Team Leader - Recruitment (XN04)

Job summary

You will be responsible for supervising a small team of Resourcing Officers and Resourcing Assistants and you will be the lead for the recruitment and employment of staff across the Trust. You will support your team in ensuring all candidates are cleared to work in the Trust in line with NHS Employers standards and you will provide advice regarding the mandatory pre-employment checks, Right to Work, terms and conditions of service, starting salaries and other complex queries.

Liaison with external agencies and internal customers is a key part of the role, to deliver a high quality, customer focussed service to the organisation.

Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions of Service is essential, as well as an understanding of good practice and legal requirements relating to recruitment. You will also need to have an extensive working knowledge of current UKVI skilled worker process and policies.

Main duties of the job

Provide advice and guidance to line managers, including advice and support in relation to the use of NHS Jobs, NHS terms and conditions of employment and starting salaries for staff

Compile data and produces reports as required. This will involve taking the initiative for research and analysis, as well as general formatting and presentation and could involve appropriate calculations from a variety of computerised and manual sources

To objectively deal with difficult situations including queries from staff on terms and conditions of employment and Trust Policy interpretation and with candidates and staff around the recruitment and selection process and have the ability to tackle and resolve difficult issues with tact and sensitivity.

About us

LTHT Resourcing process the recruitment of successful candidates into their roles at LTHT and some of our partner organisations. As such, we have several specialist teams to meet the demand of such variety and quantity of new staff. We are a disability confident recruiter, as well as being passionate about the Health and Wellbeing of our staff and have a range of networks to promote a healthy work-life balance.

The Resourcing department is a close-knit team and team members will always support each other in their roles. We can also offer flexible hours (core hours of 9am-4pm must be covered), NHS discounts, a good salary, seasonal events (e.g. Christmas quiz) and regular HR-wide 'Team Briefs' so we are kept up to date with the wider changes in the Trust.

We are one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK and employ over 20,000 staff and we would like to offer you the opportunity to join our busy resourcing team.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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