Head of Recruitment

We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Recruitment Solutions Lead to join our Doctors Direct team and play a key role in shaping our recruitment and workforce solutions.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for leading onsite and central recruitment teams, driving candidate attraction, retention and fill rates, and delivering strong commercial performance. You will work closely with senior clients and internal stakeholders to develop recruitment solutions, grow accounts and identify new opportunities.

About you

You will be an experienced recruitment or workforce solutions leader with a proven track record of leading teams, managing client relationships and delivering commercial results.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until October 2027.

• Lead, develop and motivate high-performing recruitment teams.
• Drive fill rates, recruitment, retention and workforce utilisation across Doctors Direct.
• Take ownership of budgets, P&L, income growth and performance targets.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and internal teams.
• Develop candidate attraction and recruitment strategies to support growth and improve the candidate experience.
• Use data and market insight to identify opportunities and improve business performance.
• Identify opportunities for account growth, new revenue streams and service development.
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing and other teams to support new business and client implementation.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes, reducing time to hire and enhancing the experience of clients, candidates and Bank Members.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real strategic impact within Doctors Direct, shaping recruitment solutions, developing teams and helping to deliver workforce solutions that make a difference across the NHS.

If you are a commercially minded recruitment leader who enjoys developing people, building strong client partnerships and delivering measurable results, we would love to hear from you.

• Senior experience within recruitment, workforce solutions, staffing or a similar environment.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience managing budgets and/or P&L.
• A proven track record of improving recruitment performance, fill rates and retention.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• A data-driven and strategic approach, with the ability to turn insight into action.
• Experience developing recruitment, candidate attraction or account growth strategies.
• A collaborative, innovative approach and a strong focus on client and candidate experience.

• Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
• A commitment to talent management & development
• Values Star of the Month! - Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
• Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Wellbeing Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Engagement & discounts platform

NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.

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