Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Human Resources Assistant

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for motivated and conscientious individuals to work within our fast paced Recruitment Team within HR Services.

This would be an ideal opportunity for applicants looking to gain some HR experience or those looking to consolidate prior HR learning/experience in a large public sector organisation. We currently one permanent contract available.

This post is offered working on a hybrid model with the majority being office days.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will be responsible for administering our full recruitment and selection process including placing adverts, arranging interviews, processing successful candidates pre-employment clearances (including references, DBS checks, ID and Right to Work checks) and issuing contracts of employment.

Applications are invited from candidates who hold excellent communication and organisational skills in order to prioritise a varied workload on a daily basis, alongside those who are able to use their own initiative effectively within a busy working environment.

The post will be based at Northumbria House, Cobalt Business Park but the post holder will be required to work at other sites within the Trust on a regular basis. Therefore they must have the ability to travel to all of our Trust sites to support the delivery of inductions and assessment centres.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted

12 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6532578NR-HAS

Job locations

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive flexible administrative Human Resources service to staff, advising on queries arising from staff terms and conditions and recruitment and selection policies.

To maintain computerised Human Resources Systems, Records and Databases.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive flexible administrative Human Resources service to staff, advising on queries arising from staff terms and conditions and recruitment and selection policies.

To maintain computerised Human Resources Systems, Records and Databases.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA III /NVQ 3 in Administration or equivalent word processing qualification/experience
  • Proficient in word processing and in depth knowledge of Microsoft Office packages

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a busy office environment.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within the NHS.
  • Previous experience / knowledge in HR issues.

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Advanced keyboard skills for data input.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSA III /NVQ 3 in Administration or equivalent word processing qualification/experience
  • Proficient in word processing and in depth knowledge of Microsoft Office packages

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a busy office environment.

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within the NHS.
  • Previous experience / knowledge in HR issues.

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Advanced keyboard skills for data input.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Advisor

Natalie Mahon

natalie.mahon@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01912031425

Details

Date posted

12 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6532578NR-HAS

Job locations

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

North Shields

NE27 0QJ


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