April 25, 2024
Recruitment pool launched to ease hiring pressures for general practice
To help make staff recruitment easier and quicker for practices, the GP Collaborative Board (GPCB) workforce programme has launched a new recruitment pool.
In the recruitment pool on TeamNet, practice management staff will be able to view details of applicants who have previously applied to work in BNSSG, and were considered highly appointable by the interviewing practice.
Kerry Millar, workforce programme manager, said: “We know how challenging recruiting staff can be, and practices told us a shared pool of candidates would really help reduce the amount of time they have to spend on advertising jobs and interviewing. The pool will streamline the process.”
In the recruitment pool, practices will be able to:
- see the applications/CVs and job descriptions for clinical and non-clinical candidates who have been interviewed by a BNSSG practice. The applicants were not successful, but considered by the practices who interviewed them as highly appointable
- contact applicants directly to discuss any employment opportunities
- see details of potential applicants who have expressed an interest in working in BNSSG, but have not been through an interview process
Kerry added: “The success of the pool relies on practices sharing the information of applicants they have interviewed but not appointed, so other practices can consider them. Luckily, sharing that information is quick and easy to do and helps everyone.”
To share candidates’ information:
- practices will need to add a data sharing agreement (DSA) paragraph and tick box (available on TeamNet or from One Care) to their application form
- candidates must have ticked the DSA box on their application form agreeing or declining consent to share their information
- send the relevant candidate details to recruitment.pool@onecare.org.uk
Kerry said: “The pool is here to help ease recruitment pressure for general practice and we want to ensure it’s working well. We welcome any feedback and suggestions for improving it.”
Only practice management staff can access the recruitment pool and can find it by using the TeamNet search bar. Full guidance including the essential DSA wording and FAQs are available on the recruitment pool page.
For more information, to ask any questions, and to provide feedback please contact kerry.millar@onecare.org.uk
Recruitment pool launched to ease hiring pressures for general practice
