Fast track recruitment process

30th March 2020

Fast track recruitment

Many thanks to @barry-pridmore for sharing with us this fast track recruitment process that is being used at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. If you have any questions for Barry, do ask him on the COVID Forum by tagging him, using this handle @barry-pridmore .

At the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, they use Better Impact programme to assist with their online recruitment campaign. Below are steps that a volunteer needs to undertake before they can start.

Step 1: Volunteers apply online

Step 2: Complete the DBS check online, the Trust accepts DBS checks that are no older than 12 months. Volunteers need to submit the scanned certificate online.

Step 3: Volunteers fill up the Medical self-declaration form online

Step 4: References are submitted online

Step 5: Volunteers undertake online training, provided by Health Education England

Volunteers are also required to read through the Trust’s values, complaints policy, and Trust’s specifics.

Should volunteers be able to provide all the information quickly, they can start volunteering within a week after submitting all the required information.