Healthcare Recruiter

Healthcare Recruiter

Salary: £33,000-£35,000 pro rata (depending on experience)

Hours: 33 hours per week, worked across 4 or 5 days

Location: Faversham Head Office with occasional travel to services

Help us find the people who make a difference. At Avante Care & Support, great care starts with great people. We're looking for an experienced and proactive Healthcare Recruiter to join our growing team and play a key role in attracting exceptional talent to our residential, nursing, and home care services. This is an exciting opportunity for a recruiter who enjoys building relationships, thinking creatively, and making a genuine impact. You'll work closely with operational managers to deliver high-quality recruitment campaigns, identify talent in local communities, and ensure our services have the people they need to provide outstanding care.

What you'll be doing

• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to onboarding
• Partnering with managers to understand workforce needs and provide recruitment expertise
• Creating engaging job adverts and recruitment campaigns using social media, AI tools, and other innovative sourcing methods
• Proactively sourcing and screening candidates for a variety of care and support roles
• Building and maintaining strong talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs
• Attending recruitment events, job fairs, and community engagement activities
• Ensuring all recruitment activity meets safer recruitment and compliance standards
• Monitoring recruitment performance, vacancy levels, and hiring data to drive continuous improvement

What we're looking for

• Previous recruitment experience, ideally within health and social care or another fast-paced sector
• A proven track record of sourcing candidates and filling vacancies in competitive markets
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
• Confidence using ATS systems, job boards, LinkedIn, social media, and other recruitment technology
• A proactive and resilient approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• A passion for delivering an excellent candidate experience

Why join Avante?

• Competitive salary of £33,000-£35,000 pro rata
• Flexible working across 4 or 5 days per week
• A supportive and collaborative recruitment team
• The opportunity to shape recruitment strategies and make a visible impact
• Meaningful work that helps deliver high-quality care across local communities