We screen all applications for eligibility using the eligibility criteria, qualifications, experience and skills outlined in the job specification.
The HSE cannot employ a regulated health professional to practice in Ireland without appropriate registration.
The relevant regulator is the authority for registration and recognition of qualifications. For several other health and social care professions, the Minister for Health is the competent authority.
If you have not completed the necessary, recognition or registration we recommend you do so as soon as possible as the process can take some time.
Where there is no professional body, statutory regulator, or competent authority the selection board will assesses the equivalence of other non-Irish qualifications.
Further information on recognition of qualifications.
Eligibility Sift and short listing
We base criteria for eligibility/ short listing on the requirements of the post outlined in the job specification.
It is important you think about your experience in light of those requirements and you provide a detailed and accurate account of your qualifications and experience in your application form.
The relevant professions, supported by Human Resources, to determine eligibility review the applications. Applications may be short-listed based on the information supplied in the application form or in other assessment processes. Only those applicants who evidence they meet the required criteria will progress to the next stage of the selection process.
Selection methods
The selection process may involved additional assessments, tests or preliminary interviews. We will notify applicants of these additional stages if applicable. .
Interviews
Candidates normally receive two weeks' notice of interview. We may reduce the timescale in exceptional circumstances.
A three-person interview board, including subject matter experts and a member of management, normally conducts interviews. Most interviews are competency based with higher marks awarded to candidates who demonstrate both at interview and in their application form that they possess the experience, competencies and skills required for the role (as outlined in the job specification).
The interview board maintain a record of the interview to support their decision-making and recommendations.
Candidates who attend for interview need to produce a form of recent photographic identification such as a drivers licence, passport or student ID at the interview, whether this takes place virtually or in person.
Results of interview
We will notify candidates of their interview results at the earliest possible date after the interview. The recommendation of the interview board does not constitute a job offer, as it is only one stage of the selection process. Only interview results and job offers that issue from the HR/Recruitment team are valid.
The selection process continues after interview and includes clearance checks such as references, Garda/police clearance, occupational health, recognition of qualifications and experience.
References
The HSE reserves the right to request both written and verbal references from current and previous employers, educational institutions or any other organisations with which the candidate has been associated.
The HSE also reserves the right to determine the merit, appropriateness and relevance of such references and referees.
Do not submit references with your application form.
Pre-Employment Health Assessment
Candidates will be required to undergo a medical assessment or to complete a form declaring their health status. The HSE’s Occupational Health Service will determine a candidate’s fitness to take up the role.
Creation of panels
For some competitions, we may form a panel of successful candidates following the interview process. We may consider candidates, who achieve a place on the panel, for subsequent approved vacancies, if they meet the conditions of the selection process, during the life of the panel.
The candidate who obtains first place on the panel will be the first candidate considered for a position, subject to satisfactory clearances, and so on in order of merit.
Where we have called candidates for interview on a phased basis, we will form a primary panel of candidates successful in the first phase of interviews.
