Healthcare Recruitment Starter Pack

A practical recruitment toolkit designed specifically for healthcare and care providers.

The Opsmith Healthcare Recruitment Starter Pack brings together essential recruitment templates, a healthcare-specific set of STAR interview questions and an additional Work & Education History Gap Analysis document designed to support robust recruitment processes and CQC Regulation 19 requirements.

What's Included

• Job Advert Template — Create clear and professional healthcare job adverts
• Candidate Shortlisting & Scoring Matrix — Assess candidates consistently
• Healthcare STAR Interview Questions — Five role-relevant questions with guidance on what a good answer should include
• Reference Check Form — Gather structured candidate and employment references
• Recruitment Email Template Pack — Ready-to-use candidate communications
• Recruitment Process Checklist — Keep recruitment activity organised
• Recruitment Tracker & Metrics Dashboard — Manage candidates, vacancies and recruitment data
• Recruitment Cost Calculator — Track recruitment costs and cost per hire
• New Starter & Onboarding Checklist — Support a consistent onboarding process
• Recruitment Policy & Procedure Template — Establish a structured recruitment process
• Work & Education History Gap Analysis — Record employment and education history and document explanations for identified gaps

Why Use It?

✓ Designed specifically with healthcare recruitment in mind
✓ Supports structured and consistent recruitment processes
✓ Includes healthcare-specific STAR interview questions
✓ Helps document employment and education history gaps
✓ Supports recruitment processes aligned with CQC Regulation 19
✓ Professional, editable and customisable templates
✓ Covers the recruitment journey from advertising through to onboarding

Whether you're recruiting Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers or other care and healthcare roles, this pack provides a practical set of tools to help you organise recruitment, assess candidates consistently and maintain better recruitment records.

Formats: Microsoft Word & Excel
Fully editable and customisable
Instant digital download

This toolkit is designed to support recruitment processes and should be adapted to your organisation's procedures and requirements. It does not guarantee regulatory compliance or replace professional legal/regulatory advice.