Recruitment services are currently provided by 21 NHS Boards on behalf of all 22 NHS Boards in Scotland. Three regional recruitment consortiums have been created across NHS Scotland, these are East, West and North. The recruitment configuration within the East Region comprises of the following Boards: NHS Borders; NHS Fife; NHS Lothian; NHS Education for Scotland; and Scottish Ambulance Service.
Recruitment Service Transformation is a national initiative to provide a National Recruitment Service model delivered regionally (East, West and North), underpinned by a single national recruitment IT system (Jobtrain) and a national standardised process and practice.
The NHS Scotland Shared Services Recruitment – Strategic Proposal Paper, approved by the Chief Executives Group in June 2018, outlined next steps and recommendations for work to be undertaken on the options of national and regional shared services for recruitment. In response to this, an East Region Recruitment Transformation Programme Board was established in February 2019 to progress the programme of transformation for the East Region recruitment configuration.
The objectives of the Programme Board align to the 6 recommendations of the Shared Services Strategic Proposal. These recommendations are based on a national recruitment service approach delivered through 3 regional models determined by the regions, underpinned by a single national recruitment IT system (Jobtrain) and a national standardised process and practice. Whilst operating regionally, it is expected that the regional recruitment services will build on the work that has already taken place through a ‘Once for Scotland’ approach to provide an efficient and consistent delivery of functions.
