Primary Care Careers Hiring for HR Officer at Stowmarket Full Time

About the Role

Suffolk Primary Care is seeking an experienced HR Officer to join our small team, providing HR services to over 500 staff. Do you have experience in recruitment and supporting managers in HR processes? If so, this could be for you. Strong communication skills, are essential, as are good IT skills and the ability to prioritise a busy workload, whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times.

You would be working for an organisation focused on developing and nurturing our 500+ staff, building relationships, and delivering excellent quality of care to our 130,000 patients. Suffolk Primary Care is committed to a policy of equal opportunities in employment.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Manage the recruitment process using NHS Jobs and other approved recruitment platforms, including assisting managers in the preparation of job descriptions, person specifications and interview questions;

Ensure that all pre-employment checks are conducted in line with national NHS Employers guidelines and organisational procedures, including being the main counter signatory for processing DBS checks and applications for work-permits and leave to remain applications in accordance with UK Border Agency guidelines;

Be responsible for the accurate production of contracts of employment and contract amendments letters, to given timescales for signing by the HR manager/operations director, as appropriate;

Manage and maintain the E-Recruitment database, job files and systems, to enable efficient processing of job vacancies and applications and provide statistical data;

Respond to enquiries regarding advertised posts and ad hoc enquiries to given timeframes and standards;

Ensure completion of all induction, commencement of employment forms and probation review forms;

Issue mandatory training logins for new starters;

Be responsible for entering and updating of data to ensure that HR system (TeamNet Agilio) is regularly and accurately maintained;

Compile and create HR reports as and when required, using the HR system where possible;

Be responsible for running reports to inform decision making;

Be first point of contact for HR system queries, including monitoring the HR email boxes;

Maintain email distribution lists;

Perform file audits to ensure that all required employee documentation is collected and maintained;

Provide support to managers in relation to sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance, capability and other HR procedures as required;

Advise managers on terms and conditions;

Assist with the development and review of HR policies and procedures;

Assist with HR projects as required;

Develop, promote and maintain constructive working relationships with managers, staff, and other HR colleagues to provide a good quality and effective HR service at all times.

For further information about the role, please see the attached job description.

For an informal discussion please contact Gill Lewis, HR Manager on 07935 065779 or email [email protected].

Closing date for applications is Sunday, 25th June 2022.

Interviews will be held w/c 4th July 2022.

About the Candidate

Essential experience:
Recruitment administration and processes;

E-Recruitment systems;

Supporting managers with HR procedures;

Experience of creating spread sheets and/or databases and using them to effectively produce reports;

Experience of working within a diverse and challenging environment, where priorities change and adjustment to working practices are made;

Providing outstanding customer service.

Desirable experience:
Previous NHS experience;

Previous experience of payroll administration and processes.

Essential qualifications:
GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable qualification:
CIPD complete or partially complete

Applicants will ideally be fully vaccinated against COVID.

About Us

Suffolk Primary Care is an innovative partnership with like minded Suffolk GP surgeries covering 130,000 patients. Doctors and practice staff share resources and work together to ensure patients continue to receive high quality healthcare.

Suffolk Primary Care is committed to a policy of equal opportunities in employment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.