Bank Resourcing Officer

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 May 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Flexi-Bank team as a Bank Resourcing Officer, supporting the recruitment and onboarding of bank staff - including Agenda for Change (AfC) and Medical staff (Consultants included) - across multiple NHS Trusts.

In this pivotal role, you'll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, acting as the first point of contact for prospective candidates and guiding them through every stage of the recruitment journey. You'll work closely with hiring managers to ensure staffing requirements are met efficiently, while upholding a high standard of service.

What you'll be doing:

Collaborating with managers to identify and meet staffing needs
Drafting and refining job descriptions and adverts
Coordinating and scheduling interviews
Managing applications and ensuring smooth onboarding
Supporting candidates, managers and internal teams throughout the recruitment process

We're looking for someone who is proactive, highly organised, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. If you're passionate about delivering excellent recruitment support in the NHS, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: This role is based on-site at the Royal Surrey, and all interviews will be held in person.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, high quality recruitment administration service to allManagers, Trust staff and potential applicants.

To support, develop and maintain E-Recruitment via NHS jobs, HR Payroll and ESR.

To act as a first point of contact to thegeneral public interested in working for the Trust.

To provide general recruitmentsupport as required and work as part of the Human Resources team to provide aneffective and efficient recruitment and staff support service.

To ensure that the NHSEmployment Check Standards are followed at all stages of the recruitment process.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,857 to £30,570 a year Pro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-RD-EMF18317

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Liaise with Managers to ensure job descriptions and person specifications arereviewed, accurately represent job content and advise on the wording of recruitmentadvertisements and ensure they meet Trust Criteria. Prepare and place adverts internally, externally and on the internet site. Liaise with(advertising) agencies to ensure presentation meets Trust and NHS guidelines andassociated costs are within agreed budgets. Administration of HR systems (including ESR, TRAC Jobs). Input all job detailsaccurately including relevant supporting information. Advise managers on appropriateclosing dates. Identify and input filtering/short listing criteria.

Write offer letters ensuring that correct terms and conditions information givenincluding starting salary, identifying where appropriate work permits requirements areadhered to and ensuring applications are progressed via Work Permits UK asnecessary, following Home Office and Trust guidelines.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A-Level Qualifications or equivalent experience

Desirable

NVQ 3 in Customer Service/Business Administration or equivalent work experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a relevant administrative role
Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite to include Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of high volume recruiting
Knowledge of Information systems such as HealthRoster, BankStaff and ESR
Previous relevant NHS experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A-Level Qualifications or equivalent experience

Desirable

NVQ 3 in Customer Service/Business Administration or equivalent work experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a relevant administrative role
Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite to include Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of high volume recruiting
Knowledge of Information systems such as HealthRoster, BankStaff and ESR
Previous relevant NHS experience

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.