Guidance for the completion of the application form
Your completed application form plays an important part in the selection process because it contains the information about you that will allow the selection panel to decide whether you should be invited for interview and it also will be used at the interview. The following advice and that in the shaded rows is to help you complete the application form as effectively as possible.
Job Description
All posts have a job description detailing the duties of the job. You should use this document to assess how your skills and experience match the main responsibilities listed.
Person Specification
This document describes those skills, knowledge and experience and other requirements that we consider are necessary to do the job. To be invited for interview you need to have at least all those attributes detailed in the essential column. In some cases you may also need to have all or some of the desirable attributes (with the exception of disabled applicants). Detail in your application evidence from your past experience, work; paid or unpaid, school or other interests
Equal Opportunities in Employment
The Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy to ensure that no job applicant or existing employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, marital status, age, disability, HIV status, race, colour, creed, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic or national origin, social background, trade union membership or non membership.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality of opportunity in employment. As part of our commitment to equal opportunities, the Trust monitors applications for employment or promotion.
For these purposes the Trust reserves the right to use this information to compile statistics and records on the ethnic and gender make-up of its workforce and to provide such information to statutory bodies charged with ensuring equality of opportunity.
The Trust has signed up to the ‘Positive About Disabled Persons’ symbol, and actively welcomes applications from persons with disabilities. We also welcome applications from black and ethnic minority persons, particularly at senior levels where there is currently under-representation.
As part of the Trust’s commitment to its workforce and understanding the need to balance work with your personal life we provide a range of family friendly policies and support e.g. flexible working and special leave. Additional details are available from the Human Resource Directorate.
The Trust recognises that further improvements can be made in striving towards a fair balanced work environment and would welcome any comments you have about the recruitment process. These should the addressed to the Director of Human Resources.
Complaints
Any complaints that applications have been unfairly considered on the grounds of our Equal Opportunities Policy should be made to the Chair of the Appointments Panel. Alternatively you may write to the Director of Human Resources, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7QY. Complaints should be made in writing within 14 days of the interview or the notification of the interview decision.