Nhs employment checks

[EatTheRich]

Do I win the award for the longest and the shortest time to start an nhs job? First time round had my interview on the 8th March 2020 and started 11th September 2020

This time round, interviewed 24 March and start next week... I was expecting a massive wait!! I gave my notice so I could work agency and make a bit of money and now my start date is the other side of the weekend after my last day!!

This is insane!!

Well I thought it was good

Aren't you suspicious?

Both mine were 6 months, but would have been a bit quicker 2nd time, but I wanted it to be a certain date so dragged it out a bit extra.

So they don't need to do all the background checks again as you only had them done last year?

@orangegina no I had everything done again, dbs, occy health, references

I had to wait 5 months when I moved Trusts. I often find it’s because HR don’t communicate.

Name change flop there ah well!

When I joined it was a month but that was because I had a month's notice. About 2 weeks is the fastest I've seen depending on how quickly references come back (non clicnial role).

It’s hot much quicker since the DBS checks got more efficient. Presumably something to do with the annual update service. Every delay I’ve had with getting start dates has been criminal record checks!

[quote sickofpainting]@orangegina no I had everything done again, dbs, occy health, references [/quote]
Yes but the checks only delving into recent months, not your whole life. So quicker this time