NHS Employers has gathered a range of resources designed to help employers within the health service to navigate the employment checks process safely and effectively.
These processes are often criticised for making it even more difficult to compete in a competitive labour market. The resources and guidance from NHS Employers helps to minimise any unnecessary delays in the time to hire process.
Employment checks on the suitability and safety of individuals working in the NHS are essential, but it is also important that the processes that are in place do not deter people from choosing the NHS as an employer.
• NHS Employment Check Standards FAQs. Recently updated, these will help organisations to determine whether local processes are done through custom and practice, and if there are other ways to achieve the assurances required to meet the standards, but avoid unnecessary delays.
• Use of automation. Learn more about examples from colleagues about how automation has been used to speed up recruitment processes.
• Inspire, Attract and Recruit Toolkit. Learn about different approaches to interview and selection processes and onboarding.
• Reduce the time between job offer and start date. Delays in time to hire can be detrimental to the experience of young people and lead to high drop-out rates as they seek employment elsewhere. NHS Employers has resources available to support organisations trying to reduce these delays.
• Recruit and Retain Young People toolkit. This provides a wealth of examples of streamlining processes and improving the candidate experience.
NHS Employers will be running a webinar on Wednesday, October 19, featuring experts in the recruitment and retention of young people, and employment checks. NHS organisations looking to recruit will be able to discuss processes for recruitment and simplifying employment checks without compromising standards and patient safety. Booking for this webinar will be open shortly via the events page of the NHS Employers’ website.
