Recruitment Officers | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£28,392 - £31,157 per annum (pro rata)
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Norwich, NR4 7UY
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	2 Sept 2026
Closing date:	2 Oct 2026

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Summary

Fixed term contract / secondment opportunity for 8 months*

We're looking for Recruitment Officers to play a key role in attracting and appointing talented Healthcare Support Workers across Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals. Working closely with ward and department managers, you'll help ensure our teams have the people they need to deliver outstanding patient care.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your recruitment expertise while making a real difference to frontline services. You'll need excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities.

In return, you'll join a supportive, experienced team where your ideas are valued, your development is encouraged, and your work has a direct impact on the care we provide every day.

Hours of work: full and part time posts available

Interviews to be held week commencing 14 or 23 September.

*Please note, if you are applying for a secondment opportunity, you will need to seek your manager's approval.

Please note that this advertised position, which is part ofoccupation code 4136 does not meetthe UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

As a Recruitment Officer, you'll support the delivery of an efficient, high-quality recruitment service for Healthcare Support Worker recruitment activity from vacancy to appointment.

You'll work in partnership with ward and department managers across the hospital, ensuring vacancies are advertised effectively, candidates are progressed promptly, and recruitment processes meet NHS standards and Trust policies.

You will be preparing and issuing Certificates of Sponsorship where this is a right to work requirement and working with the Government's Sponsor Management System.

You'll also support recruitment campaigns, provide advice and guidance to managers, analyse recruitment data, attend recruitment events, and help develop recruitment initiatives.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site

• Discounted gym memberships

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it

• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site

• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support

• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane

• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane

• Support in career development

• Flexible staff bank

• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Please view the attached Job Description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as you can.

This advert closes on Sunday 6 Sep 2026

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