In the first of your comprehensive NHS recruitment guides ‘How to Pass the NHS Selection Process’ will cover a number of steps which you should take prior to applying for the NHS career. This guide will cover the areas below:
- Overview of the NHS as an organisation.
- The Imapacy of COVID-19 on the NHS.
- The Importance of the NHS Staff and Collaboration.
- The NHS Values Explained.
- Specific NHS Trust Values.
- Finding the right job that suits you
- Understanding the role and its responsibilities.
- Joining the NHS as a Foreign National.
- The Different Role in the NHS.
- The NHS Band Structure.
- The Eligibility Criteria Explained.
- Professional Body Membership
This guide focusses on all the steps required to complete your NHS application form, including how to answer the application form questions and sample answers for the most common application form questions.
This download guide also provides comprehensive guidance on how to draft a winning Supporting Information statement, including five sample statements which you can use as template to draft your own professional suppoting information statement.
Product Overview
- Pre-Appication Screening.
- Creating the perect NHS CV.
- Filling out the Application Form.
- Structuring your Supporting Statement.
- Sample Supporting Information Statements.
- Application Form Further Questions & Sample Answers.
- Top 10 Tips to Pass the Application Form
The NHS CV stage is often your first and most important opportunity to impress an employer. A well-structured CV tailored to NHS jobs can make the difference between being shortlisted or overlooked. This guide is designed to help you understand exactly what recruiters are looking for at this crucial point in the NHS recruitment process.
Your NHS CV should demonstrate how you meet the specific requirements of the role. It needs to reflect the NHS values, highlight your key skills, and showcase relevant experience with clarity and professionalism. While there is no universal format, successful NHS applications usually include:
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A concise personal profile focused on care, compassion, and teamwork
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A clear list of skills aligned to the NHS person specification
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A well-structured employment history, emphasising duties and outcomes
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Evidence of qualifications, professional development, and NHS-relevant achievements
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A focus on values-based behaviours such as respect, empathy, integrity, and accountability
Using one CV for multiple roles is a common mistake. To succeed, you must tailor your CV to the job description and person specification provided. This means identifying keywords and competencies, then reflecting them in your profile, experience, and skills sections. Each NHS trust may have its own focus, so paying attention to detail is key.
This guide includes eight editable NHS CV templates designed to give you a competitive edge. Whether you’re applying as a healthcare assistant, administrator, nurse, or senior leader, these examples help you:
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Structure your CV in a professional, ATS-friendly format
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Highlight the behaviours and skills valued by the NHS
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Create clear, confident language that matches selection criteria
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Save time and avoid common formatting mistakes
The NHS numeracy and literacy test is designed to assess a candidate’s suitability to carry out basic tasks that are relevant to the healthcare role they have applied for. Regardless of the job you are applying for within the NHS, you will need to be competent in basic numeracy and literacy skills.
The numeracy test element of the NHS assessment test includes basic mathematical calculations, including addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division. Some of the test questions will also require you to convert decimals to fractions, and also fractions to decimals.
The literacy test is different from the numeracy test in the fact that you will have to assess passages of written text and then answer questions that are often multiple-choice in nature. Both the NHS literacy and numeracy assessment tests are undertaken under timed conditions.
During the assessment process for joining the NHS, in addition to the numeracy and literacy test questions, you will be assessed against your knowledge, understanding, and application in the workplace of the NHS values. The NHS values are predominantly assessed during the interview stage of the selection process and it is our strong recommendation that you both learn and understand the values because they are crucial to patient safety and your ability to provide first-class care in your NHS duties.
As part of your recruitment pack, you will also receive our guide to the top 50 NHS interview questions, which include comprehensive answers which you can use as a template to draft your very own responses to the most common interview questions asked at NHS interviews.
The pack includes:
- Editable sample answers which you modify to suit
- Pre-loaded with keywords which you can utilise to impress the hiring manager.
- Values based interview quesrtions and answers
- Motivational based interview questions and answers
- Competency-based questions and answers using the STAR method.
- Quick-fire easy to remember responses.
This NHS interview questions guide is perfect for any aspiring NHS candidate. If you want to ACE any NHS interview, this is the resource for you. Our course is jam-packed with tips and tricks to answering any NHS interview question that you might come up against. So, enrol today, and start learning how to pass your interview!
- What it takes to pass your NHS interview with the HIGHEST SCORES POSSIBLE;
- How the interviewers are likely to assess you during your NHS interview;
- The difference between someone who fails their interview, and someone who PASSES!
- How to make the best use of the NHS job description and the person
specification for your particular role; - A rock-solid ACTION PLAN for you to download and utilise during your interview preparation;
- BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES for structuring your answers to the NHS interview questions to gain the highest scores possible;
- An ABUNDANCE of Sample Interview Questions with ANSWERS to every
question! - PLUS LOTS MORE


























