Recruitment Lead
Leeds / Newcastle
Competitive Salary DOE + Benefits
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Competitive Salary DOE + Benefits
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Recruitment Lead to join a growing healthcare organisation with an established presence across the North.
This is a key role within the recruitment function, responsible for leading recruitment activity across the business, strengthening candidate pipelines, and ensuring operational teams have access to high-quality healthcare professionals.
The role would suit an experienced healthcare recruiter who is commercially minded, hands-on, and confident taking ownership of recruitment strategy while supporting and developing others.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage recruitment activity across the organisation
- Develop and implement effective recruitment strategies to support business growth
- Build strong pipelines of qualified healthcare and care professionals
- Work closely with operational teams to understand workforce requirements
- Oversee the recruitment process from sourcing through to onboarding
- Support, coach, and develop recruitment team members
- Monitor recruitment KPIs, performance, and candidate conversion
- Identify new sourcing channels and opportunities to improve attraction
- Ensure recruitment and onboarding processes remain compliant and efficient
- Build strong relationships with candidates, managers, and key stakeholders
- Provide recruitment insight and market feedback to senior leadership
Requirements
- Proven experience within healthcare, social care, or clinical recruitment
- Previous experience in a senior recruitment, recruitment lead, or team leadership position
- Strong understanding of healthcare staffing and candidate attraction
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Strong organisational and commercial awareness
- Experience managing recruitment targets and KPIs
- Ability to work autonomously while collaborating closely with operational teams
- Proactive, resilient, and results-driven approach
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary DOE
- Opportunity to lead and shape the recruitment function
- Established and growing healthcare organisation
- Supportive senior leadership team
- Opportunity to develop and implement new recruitment strategies
- Clear career progression opportunities
- Collaborative and fast-paced working environment
If you're an experienced Healthcare Recruitment Lead or senior recruiter looking for your next opportunity across Leeds or Newcastle, we'd love to hear from you for a confidential conversation.
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