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The Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust – Agency Checklist Requirements, NHSP:Online

From 28th February 2021 Agency Worker Compliance information will be a mandatory requirement. Any agency supplying temporary staffing to Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, your candidate’s profile will have to be up to date with the required compliance information before a shift can be booked.

 

Background

 

At the Trust there is currently a process for the verification of the evidence of compliance with the NHS Employment Check Standards as part of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual regulatory framework. Unfortunately, this process is not always adhered to by agencies and there is no visibility of this process when booking a worker into a shift.

 

What is the change?

 

As an additional level of governance (and at the request of the Trust) to adhere to the requirements of the evidence verification process, NHS Professionals have been piloting an ‘Agency Checklist’ process since February 2020 with continual non-compliant notifications on the NHSP:Online portal to agencies to complete this for any workers where details have not been uploaded.

 

The change will ensure that agencies have completed compliance checks/compliance process in accordance with the framework agreement, which will ensure compliant agency staff can be booked onto available shifts.

 

What do you need to do?

 

Agencies must ensure that they have verified their workers compliance documentation and recorded this verification within the Agency Checklist functionality by 28th February 2021.

 

There are 6 standards, each one requiring a different piece of information to be verified by your agency. Please note, you will not be able to add new /book existing workers without completing the 6 standards of the compliance checks and ensuring a valid checklist is in place.

 

The 6 areas that will be recorded on the system are:

 

  1. ID Check
  2. Right to Work
  3. DBS Check
  4. Occupational Health Check
  5. Training
  6. Reference

PLEASE NOTE THE GO LIVE DATE CANNOT BE OVERRIDDEN ON OUR SYSTEM SO THE ABOVE STEPS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY 28th FEBRUARY 2021.

 

For further support or advice contact the NHSP Agency Support Team.

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