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The short answer will likely come as no surprise to UK residents. The process takes far too long, and the NHS's response times are part of a more significant problem with candidate recruitment.
It isn't unusual for the process, which should take a matter of weeks, to stretch into months.
One reason for the delay is that the NHS is short-staffed across the entire organisation, which includes recruitment and credentialing teams.
Another factor is the NHS's continued over-reliance on paperwork, yes! Actual paper. 690,000 miles of paper are used by the NHS yearly. For context, that’s almost double the distance from planet Earth to the moon!
Why Is the NHS Recruitment Process Slow?
The premise is that the NHS is continuously asked to perform under extreme pressure. The recent pandemic only exasperated the problem, but recruitment times have increased over the last decade.
The NHS's recruitment practices and processes have been likened to a moonwalking turtle. It's a culmination of strained resources, out-of-date processes, and more stringent requirements burdening the process.
Patient safety drives many of the regulations. The NHS, like other UK healthcare organisations, is obligated to maintain regulatory compliance with the CQC.
Our credentialing platform is a turnkey system that allows recruitment and credentialing teams to manage client communication and credentialing. We've worked with the NHS and other healthcare organisations, so we've firsthand experience of the recruitment process
One of the compounding issues we've seen is the timeframes used, within the NHS, for initial application and interview. Clinical candidates can wait months to find out if they've met the minimum criteria to make the interview stage. Candidates are often no longer available when the decision has been made to invite them for an interview.
How Long Does The NHS Credentialing Process Take?
Clinical candidates who make it through the initial application process now have to navigate the credentialing stage of the recruitment process before they are invited to interview.
Applicants are put through the following checks:
DBS/CRB
Right to work and ID checks
Employment history verification for the past three years and reference checks
Qualification checks
Occupational health checks
Pre-employment checks
As many of these checks are done manually and tracked using an array of spreadsheets, it becomes quickly apparent why the process often gets bottlenecked.
It often takes recruiters several weeks, more commonly months, to carry out all these checks and complete the shortlisting process.
How many doctors do you think are being burnt out while these checks are being carried out? How many patients are not getting the care they need because the NHS isn't adequately staffed? Which fuels the debate around patient safety.
The premise is that the NHS is continuously asked to perform under extreme pressure. The recent pandemic only exasperated the problem, but recruitment times have increased over the last decade.
The NHS's recruitment practices and processes have been likened to a moonwalking turtle. It's a culmination of strained resources, out-of-date processes, and more stringent requirements burdening the process.
Patient safety drives many of the regulations. The NHS, like other UK healthcare organisations, is obligated to maintain regulatory compliance with the CQC.
Our credentialing platform is a turnkey system that allows recruitment and credentialing teams to manage client communication and credentialing. We've worked with the NHS and other healthcare organisations, so we've firsthand experience of the recruitment process.
One of the compounding issues we've seen is the timeframes used, within the NHS, for initial application and interview. Clinical candidates can wait months to find out if they've met the minimum criteria to make the interview stage. Candidates are often no longer available when the decision has been made to invite them for an interview.
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