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- Recruitment guide
- Stages of recruitment
- considering applying?
- Making an application
- Preparing for interview
- Waiting to start,
- NHS ID requirement
- Accessible documents
- Overseas recruitment / internationally educated / require sponsorship
Recruitment process
NCH&C is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment.
As part of this commitment, we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing.
The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
How can you prepare for the recruitment process?
Your application
You will need to complete your application via Trac (NCH&C's applicant tracking system), once you have completed this once, most sections (apart from your supporting statement) will save for any future applications you complete.
Include all previous employment with accurate dates you worked there. This will assist the recruitment team when sending employment requests to your previous places of work. Also briefly describe what you did in each role.
Include all relevant qualifications in your application form as well as anything you're currently studying. When entering referee details, double check all email addresses (we can't accept personal email address such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail etc, unless it's a character referee) are correct and that your referee is aware they may need to provide a reference for you.
In your supporting statement, be very explicit with what you write - nothing can be inferred, and you will only be shortlisted based on what is written. You should also include why you are interested in the role and why the role would suit you (experience/skills). All applications are shortlisted against the shortlisting criteria on the job advert (in the person specification section).
Trac emails can sometimes go to your email junk folder so make sure to check there throughout the process.
If you are applying for a clinical role, you will need a list of your vaccinations from your GP surgery for when your Occupational Health check is undertaken. You can proactively request these in advance and keep them in an accessible safe place as you may be asked for these on more than one occasion.
NCH&C also has a 'recommend a friend' recruitment referral scheme, this means someone already working for the organisation can recommend you for a role by sharing the advert with you, and you both will get £150 each!
Prepare for interview
Log into Trac to check the progress of your application and accept interview invites.
Bring ID to interview, you can check what we accept by following this link:
Trac candidate docs (link opens to a new window bringing you to Trac).
Prepare some notes of some real-life examples that would be good for interview, an interview is not a memory test, and we welcome you to bring notes in.
Competency based interviews are the primary recruitment process at NCH&C. This is when you are asked about a time you have demonstrated a particular skill or behaviour, and how you may approach a certain situation.
Conditional Offer
Contact your referees once you have been offered the role to set their expectations that the HR team will be sending them an employment request, these are purely factual requests. You will need to provide the most recent 3 years of referee's unless you're being recruited from an NHS organisation.
We can accept signed recruitment documents back via email or post. If unable to sign any documents with wet ink, please provide email confirmation that you are happy for it to be processed by the team.
If you haven't provided adequate ID at your interview, you will need to arrange a further ID check with your recruiting manager, contact details for this can be found in your conditional offer letter.
If emailing the HR Team for updates, please include the job reference number and job title in your email. You can check what pre-employment checks are complete by visiting the candidate Trac area (link opens a new page to Trac).
When you receive your Occupational Health link (for patient facing roles), this needs to be completed within 5 days before the link will expire.
Don't hand your notice in until all pre-employment checks are complete; you may be left with a gap between your old role and your new role.
