Resourcing Advisor

Fixed Term for 12 months (Maternity Cover)

Closing Date:
Tuesday 21st July 2026

Interview Date: TBC

** This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.**

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email;please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make adifference every day.

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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is on an exciting journey --and our People & Workforce team is right at the heart of it. We're looking for a dynamic Resourcing Advisor who's ready to take ownership, drive improvements, and deliver an exceptional recruitment experience.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where no two days lookthe same.

You will:

• Work in collaboration with specific directorates, you will be responsible for all aspects of end to end Agenda for Change and Medical recruitment from advertising to offer completion with a particular focus on effective hiring manager engagement and exceptional candidate experience.
• Partner with managers across the Trust to deliver smooth, efficient recruitment
• Lead on pre-employment checks, including visas, DBS and medical clearances
• Support medical recruitment processes, including junior doctor rotations and AAC panels
• Keep our systems (Trac, ESR, NHS Jobs) accurate and up to date
• Spot bottlenecks, improve KPIs and champion better ways of working
• Provide expert advice on terms and conditions, pay, and employment processes
• Train colleagues and support our Resourcing Assistants

You’ll be the friendly, knowledgeable point of contact that candidates and managers rely on -- helping us build a workforce that reflects our values and delivers outstanding patient care.

If you're motivated, solutions-focused and ready to grow your HR career, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Actively seek ways to attract candidates to roles across the Trust

Be an advocate for resourcing across the organisation taking part in promoting the team, its purpose and its importance inside and outside the trust including at careers and recruitment events

To work directly with recruiting managers and clinical leads to guide them through the full recruitment cycle including vacancy approval, advertising, shortlisting, assessment, offer, pre-employment and first day arrangements.

Work directly with recruiting managers and clinical leads to review recruitment literature pre-advertising; ensuring correct templates are used and recommending and influencing changes as appropriate.

To meet regularly with recruiting managers and clinical leads to understand resourcing requirements and problems; actively proposing solutions.

To review the applicant tracking system dashboard on a daily basis; actively identifying bottlenecks and progressing delayed clearances to improve the candidate experience and meet KPI targets.

Ensure time to hire is kept overall within agreed targets through effective process management, tracking and escalation.

In the absence of the team-leader, produce monthly time to hire reports for inclusion on the Trust wide dashboard.

Complete random audit checks on essential qualification standards at shortlisting stage; discussing any inconsistencies with the Recruiting Manager.

To work with recruiting managers and clinical leads to assist the team-leader develop the trust wide annual recruitment plan; collaboratively working with Communications to promote the plan to maximise impact.

Attend and co-ordinate AAC panels for consultant recruitment and recruitment campaigns/assessment centres in accordance with the annual recruitment plan which may involve evening and weekend working.

Determine candidate visa eligibility in accordance with Home Office Immigration Rules and thereafter processing applications and payment for relevant Sponsorship using the Sponsor Management System (SMS).

To assist in the prevention of illegal working by carrying out repeat…