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On-line boost for NHS recruitment

  • Published date:
    3 December 2003

New website allows candidates to view and apply for NHS jobs on-line

Health minister John Hutton today launched an on-line recruitment service for the NHS, which allows candidates to view job adverts and apply for positions on one website.

Forty-six NHS organisations have been picked to spearhead the new service (which is available at www.nhs.uk/jobs) and will start to advertise jobs on-line from this week. The service will be rolled out nationally in the NHS from March 2004.

The service is expected to save £24 million per year once it is rolled out in 2004.

John Hutton said:

"To build on our success in increasing the numbers of key staff in the NHS we need to make it much easier for people to find out what jobs are available. We also need to speed up recruitment so that people can access the rewarding careers that the NHS has to offer.

"I am delighted that the Department is leading the way with the introduction of this service, which will not only help the NHS to recruit the people it needs, but also help candidates to find and apply for the jobs they want with as much ease as possible."

Department of Health figures suggest that as many as a quarter of a million people find new jobs in the NHS each year. The new service will allow NHS organisations to advertise jobs to millions of people at the touch of a button. It also means that there will be one place at which people can find and apply for jobs across the NHS.

The service is one of a number of Department of Health initiatives that will radically improve recruitment and retention of staff in the NHS.

Notes to editor

  1. Media enquiries only to Victoria MacCallum at the Department of Health media centre on 020 7210 5281.
  2. The service is being used from December by the following 46 NHS organisations:County Durham & Darlington Acute Hospitals
    County Durham & Tees Valley WDC
    Darlington PCT
    Easington PCT
    Langbaurgh PCT
    North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
    South Tees NHS Trust
    Tees & NE Yorkshire NHS Trust
    Department of Health
    Fareham & Gosport PCT
    Hampshire and Isle of Wight WDC
    Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust
    Portsmouth City PCT
    Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
    West Hampshire NHS Trust
    Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust
    East Kent NHS Partnership & Social Care Trust
    East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
    Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
    Royal West Sussex
    Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland WDC
    Leicstershire Partnership Trust
    Middlesbrough PCT
    University Hospitals of Leicester
    National Blood Service (NBS)
    Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
    North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust
    North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
    Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
    Barts & The London NHS Trust
    Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust
    Newham Healthcare NHS Trust
    Newham PCT
    North East London Mental Health NHS Trust
    North East London Strategic Health Authority
    Waltham Forest PCT
    Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust
    Lincolnshire NHS Shared Services
    Queens Medical Centre Nottingham
    Coventry PCT West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority
    Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
    Airedale NHS Trust
    Bradford District Care Trust
    Calderdale and Kirklees PCT
    North Bradford PCT
  3. The service is being provided on behalf of the Department of Health by Methods Application Ltd, working with Jobsite (Worldwide) UK Ltd. Methods Application is a specialist provider of services that allow large organisations to tackle complex IT challenges, with a particular record of success in Government projects. Jobsite UK brought internet recruitment to the UK job market in 1995, and have been leading the online recruitment sector ever since through www.jobsite.co.uk.
  4. The contract for the new service runs for five years, and was awarded following an open procurement.
  5. The service will complement the existing NHS Careers service (see www.nhscareers.nhs.uk) which provides information to people wishing to start or return to a career in the NHS.
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    Media Centre, Department of Health
    Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
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    SW1A 2NL
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    020 7210 5221

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