We are delighted to be appointing a Medical Recruitment Specialist to join our Medical People Services Team. This is a dynamic role that supports doctors throughout their employment journey—from initial recruitment and onboarding, through to ongoing contractual changes and workforce management.
You’ll play a key part in ensuring a smooth and positive experience for medical staff, using a range of workforce systems to manage recruitment, pay-affecting changes, and roster oversight. Working closely with clinical teams and stakeholders, you’ll help deliver a high-quality, values-led service that supports safe staffing and excellent patient care across the Trust.
The standard working hours for this post are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Work with managers, People and OD BP’s and Clinical Directors/Leads to develop job packs and recruitment literature for medical posts. To regularly review job description library to ensure job descriptions are kept up to date and improved where necessary.
Advertise posts on TRAC, NHS Jobs and SATH jobs utilising social media and any other relevant jobs boards. Liaise with marketing and communication teams where appropriate to ensure wide coverage of vacancies using social media and other forms of communication to promote vacancies.
To be main liaison for permanent agency and international recruitment with the allocated specialties; engaging relevant agencies and managing candidates in through the recruitment process.
Keep up to date with recruitment legislation and system changes such as TRAC, NHS jobs and ESR.
To be fully conversant with department workforce systems, including ESR, TRAC, NHS Jobs, DBS and Occupational Health portals and other systems and databases as and when introduced.
To use ESR to provide medical workforce information.
Use the TIS system and ESR interface to ensure all new starters are sent new starter paperwork in a timely manner and released into ESR prior to their start date.
We are a dedicated team of Medical Staffing experts supporting the employment lifecycle of medical and dental professionals across the Trust. From first contact to final contract, we ensure every step of the journey is seamless, compliant, and values-driven.
We’re also deeply passionate about developing our own team. We foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement—empowering each other to grow professionally and personally.
Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
