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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of Resourcing Operations (maternity cover)

The closing date is 03 March 2026

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Job summary

Are you an inspiring recruitment leader with a passion for driving inclusive, high-quality, and future-focused resourcing services?

As the Head of Resourcing Operations, you will be the Trust's senior lead for recruitment strategy, service delivery, and innovation across both AfC and medical recruitment. You will shape and deliver an exceptional, data-driven, and candidate-centred recruitment function that supports OUH's strategic and operational ambitions.

You will drive improvements across the end-to-end recruitment journey, ensuring our processes are fair, inclusive, efficient, and aligned with Trust values and national standards. Using evidence-based insights, you'll lead the transformation of our recruitment services through continuous improvement, digital solutions, and the adoption of best practice.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead, develop, and continuously improve inclusive recruitment processes across the Trust, ensuring alignment to NHS and OUH policies.
  • Champion a culture of excellence, innovation, and customer service within the recruitment teams.
  • Act as the Trust's expert on national recruitment, providing specialist advice on legislation, employment standards, medical staffing, and best practice.
  • Oversee the delivery of high-quality medical recruitment services, including senior medical appointments and FPPT requirements.
  • Drive innovation using data, technology, automation, and AI to enhance candidate experience, efficiency, and quality of hire.
  • Provide high-quality workforce insights, reports, KPIs, and forecasting to inform strategic resourcing decisions.
  • Build collaborative relationships with divisional leaders, NHSE/I, ICS workforce leads, suppliers, and external partners.
  • Ensure compliance with legislation, NHS Employers Standards, safeguarding processes, professional registration, DBS, and Right to

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

321-CORP-7808630-B8a

Job locations

Oxford University Hospitals

Cowley - Unipart House

Oxford

OX3 9DU


Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached JD/PS

Join us and be at the forefront of delivering an efficient and effective recruitment service that makes a real difference.

Apply now and become a vital part of our team!

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached JD/PS

Join us and be at the forefront of delivering an efficient and effective recruitment service that makes a real difference.

Apply now and become a vital part of our team!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent work experience.
  • Level 7 CIPD or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of employment law, Immigration processes and regulations, and Disclosure and Barring checks as they apply to the NHS recruitment process
  • Manage with a high level of pressure on time and resources
  • Previous experience of providing complex specialist employment advice.
  • Is aware of developments within the NHS and can understand the potential impact on services

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
  • Demonstrates commitment to maintaining and delivering excellent customer service.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent work experience.
  • Level 7 CIPD or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of employment law, Immigration processes and regulations, and Disclosure and Barring checks as they apply to the NHS recruitment process
  • Manage with a high level of pressure on time and resources
  • Previous experience of providing complex specialist employment advice.
  • Is aware of developments within the NHS and can understand the potential impact on services

Skills

Essential

  • Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
  • Demonstrates commitment to maintaining and delivering excellent customer service.

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

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford University Hospitals

Cowley - Unipart House

Oxford

OX3 9DU


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford University Hospitals

Cowley - Unipart House

Oxford

OX3 9DU


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Director of Workforce - Resourcing

Summer Lovegrove

summer.lovegrove@ouh.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

321-CORP-7808630-B8a

Job locations

Oxford University Hospitals

Cowley - Unipart House

Oxford

OX3 9DU


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