Recruitment Assistant

£25,760 to £27,476 a year pro rata pa

Are you organised, detail-focused and looking for a varied administrative role within NHS recruitment? We are looking for a proactive and organised Recruitment Assistant to join our team. This is a busy, office-based administrative role, supporting recruitment activity and helping to ensure processes are completed accurately, efficiently and within required timescales.

You will support the full recruitment process and act as a key point of contact for managers, applicants and colleagues. Your role will include:

This is a busy and varied role, where organisation, attention to detail and a positive approach are essential.

• Responding to recruitment enquiries and providing clear, helpful information
• Supporting the recruitment process from advertisement through to appointment
• Completing pre-employment checks (e.g. right to work, references and DBS)
• Preparing recruitment documents such as offer letters and contracts
• Keeping accurate records and updating recruitment systems
• Working closely with managers and candidates to ensure a smooth, timely process

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AIgenerated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

• Organised, detail-oriented and able to manage competing priorities
• A clear communicator with a collaborative approach
• Passionate about delivering a high standard of customer service
• Comfortable working with IT systems and handling confidential information
• A team player who builds positive working relationships

Previous experience or knowledge of recruitment processes would be an advantage, but is not essential.

o Be part of a supportive and collaborative recruitment teamo Play an important role in helping the Trust recruit the people needed to deliver excellent patient care.o Gain experience across a range of recruitment and administrative processeso Access opportunities for learning and developmento Work within a Trust that values inclusion, wellbeing and staff voice

If you are organised, enjoy administrative work and are confident managing systems, documents and competing priorities, we would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 24 November 2026

Interview Date: 9 December 2026

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

United Kingdom

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

10 November 2026

Agenda for change

Band 3

Permanent

Part-time

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

United Kingdom