Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Talent Acquisition Adviser

The closing date is 22 March 2026

Job summary

Join our in-house Talent Acquisition team!

This is a varied, rounded role that brings together attraction, end-to-end recruitment delivery, social media content and recruitment events, with a strong focus on inclusive, person-centred candidate experience. You will work as an internal recruitment consultant, partnering with managers and senior leaders to attract high-quality talent and support recruitment activity across clinical and corporate roles.

The role offers autonomy, variety and the opportunity to influence how recruitment is delivered across the Trust.Key elements of the role include:o Proactive attraction, sourcing and pipeline buildingo End-to-end recruitment delivery and candidate supporto Creating engaging social media and recruitment contento Supporting recruitment campaigns, events and careers fairso Advising managers on attraction and fair selection practice

For a comprehensive list of the tasks and responsibilities of this role, please refer to the job description and person specification.

It is essential to be able to work at all three of our sites, Wexham Park, Heatherwood (Ascot) and Frimley, the role will also require attendance of industry and student events in various locations.

If you're passionate about modern, inclusive recruitment and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you - apply now.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

We are seeking a results-focused Talent Acquisition Advisor to join our high-performing People Services team.

This role has a clear performance focus: you will lead recruitment campaigns for consultants, senior managers, and hard-to-fill posts, ensuring timely onboarding to reduce reliance on agency staff and drive measurable cost savings.

You will design, deliver, and track the impact of targeted attraction campaigns, working with colleagues and external partners to ensure measurable outcomes. This includes analysing campaign performance, monitoring ROI, and using data insight to continuously improve attraction and selection methods.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,602 to £39,686 a year Per annumn

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-DW0049

Job locations

Heatherwood Hospital

Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue

Ascot

SL5 7GB


Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of the tasks and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of the tasks and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Recruitment/marketing/ HR / business degree level, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Certificate in HR Practice or professional marketing qualification or equivalent practical experience in recruitment/TA

Desirable

  • Relevant training in social media, digital marketing or employer branding

Experience

Essential

  • Proven background in a recruitment, talent acquisition environment & attraction campaigns
  • Experience of creating engaging written content (e.g. job adverts, social media, web content)
  • Experience of managing multiple tasks and priorities within a fast-paced environment
  • Proven background high-quality customer and stakeholder engagement

Desirable

  • Experience of using TRAC
  • Experience of supporting recruitment for hard-to-fill roles

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Best practice knowledge of recruitment and selection methods
  • Demonstrable skills using social media for recruitment attraction and employer branding
  • Ability to use digital systems accurately and maintain high standards of data quality
  • Ability to analyse basic recruitment data and information to support reporting and service improvement

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS employment check standards and understanding of UK right to work and immigration requirements
  • Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion principles within recruitment
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Recruitment/marketing/ HR / business degree level, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Certificate in HR Practice or professional marketing qualification or equivalent practical experience in recruitment/TA

Desirable

  • Relevant training in social media, digital marketing or employer branding

Experience

Essential

  • Proven background in a recruitment, talent acquisition environment & attraction campaigns
  • Experience of creating engaging written content (e.g. job adverts, social media, web content)
  • Experience of managing multiple tasks and priorities within a fast-paced environment
  • Proven background high-quality customer and stakeholder engagement

Desirable

  • Experience of using TRAC
  • Experience of supporting recruitment for hard-to-fill roles

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Best practice knowledge of recruitment and selection methods
  • Demonstrable skills using social media for recruitment attraction and employer branding
  • Ability to use digital systems accurately and maintain high standards of data quality
  • Ability to analyse basic recruitment data and information to support reporting and service improvement

Desirable

  • Knowledge of NHS employment check standards and understanding of UK right to work and immigration requirements
  • Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion principles within recruitment

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

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heatherwood Hospital

Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue

Ascot

SL5 7GB


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heatherwood Hospital

Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue

Ascot

SL5 7GB


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Resourcing

Dan Winchcombe

daniel.winchcombe@nhs.net

07532604066

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,602 to £39,686 a year Per annumn

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-DW0049

Job locations

Heatherwood Hospital

Finance, Greenwood Offices, Brook Avenue

Ascot

SL5 7GB


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