Kent & Medway Health and Care Academy

Recruitment Guidance

10 steps to employment

1. Register for an account on trac.jobs for NHS roles or visit the Kent Care Professionals Job Board to find jobs in the care sector.

2. Search for suitable roles in your area and apply

3. Your application will be longlisted and scored against the job description and personal specification

4. If successful, you will be asked to attend a panel interview in person or virtually

5. You may have other recruitment stages such as be asked to provide a written assessment or give a presentation

6. If successful you will be made a conditional offer

7. Recruitment team will conduct pre-employment checks such as confirming; identity, right to work, DBS (disclosure and barring service), professional regulations and qualifications check, employment history and reference checks and a work health assessment.

8. Once all checks have been completed you will receive an unconditional offer of employment. At this stage, you can agree a start date with your new line manager.

9. Contract of employment

10. Start date – once we have received all paperwork and a contract from you, we will book you onto our induction and mandatory training programmes

Recruitment guide

Click the links below for guidance on how to navigate the health and care recruitment system to help you achieve application and interview success.

Before you apply

People skills

Qualifications

Writing your application

Interviews hints and tips

The STAR method

Applying from overseas

Visit the Applying from Overseas page to check what you will need if you are currently living overseas or do not have British citizenship.

If you have any queries about recruitment in health or care roles, you can contact the academy to find out more by emailing kmicb.kmhcacademy@nhs.net

Click Here for information on applying from overseas

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