Recruitment Team Lead | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Are you the person colleagues naturally turn to for recruitment advice, support and expertise?

We’re creating a new Recruitment Team Lead role as part of a wider redesign of our Recruitment Service. This is a hands-on leadership role with real accountability for day-to-day delivery.

You’ll lead a small team of Recruitment Advisors, providing line management, setting clear expectations and managing workload. You’ll act as the first point of escalation for hiring managers and step in to resolve issues where needed.

This is a delivery-focused role. You’ll manage the recruitment pipeline, identify risks early, remove blockers and ensure activity moves at pace—without compromising on quality, compliance, candidate experience or inclusive practice.

We are strengthening the advisory role of the service. You’ll support Advisors to guide managers, promote fair and inclusive decisions, and improve recruitment practice. You’ll also help build capability, improve use of systems and data, and support a more proactive, consultancy-based approach.

You’ll need to be confident supervising staff or coordinating work, managing competing priorities and keeping things on track in a busy environment. Strong judgement, communication and a focus on outcomes are essential.

If you’re ready to take ownership and shape how recruitment operates, we’d like to hear from you.

Advert may close early due to high applications.
• Provide first line management and day to day supervision to Recruitment Advisors, including workload allocation, performance oversight and development.
• Coordinate and prioritise recruitment activity across the team to ensure timely delivery against agreed service standards.
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational and complex recruitment issues, resolving within remit and escalating where required.
• Oversee recruitment activity to ensure consistency, compliance with NHS Employment Check Standards and adherence to Trust policy.
• Support recruitment campaigns, assessment centres and high volume recruitment activity.
• Contribute to service improvement by identifying inefficiencies and supporting implementation of changes to processes and systems.
• Provide advice and guidance to managers on recruitment processes, selection practice and inclusive recruitment.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of the role and responsibilities.

In summary, the postholder will provide team leadership, coordinate recruitment activity, oversee quality assurance and compliance, support service improvement, and contribute to delivery of an efficient, inclusive and high quality recruitment service.

This advert closes on Thursday 14 May 2026

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