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Pre-Employment and Employment Checks Policy
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust recognises and accepts its responsibilities to provide good standards of care and treatment to patients, by appropriately qualified and statutory registered professional practitioners.
The Trust has adopted the NHS Employment Check Standards published by NHS Employers. These standards include those checks that are required by law and those that are Department of Health Policy https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/recruit/employment-checks
These Guidelines set out the procedures to be followed in relation to pre-employment checks and take into account current legislation relating to employment, equality, diversity and inclusion, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), rehabilitation of offenders, safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and NHS guidance.
Code
TP.WF.210
Policy types
- Workforce
