Recruiter - Clinical Services (Nursing, Theatre & Care)

Overview

Role: Clinical Recruiter - Nursing, Theatre & Care. Locations: London, Manchester or Leeds. Type: Permanent, Full Time 37.5 hours per week.

As a Clinical Recruiter, you will specialise in attracting and hiring healthcare professionals across nursing, theatre, and clinical care services. You will support the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care by attracting the best talent-from registered nurses and theatre practitioners to healthcare assistants and specialist clinicians. This role supports Cromwell Hospital and associated diagnostic centres.

What you'll do

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for clinical roles, from requisition through to offer and onboarding
• Partner closely with hiring managers across ward, theatre, outpatient and diagnostic services to understand workforce needs
• Lead proactive direct sourcing strategies to identify and engage hard-to-fill clinical talent (e.g. theatre nurses, scrub practitioners, specialist nurses)
• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines across key clinical disciplines
• Create compelling, clinically relevant job adverts across multiple platforms
• Utilise job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, and targeted search methods to attract passive candidates
• Screen and assess candidates for clinical competence, experience, and cultural fit
• Ensure all candidate activity is accurately tracked in the ATS (Workday)
• Coordinate interviews and support hiring managers throughout the selection process
• Drive timely feedback and maintain strong candidate engagement
• Collaborate with onboarding teams to ensure clinical compliance and documentation is complete at offer stage (e.g. NMC/HCPC checks, right to work)
• Provide regular market insight and hiring updates to senior stakeholders
• Champion inclusive hiring practices within clinical recruitment
• Support team collaboration and provide cover across roles when needed

What you'll bring

• Proven experience recruiting across clinical healthcare roles (e.g. nursing, theatres, AHPs and Healthcare Assistants)
• Strong track record of direct sourcing using multiple channels, including proactive headhunting for hard-to-fill roles
• Experience managing high-volume and specialist clinical vacancies simultaneously
• Understanding of clinical compliance requirements (e.g. professional registrations, safeguarding, right to work)
• Experience using an ATS (ideally Workday)
• Ability to influence and partner with stakeholders in clinical environments
• Confident working at pace, managing competing priorities and expectations
• Strong organisational, problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience as an internal clinical recruiter within healthcare settings (desirable)

Benefits and additional information

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing with service
• Option to buy/sell leave
• Enhanced pension and life insurance
• Bupa health insurance
• Discounted gym access and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work and season ticket loan
• Digital GP access; mental health and wellbeing support
• Financial wellbeing resources; support for carers

For further details, please email