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Recruitment & onboarding

From application to ready for work.

Let nurses and carers apply through your recruitment portal or complete their application in the mobile app. Manage application reviews, compliance checks, document verification and onboarding in one place.

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FROM APPLICATION TO FIRST SHIFT

A great start, together.

Recruitment overview

New applications3

EWEmma WilsonRegistered nurse
Onboarding in progress
JMJames MillerCare assistant
Onboarding in progress

In progress2

SASana AliRegistered nurse
Onboarding in progress
BLBen LewisSupport worker
Onboarding in progress

Ready to join1

GTGrace TaylorCare assistant
Documents reviewed

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A clear process for candidates and your team

Recruiting a nurse or carer involves several steps before their first shift. You need a completed application, an interview, verified documents and the right checks for the work they will do.

StaffAxis brings these stages together. Candidates can apply through your recruitment portal or mobile app, while your office reviews their information, records interview notes and follows up on missing items. Complete the required checks and contracts, then onboard the candidate into your staff records.

Two ways to complete an application

Give candidates a practical way to apply, whether they are at a computer or using their phone.

Apply through the recruitment portal

Candidates can complete an application through your recruitment portal. Your team can review their details and progress the application through recruitment and onboarding.

Complete the form in the mobile app

Nurses and carers can complete their application form using the mobile app. Your recruitment team can then review the information as part of the same application process.

Manage the work behind every application

Review candidate details

Review contact details, employment history, qualifications and experience. Check that the application contains the information your team needs before progressing it.

Record interviews and follow-ups

Keep interview notes with the recruitment work. Add tasks for follow-up calls, missing information or outstanding checks, with an owner and due date.

Collect and verify documents

Keep supporting documents with the candidate record. Review the evidence, confirm that it relates to the applicant and identify anything missing, unclear or needing further verification.

Review compliance requirements

Check right to work, the appropriate criminal record checks and relevant professional registration. Review the additional training, references and health clearance needed for the role.

Follow contract progress

Send contracts to the mobile app so employees can review and sign them from their phone. Track whether each contract has been requested, opened and signed, and follow up on outstanding signatures.

Complete the staff handover

Once your agency has approved the candidate and completed the required checks, continue into the employee record. Give the team arranging shifts the information needed to consider suitable work.

Complete the checks needed for the role

Review the evidence needed to recruit nurses and carers for your healthcare clients. Keep document collection, verification and the decision to approve a candidate as separate parts of the process.

Identity and right to work

Confirm identity and UK right-to-work checks are complete. Review work restrictions and any follow-up check dates, including limits that may affect the proposed shift.

DBS and safeguarding

Review the appropriate DBS check for eligible roles in England and Wales, including relevant barred-list checks where required. For Scotland and Northern Ireland, apply the relevant Disclosure Scotland / PVG or AccessNI requirements.

NMC and professional registration

For nursing shifts, confirm current NMC registration and review any conditions or restrictions. For other registered roles, check the relevant regulator, such as the HCPC for allied health professionals.

Qualifications and clinical skills

Review the qualifications, experience and competencies needed for the booking. Match clinical skills to the work, rather than relying on a job title alone.

Employment history and references

Check that employment history, references and any gaps needing explanation have been reviewed during recruitment. Resolve outstanding recruitment checks before placement.

Occupational health clearance

Review the relevant fitness-for-work clearance and any work restrictions. Confirm that role-specific health and immunisation requirements have been addressed where applicable.

Training and client requirements

Review training required for the role and setting. This may include safeguarding, moving and handling, infection prevention, basic life support, medicines training and client induction.

Renewals and outstanding checks

Review missing records, upcoming renewals and follow-up checks before allocating future work. Make sure the required clearance covers the planned shift dates.

Checks depend on the role and workplace

Requirements vary by UK nation, regulated activity, professional role and client contract. Training and health requirements should match the work being carried out. DBS certificates have no official expiry date; review or repeat checks follow applicable guidance and employer or client policy.

StaffAxis brings recorded compliance into the allocation process. Your agency remains responsible for completing the required checks, reviewing the evidence and keeping staff records up to date.

From application to onboarding, step by step

A shared process helps candidates understand what is needed and gives your team a clear next action.

  1. Application received

    The candidate completes the application through the recruitment portal or mobile app. Your team reviews the details and checks for missing information.

  2. Interview and review

    Discuss experience, qualifications and the type of work the candidate is seeking. Record interview notes and assign any recruitment follow-up tasks.

  3. Documents collected and verified

    Review identity documents, right-to-work evidence, qualifications and other supporting records. Request corrections or further evidence where needed.

  4. Compliance checks completed

    Complete the checks required for the role, including the appropriate disclosure checks and NMC registration for nurses. Review references, training and relevant health clearance.

  5. Contract completed

    Send the contract to the mobile app for the employee to review and sign. Follow its progress through to completion and resolve outstanding onboarding information before completing your agency approval.

  6. Candidate onboarded

    Move the approved candidate into the employee workflow. Keep their role, documents and compliance information available for the team arranging suitable shifts.

A nurse joining your agency

A registered nurse completes an application in the mobile app. The recruitment team reviews their experience, records interview notes and follows up on the documents still needed.

The team verifies the evidence, completes right-to-work and appropriate disclosure checks, confirms NMC registration and reviews the remaining role requirements. The contract is sent to the mobile app for the nurse to review and sign. Once the contract and agency approval are complete, the nurse is onboarded for consideration for suitable shifts.

Illustrative recruitment example.

See what is complete and what needs attention

An application may be waiting for an interview, a reference, a document check or a signed contract. Keep the candidate record and recruitment tasks together so colleagues can pick up the next action.

A completed form or signed contract is one part of the process. Before a candidate is ready for work, your team needs to review the full recruitment and compliance requirements for their role.

Explore recruitment in a demo

Your recruitment questions, answered

Candidates can apply through your recruitment portal or complete their application form using the mobile app. Your team can then review the application and manage the remaining recruitment steps.

Keep your agency connected

Compliance & documents

Manage staff documents, track right-to-work checks and review outstanding compliance requirements.

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Employee management

Bring employee profiles, roles, documents and employment information together in a place your office can work from.

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Staff mobile app

Let candidates complete their application and give onboarded staff access to their allocated shifts.

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See your recruitment process in StaffAxis

Book a walkthrough of the recruitment portal, mobile application form, document checks, in-app contract signing and onboarding process.

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