Job Description

Purpose of the role

To attract, select, and hire outstanding clinical and non-clinical professionals across Welbeck's centres, ensuring every hire contributes to exceptional patient care, operational excellence, and CQC readiness. This role spans all service lines -- from core clinical specialisms (ENT, Cardiology, Endoscopy, Women's Health, Imaging, Theatres, Gastroenterology, Skin Health, Orthopaedics, and Respiratory & Sleep) to Guest Experience and administrative functions that underpin the patient journey.

Key responsibilities

Lead end-to-end recruitment for all centre-based roles including: Clinical: Nursing, ODPs, Theatre staff, Imaging/Radiography, Cardiac Physiology, Endoscopy, Women's Health, ENT, Outpatients, Phlebotomy, AHPs, and Clinical Admin. Non-clinical: Front-of-House, Patient Coordination, Guest Experience, Housekeeping, and Facilities Support. Partner with Centre Directors and Clinical Service Leads to plan workforce needs, pipeline critical skills, and support safe staffing levels in line with CQC regulations. Deliver compliant, values-based recruitment through Teamtailor, ensuring full adherence to right-to-work, DBS, reference, and professional registration requirements. Build and nurture pipelines for scarce and specialist roles through direct sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, and partnerships with professional bodies and universities. Create compelling job adverts and candidate journeys that reflect The Welbeck Way and our clinical excellence. Analyse hiring metrics (time-to-hire, offer acceptance, source effectiveness) and present insights to support workforce planning. Collaborate with HR to align recruitment with service expansion, talent mobility, and succession planning. Champion diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing through every touchpoint in the recruitment process.
Skills and experience

Significant experience recruiting within private healthcare, hospital groups, or specialist medical environments. Deep understanding of CQC workforce standards, safeguarding, and compliance frameworks (GMC, NMC, HCPC). Strong stakeholder management - confident engaging consultants, centre managers, clinical leads, and senior nurses. Proactive, creative sourcer with experience managing high-volume and specialist pipelines. Proficient with ATS (Teamtailor preferred) and LinkedIn Recruiter. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to convey warmth, clarity, and professionalism.

Competencies - The Welbeck Way

Competency

What this looks like in practice

Patient First

Hires people who uphold our standards of safety, care, and clinical excellence.

Collaborative

Works hand-in-hand with Centres, Clinical Leads, and HR to anticipate and meet workforce needs.

Accountable

Ensures recruitment activity aligns to CQC, safeguarding, and internal governance standards.

Innovative

Develops creative, cost-effective sourcing strategies for niche specialisms.

Kind & Professional

Treats every candidate as a future ambassador of The Welbeck Way.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 40,000.00-60,000.00 per year

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Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, W1G 0AR