NHS Professionals (NHSP) is not a staffing agency, they are a managed service provider owned by the Department of Health. They are currently working with 53 NHS Partner Trusts. They are working with us to provide this short-term resource.
All NHSP workers need to have completed the following to enable them to continue working:
If your candidate is not appearing on the NHS Professionals system. Please ask them to contact NHS Professionals to confirm all the above have been completed.
NHS Professionals (NHSP) Position:
NHSP workers are to be provided with Hep B vaccinations locally at our donor centres, if the individual has not already had the immunisation.
This is very important in relation to progressing any NHSP workers onto VP training. No NHSP workers can commence VP training without receiving their first Hep B vaccination.
NHSP will provide details of who needs to be vaccinated to NHSBT Immunisation Programme. NHSP will hold all records after vaccination. For further information refer to the Immunisation page.
Important - When the vaccinating nurse confirms the worker has had their first vaccination, the Donor Centre manager can start the worker on the venepuncture training.
For Cohort 1 (Tooting, Edgware and West End Donor Centre) & Cohort 2, venepuncture has not been specified as a requirement. However, if you feel that the worker has the skills to undertake venepuncture, and the worker is willing, we can start them on the training. Provided you have contacted NHSP OH regarding Hep B vaccinations.
For Cohort 3 (London pop ups and back fill) – they have been informed that venepuncture is a requirement both prior to interview and at interview. They should be fully aware and willing to undertake venepuncture. You will need to contact NHSP OH regarding Hep B vaccinations.
You will receive training in NHSP’s Our-bank system prior to your bank workers commencing at the Donor Clinic. You don’t need to input any shifts for their training, prior to them commencing with you as these will be picked up by the training team as you will not be aware of the dates these have been worked. The training is based on an average of 5 days work from 9 to 3. A screen shot of NHSP’s Our-bank homepage shows more information and the link can be found at NHSP Bank login page.
For more information about using Our-bank system refer to The User Guide for Our-bank.
It has been raised that it is difficult to authorise the timesheet as at close of play on Sunday. Your worker will have been informed that weekend shifts may need to be authorised and paid in the next pay cycle. NHSP recommend that you authorise all shifts as at close of play Friday and include the authorisation of weekend shifts for the week after. Please speak to your NHSP worker to let them know if this is how you intend to undertake the approvals going forward.
We are allowed additional systems users who will be able to access the system, input the shifts and authorise the timesheets. You will be contacted to ask for the names and email addresses for your deputies to be able to use the system. If you require more colleagues to be added later please contact NHSP direct.
All NHSP workers have been informed that they will be required on a full-time basis. Please ensure that they are rostered to work full-time unless you have mutually agreed for them to work less than full-time hours.
If there are conduct or performance issues, go to NHS Professionals Feedback/Incident Form complete and submit online. Further guidance can be found on the Clinical Governance Assurance Complaints & Incidents Management document.
Please note – it is recommended that you keep a copy of these paper forms.
Annual leave is calculated as per NHS Professionals guidelines which are on the NHSP Paid leave FAQ's page.
When requesting annual leave, NHS professional colleagues also need to follow the NHSBT normal practice:
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