Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Band 4 Recruitment and Onboarding Support Officer

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Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic individual to join the Directorate of Mental Health (DMH) as a Recruitment and Onboarding Support Officer for a 12-month contract.

The successful candidate will work to provide recruitment and onboarding (new starter experience) support to Service and Team managers within the Directorate of Mental Health. This role will work closely with the Trust Recruitment Team.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, have excellent organisation skills, be quick to learn and able to work under pressure and independently with minimal supervision. The role will mainly be based at home with the requirement to travel into LPT bases across Leicester as and when needed.

If you have an interest in providing excellent, high quality administration and recruitment support and meet the requirements in the person specification, we'd love to hear from you.

This vacancy may close early once we have reached a sufficient number of applications.

Main duties of the job

To support managers to recruit the right people, with the right skills, at the right time to deliver the best possible services to patients, service users and carers.

To develop strong and productive relationships and networks within the directorate and wider organisation to support effective, efficient, and supported recruitment and induction of all appointees and new starters. This will require the use of excellent communication skills, and a person-centred and customer focused approach.

To work directly with recruiting managers to formulate and enact recruitment and on-boarding plans which meet the needs of the service and provide a positive experience to all candidates and new starters.

To work with colleagues in the Recruitment Team working on Directorate of Mental Health vacancies and candidates to ensure that efforts are aligned and contribute to the best candidate attraction and recruitment experience.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

07 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

C9313-23-0671

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in applying then please read the attached Job Description for full details of the job role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in applying then please read the attached Job Description for full details of the job role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education including GCSE English and Mathematics Grade C (new Grade 4) or higher.
ILM Level 3 or equivalent skills, knowledge, and experience.
Higher National Certificate or Vocational Qualifications to level 4/5 or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

Experience of delivering outstanding customer services to both internal and external customers.
Experience of managing recruitment processes.
Experience of working in a fast paced environment.
Ability to demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education including GCSE English and Mathematics Grade C (new Grade 4) or higher.
ILM Level 3 or equivalent skills, knowledge, and experience.
Higher National Certificate or Vocational Qualifications to level 4/5 or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

Experience of delivering outstanding customer services to both internal and external customers.
Experience of managing recruitment processes.
Experience of working in a fast paced environment.
Ability to demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving skills.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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