Job summary

Job Title:

Medical Workforce Advisor

Band:

5

Hours:

37.5

Department:

People & OD

Location:

Blue Star House, Brixton, London, SW9 9SP

Reports to:

Medical Workforce Lead

Accountable To:

Associate Director of People & OD - Medical Workforce

This Band 5 role provides high quality, end-to-end recruitment support for substantive and fixed-term Consultants, SAS and Clinical Fellow post, including Royal College approvals, AAC (approved appointment committee) coordination, TRAC workflow, vacancy control processes (VCP), workforce data cleansing, and payroll alignment. This is a 1.0 WTE role providing support to all Associate Medical Directors Trust-wide.

A central purpose of this role is to proactively drive and sustain reductions in agency spend. The post-holder is expected not only to deliver immediate reductions, but also to embed practices that ensure the organisation continues to realise the long-term financial and operational benefits of consistently lowering agency reliance.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated Medical Workforce Advisor to join our Medical Workforce Team and play a key role in supporting the recruitment, deployment and ongoing employment of doctors across the Trust. This is a varied and rewarding role, working closely with senior clinicians, managers, Postgraduate Medical Education colleagues and NHS England to ensure medical staffing processes are delivered effectively and efficiently.

To co-ordinate and administer the rotation of all medical staff joining the Trust. To prepare and issue all employment documents for new starter trainee doctors including appointment letters, work schedules and contracts of employment. Provide basic HR advice to all grades of doctors who join the Trust including Locally Employed Doctors

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions, and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance,flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease car

Details

Date posted

01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NCL-8233912-DP

Job locations

Blue Star House

234 Stockwell Road

London

SW9 9SP

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Manage and coordinate end-to-end recruitment for allocated Consultant, Specialist Grade, SAS, Resident Doctor, Clinical Fellow, Trust Grade and Locally Employed Doctor vacancies.

Work collaboratively with Medical Workforce colleagues to progress recruitment activity according to service priorities, vacancy risk and team capacity.

Draft, edit and quality assure job descriptions, person specifications, adverts and recruitment documentation in line with Trust standards, Royal College requirements and NHS Employment Check Standards.

Coordinate Royal College approval processes for Consultant and SAS job descriptions and monitor progress to completion.

Advise and support Associate Medical Directors, recruiting managers and clinical services on medical recruitment processes, documentation and timescales.

Manage allocated recruitment activity through TRAC, ensuring approvals, documentation, employment checks and candidate communications are accurate and complete.

Monitor recruitment activity, identify delays or barriers and coordinate their resolution, escalating risks where appropriate.

Ensure vacancy-control submissions contain accurate establishment, funding, position number, cost-centre and vacancy information.

For further details regarding job, please review the attached JDPS.

Job description Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities: Manage and coordinate end-to-end recruitment for allocated Consultant, Specialist Grade, SAS, Resident Doctor, Clinical Fellow, Trust Grade and Locally Employed Doctor vacancies. Work collaboratively with Medical Workforce colleagues to progress recruitment activity according to service priorities, vacancy risk and team capacity. Draft, edit and quality assure job descriptions, person specifications, adverts and recruitment documentation in line with Trust standards, Royal College requirements and NHS Employment Check Standards. Coordinate Royal College approval processes for Consultant and SAS job descriptions and monitor progress to completion. Advise and support Associate Medical Directors, recruiting managers and clinical services on medical recruitment processes, documentation and timescales. Manage allocated recruitment activity through TRAC, ensuring approvals, documentation, employment checks and candidate communications are accurate and complete. Monitor recruitment activity, identify delays or barriers and coordinate their resolution, escalating risks where appropriate. Ensure vacancy-control submissions contain accurate establishment, funding, position number, cost-centre and vacancy information. For further details regarding job, please review the attached JDPS.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Educated to A-level/NVQ$ or equivalent experience in HR, recruitment or administration.
• oRelevant experience in HR, recruitment, workforce administration or a related field

Desirable

• Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• HR, Business Administration or related qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience delivering recruitment administration within the NHS or another large, complex organisation
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment workflows

Desirable

• Experience working in Medical Workforce or medical recruitment
• Understanding of Consultants, SAS and Clinical Fellows recruitment pathways and Royal College processes

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Excellent administrative skills, and high attention to detail.
• Analytical ability to identify data discrepancies and produce reports.

Desirable

• Ability to deliver training on recruitment systems and processes.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders

Person Specification Education and Qualification Essential Educated to A-level/NVQ$ or equivalent experience in HR, recruitment or administration. oRelevant experience in HR, recruitment, workforce administration or a related field Desirable Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development HR, Business Administration or related qualification. Knowledge and Experience Essential Experience delivering recruitment administration within the NHS or another large, complex organisation Experience managing end-to-end recruitment workflows Desirable Experience working in Medical Workforce or medical recruitment Understanding of Consultants, SAS and Clinical Fellows recruitment pathways and Royal College processes Skills and Competencies Essential Excellent administrative skills, and high attention to detail. Analytical ability to identify data discrepancies and produce reports. Desirable Ability to deliver training on recruitment systems and processes. Experience working with senior stakeholders

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blue Star House

234 Stockwell Road

London

SW9 9SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blue Star House

234 Stockwell Road

London

SW9 9SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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