NHS Jobs integration and benefits

NHS Jobs integration

NHS Jobs offers multiple ways to integrate with third party services, to both streamline recruitment and expand the reach of your job adverts.

Benefits of integration for employers

• We fully integrate with Electronic Staff Record (ESR), saving time and effort.
• Vacancies created in other recruitment systems can be shared on NHS Jobs to generate greater reach using our Applicant Tracking Systems Application Programming Interface (ATS API).
• Vacancies posted on NHS Jobs can be shared across other national jobs boards. This also results in greater reach and applicant traffic, delivering savings for the NHS.
• We support NHS initiatives by working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, NHS Employers and other national organisations.

Benefits of integration for applicants

• Applicants can view vacancies across multiple jobs boards, which integrate with NHS Jobs.
• For a quick and easy experience, applicants do not need to register with NHS Jobs if applying for a vacancy via a third-party jobs board.

Employers who use ESR can link their adverts and successful applicants to ESR to automatically transfer recruitment data. You can find more information about ESR integration with NHS Jobs in the user guides that can be accessed in the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) integration section of the Help and support for employers webpage.

Employers can create listings in their third-party applicant tracking system (ATS) and transfer them to NHS Jobs via an Application Programming Interface (API). Applicants can then directly apply via the third-party system.   

The user guide and video on how to publish an ATS job listing can be accessed in the Create and publish a job listing section of the Help and support for employers webpage.

For enquiries regarding ATS integration with NHS Jobs, contact our Training and Support team at [email protected].

There are 2 Application Programming Interfaces (API) options available that allow vacancies created in NHS Jobs to be published on third party websites.

External jobs board API

This API has been created to enable organisations to retrieve and store NHS Jobs listings to publish on their own jobs boards.

Below are the criteria which must be met in order for us to consider permitting use of this API:

In the main, your organisation should ideally be public-facing, and be:

• established, with a strong user base
• you must be UK-based (the job adverts transferred to your jobs board will be for England, Wales, the Crown Dependencies, any Devolved Authorities and/or the British Overseas Territories - excluding Northern Ireland and Scotland)
• the roles advertised should be health or health service-associated, supporting the NHS
• your website should be accessible
• your website should not be asking job seekers to incur a cost, prior to being re-directed to NHS Jobs
• your website must ensure a fair and open recruitment process, in alignment with NHS Jobs
   

If your organisation meets the above criteria and you'd like to enquire about the use of this API, contact [email protected] to discuss this further.
 

Self-Serve API (XML/RSS Feeds)

This feed allows employers to display NHS Jobs listings on their own websites or intranets.

It can display the same filters that the NHS Jobs search functionality provides.

Read guidance on how to use the Self-Serve API, including the specification: 

This guidance, including the specification on the final page, is subject to change and updated to reflect any recent, relevant service updates.

The NHS Jobs team have created a link to allow organisations to display their NHS Jobs job listings on their own websites or share these listings with other relevant parties.

An example is: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search/results?employerCode=G9914.

Replace the employer code in the above example with your NHS Jobs employer code to display listings relating to your organisation.

If you need your employer code, request it by emailing [email protected].