reasons
* Provide specialist resourcing advice on a range of issues including pre-employment checks, certificates of sponsorship, recruitment agencies, and best practice
* Provide general temporary resourcing support and cost-saving ideas to hiring managers, including the reduction of long line temporary staff, alternative routes to markets
* Understand reasons for booking, monitoring and challenging areas of concern ensuring the triangulation with recruitment activity
* Act as the first point of contact for recruitment agencies in the supply and provision of all staff groups where appropriate
* Be the day-to-day operational lead in matters relating to international recruitment, from point of contact with agencies to induction and orientation of new recruits for all staff groups
* Provide ongoing pastoral support to international recruits as they commence their employment with the Trust, signposting as appropriate and working closely with the divisional team
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 4,000 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Job responsibilities
* Act as the first point of contact for recruitment agencies in the supply and provision of all staff groups where appropriate
* Be the day-to-day operational lead in matters relating to international recruitment, from point of contact with agencies to induction and orientation of new recruits for all staff groups
* Provide ongoing pastoral support to international recruits as they commence their employment with the Trust, signposting as appropriate and working closely with the divisional team
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
* CIPD Qualified (Post Graduate Diploma Level) or equivalent experience
Knowledge and experience
* Understanding of Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Head of People - Resourcing and Retention
£29,970 to £36,483 a year plus 5% high cost area supplement
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