Job share

NHS Suffolk is committed to employing people on a job share basis where necessary and to considering all requests for job sharing. NHS Suffolk recognises that job sharing represents a flexible response to the management of staff, providing career opportunities for those who choose not to work full time.

Job sharing is where a job is shared by more than one job holder, where the sharers receive remuneration and conditions of service pro-rata to the time that they are working. There is one job description and the job sharers cover the full duties of the post between them. The job sharers do not work under normal part-time working arrangements, therefore the post can revert to the original full time status if the job share arrangements cease.

Disability

NHS Suffolk is ‘Positive about Disabled People’ in relation to both access to services and employment. You will see that our advertisements carry the ‘two ticks’ disability symbol.

Exemption from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 & CRB Disclosure

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), an executive agency of the Home Office is responsible for carrying out a disclosure service to enable employers to make informed recruitment decisions in order to protect vulnerable members of society. This includes obtaining information held on the Police National computer and records held locally by the forces.

An offer of employment for any post for which a Standard or Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure is required, will be made subject to such clearances being received as satisfactory.

A Standard CRB Disclosure will contain details of any spent and unspent convictions, as well as cautions, reprimands and warnings and if you are applying for a post working with children or vulnerable adults it will indicate whether you are barred from working with these groups of people.

An Enhanced CRB Disclosure will contain the same details as a Standard disclosure but may also contain non-conviction information, which the Chief Police officer may feel is relevant.

If the post that you apply for is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, you must disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings. If you have a criminal record this will not necessarily prevent you from obtaining employment with NHS Suffolk as each application will be looked at on a case by case basis taking into account the nature of the job you are applying for, the relevance and seriousness of the conviction, the length of time since the conviction and the circumstances and background to the conviction. However not declaring a conviction, spent or otherwise, warning or reprimand may lead to disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal.

The CRB has produced a Code of Practice to ensure information released in disclosures is used fairly, which can be viewed on the CRB website at www.crb.gov.uk