Highlights
- This Framework is in response to and aligned with recommendations set out for international recruitment in the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS People Plan.
- The NHS Workforce Alliance can support you in recruiting a workforce that’s reflective of the modern NHS, with diversity and inclusion strategies built into your workforce plans.
- A compliant route to market.
- The framework for International Recruitment ensures compliance with NHS pre-employment standards and connects trusts with dedicated staff who are working hard to treat people with care, compassion, and dignity.
Why this framework matters to you
Sourcing clinical professionals through international recruitment is a key measure in the NHS People Plan to address urgent workforce shortages across the Health and Social Care system.
It aims to create a sustainable pipeline of skilled professionals by ensuring that overseas healthcare workers are welcomed, supported, and treated equitably as they begin their careers in the NHS outlined in the NHS People Plan.
This framework provides a compliant and ethical route to market for you to work in partnership with our experienced International Recruitment Framework Suppliers to support your recruitment campaigns and successfully meet your specific needs at all stages of your recruitment journey process.
NHS Employers International Recruitment Code of Practice accredited suppliers (Lots 1,2 and 3)
- Choice of direct award or mini competition call-off options
- Specialist providers of OSCE training, relocation, and pastoral services to enhance retention and candidate welfare initiatives
- Clear obligations for Framework suppliers to undertake candidate compliance checks, including ensuring latest regulatory changes, immigration policy and language requirements are met
- Tailored support for varying levels of customer experience recruiting internationally
- Choice of direct award or mini competition call-off options