Recruitment Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an opportunity for a Recruitment Officer to join the West London NHS Trust on a permanent, full-time basis. The role involves providing effective recruitment advisory and administration services, managing recruitment activities, and offering guidance to applicants and managers. You will also support the HR compliance agenda, including processing DBS renewals. The position offers variety, responsibility, and autonomy, with hybrid working after an initial training period.
Key responsibilities
- Provide an effective, reliable and responsive recruitment advisory and administration service.
- Manage recruitment activities.
- Provide advice and guidance to applicants and recruiting managers.
- Support the Trust's wider HR compliance agenda.
- Undertake administrative responsibilities including the processing of DBS renewals.
Essential criteria
- Educated to A Level or equivalent
- Certificate in Personnel Practice or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Degree qualification
- CIPD or working towards this
- Experience of working within the recruitment function preferably within the NHS
- Experience of administration process/procedure
- Experience of Medical Staffing recruitment
- Working knowledge of Trac, NHS Jobs system and ESR (Electronic Staff Record)
- Qualifications and Training
- Educated to A Level or equivalent
- Certificate in Personnel Practice or equivalent experience
- Degree qualification
- CIPD or working towards this
- Experience of working within the recruitment function preferably within the NHS
- Experience of administration process/procedure
- Experience of Medical Staffing recruitment
- Working knowledge of Trac, NHS Jobs system and ESR (Electronic Staff Record)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £33,262 – £36,027 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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West London NHS Trust
Recruitment Officer
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We are excited to have an opportunity for a new Recruitment Officer to join the team on a permanent basis.
The Recruitment Team provide support across the Trust with the end-to-end recruitment of all posts including bank, helping to get the correct candidate in post to help our services deliver the highest standard of care.
The role is hybrid working and the successful candidate will be required to come in to the office every day for their first month for training , then moving to a 3 days a week in office rota.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 30th September (Afternoon) and will be face to face.
Main duties of the job
As a Recruitment Officer, you will play a key role in providing an effective, reliable and responsive recruitment advisory and administration service, which will include managing recruitment activities and providing advice and guidance to applicants and recruiting managers.
The successful candidate will also support the Trust's wider HR compliance agenda, undertaking a range of administrative responsibilities including the processing of DBS renewals. This role offers a great opportunity for a self-motivated individual who is looking for variety, responsibility, people contact and a degree of autonomy.
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