NHS Employment Checks Standards training modules

NHS Employers is responsible for maintaining the NHS Employment Check Standards. The Standards assist employers to practically implement the six types of employment checks mandated by the Department for Health and Social Care, to be completed for all appointments in the NHS. This includes those engaged in paid work, temporary workers and those undertaking unpaid work in the NHS such as volunteers, trainees, students, and those on work experience.

The e-learning modules within this resource provide support for individuals who have responsibility for undertaking employment checks within their NHS organisation (this may be recruitment leads in HR or line managers). It is suitable for both new-starters and more experienced staff in need of ‘refresher’ training. The resource could also be useful to more senior HR colleagues who may need to refer to the guidance to troubleshoot an issue.
Each e-learning module within this resource provides learners with key information about the different types of employment checks, what the checks are, why they are important (including legislation and links to where to find guidance/policies), what the minimum requirements are to undertake the checks, and how to safely store documents. The modules also include scenarios for learners to work through to assess their understanding of employment checks. 

The resource is intended to help increase understanding and confidence to make safe recruitment and employment decisions, in turn helping to prevent barriers to employment being created by the NHS employment checking requirements.