Important changes to NHS Jobs application forms Introduction On the 1 August 2017 NHS Jobs will be introducing some changes to all NHS Jobs application forms: 1. Changes to the disability questions in the Monitoring Information section 2. Changes to the Safeguarding section guidance and questions 3. Changes to the additional application form questions relating to Fitness to Practise These changes are being implemented following work undertaken by the team with the Equality Human Rights Commission and NHS Employers to ensure that job seekers clearly understand what information is required and if it is applicable to them. Monitoring Information The disability section of the application form will display the revised wording and the free text box where an applicant was asked to provide details of their disability has been removed. The table below displays the changes: Current question Current answer options New question or text New answer options Do you consider yourself to have a disability? * Yes No I do not wish to disclose whether or not I have a disability According to the definition of disability do you consider yourself to have a disability?* As current Please state the type of impairment which applies to you. People may experience more than one type of impairment, in which case you may indicate more than one. If none of the categories apply, please mark 'Other'. * [] Physical impairment [] Sensory impairment [] Mental health condition [] Learning disability/difficulty [] Long-standing illness [] Other Please identify the category which applies to you or other type of disability. People may experience more than one type of impairment, in which case you may indicate more than one. If none of the categories apply, please mark 'Other'. * As current Please give details Free text box Question removed Question removed Reasonable adjustments will be made available should you be invited to interview. 27 July 2017 1 NHS Jobs 2017
Safeguarding The guidance and questions around the rehabilitation of offenders act has been changed as follows: Current question / guidance You are required to declare all current 'unspent' criminal convictions or cautions (including reprimands and final warnings). You are not required to disclose convictions or cautions which have become 'spent'. During the rehabilitation period you are required to declare current 'unspent' criminal convictions or cautions (including reprimands and final warnings). Please note you are not legally obliged to disclose convictions or cautions which are protected or have become 'spent' under the Exceptions Order. Are you currently bound over or do you have any current UNSPENT convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that have been issued by a Court or Court-Martial in the United Kingdom or in any other country? * Are you currently bound over or do you have any current UNSPENT convictions that have been issued by a Court or Court- Martial in the United Kingdom or in any other country? You should tick NO if any convictions are protected (or filtered out); and/or have become SPENT as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) 2013. Please refer to further information about protected and spent convictions and cautions in the Application form Help - criminal background section. 27 July 2017 2 NHS Jobs 2017
If YES, please include details of the order binding you over and/or the nature of the offence, penalty, sentence or order of the Court, and the date and place of the Court hearing. You are not required to disclose information about any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which are SPENT (old) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If YES, please provide details of the order binding you over and/or the nature of the offence, penalty, sentence or order of the Court, the date and place of the Court hearing. You are not required to tell us about parking offences. or evidence that you believe to be It is important that you understand the changes that came into effect from March 2014 under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act which makes amendments to the length of time before certain sentences become spent (in England and Wales only). You are not required to tell us about parking offences. or comments that you believe to be * None new question Do you have any current UNSPENT police cautions, reprimands or final warnings in the United Kingdom or in any other country? You should tick NO if any cautions, reprimands or final warnings are protected (or filtered out); and/or have become SPENT as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) 2013. Please refer to further information about protected and spent convictions and cautions in the Application form Help - criminal background section. 27 July 2017 3 NHS Jobs 2017
None new question If YES, please provide details of the caution, reprimand or final warning, including the date and reason administered. You are not required to tell us about parking offences. Fitness to Practise The Fitness to Practise application form additional questions have been changed as follows: Current question / guidance Are you currently subject to a fitness to practise investigation and/or proceedings by a regulatory or licensing body in the United Kingdom, or in any other country? If YES, please include the reasons given for the investigation and, where applicable, the details of any proceedings, limitations or restrictions that currently apply to your professional registration, and the name and address of the licensing or regulatory body concerned., or other supplementary comments that you believe to be Are you currently subject to a fitness to practise investigation and/or proceedings of any nature by a regulatory or licensing body in the UK or in any other country? [It is important to note that we will only consider current fitness to practise investigations and/or proceedings that are relevant to the position you have applied for]. If YES, please provide the reasons given for the investigation and, where applicable, the details of any warnings, conditions or sanctions (including limitations, suspension or any other restrictions) that apply to your professional registration, and the name and address of the regulatory or licensing body concerned. 27 July 2017 4 NHS Jobs 2017
Have you ever been removed from the register or have conditions or undertakings been made on your registration by a fitness to practise committee, regulatory or licensing body in the United Kingdom, or in any other country? Have you ever been removed from the register, or have conditions or sanctions been placed on your registration, or have you been issued with a warning by a regulatory or licensing body in the UK or in any other country? You should tick NO where any right to appeal has been upheld and where that appeal has resulted in your case being fully exonerated. If YES, please provide details of any conditions or undertakings which have been applied to your professional registration and the name and address of the regulatory or licensing body concerned. You are not required to provide details where any right to appeal has been upheld AND where that appeal has resulted in your case being fully exonerated., or other supplementary comments that you believe to be If YES, please provide details of any conditions or sanctions (including limitations, suspension or any other restrictions) that apply to your registration and/or any warnings issued, where relevant, and the name and address of the regulatory or licensing body concerned. 27 July 2017 5 NHS Jobs 2017