Recruitment Advisor | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Are you interested in playing a vital role in an expanding hospital? Are you looking for a role that would utilise you excellent administrative skills, but in a unique fast paced environment?

We are offering a permanent post as a Recruitment Advisor within our team.

Our recruitment team provide the services for every role in the Trust, and we are looking for confident, committed team members to support across the teams. This role involves supporting advertisement, arranging interviews, submitting offers and completing employment checks for every new member of our Trust.

Right to

Work in the UK

This role is not available for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to support visa applications for this post in line with UKVI regulations.

In this role you will

• Support line managers to effectively and efficiently recruit.
• Use our e-recruitment systems to swiftly and proactively recruit candidates
• Promote and deliver a high quality service to all our service users.
• Participate in a remote working/ in office hybrid rota
• Participate in recruitment events

To succeed in this role you will have

• Experience of working in a customer focused/administrative environment.
• Solid experience of undertaking a range of administrative tasks and competence in various computer systems.
• Ability to manage your own workload working both independently and towards team goals
• Ability to manage competing priorities

In return, we can offer you a position in a truly unique, friendly and close knit team, who have a large impact on our organisation and our community.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.​

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role.

Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

This advert closes on Monday 25 May 2026

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.