Thursday 13 March
10.00am - 11:30am
In this webinar, NHS Employers will be joined by representatives from the Home Office & NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) who will discuss employer’s sponsorship responsibilities while employing overseas staff.
Speakers and agenda
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Dan Martin, UK Visas & Immigration
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Richard Johnson, UK Visas & Immigration
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Matthew Lye, Development Advisor, Electronic Staff Record, NHS BSA
The session will be chaired by Vickie Hage, programme lead for international and domestic workforce supply at NHS Employers. She will be joined by representatives from the Home Office, who will speak on the importance of maintaining sponsorship duties to support international recruitment, as well as speakers from NHS BSA to discuss how the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) can support in maintaining these responsibilities.
The agenda will include presentations from the Home Office and NHS BSA, as well as dedicated time for questions & answers.
Who should attend
This seminar is aimed at HR and international recruitment leads at NHS trusts, as well a Level 1 users and authorising officers of the Home Office Sponsorship Management System (SMS).
The event will not be recorded; however, questions & answers from the seminar will be posted on our website following the event.
You can register for the event and your request will be approved by the international recruitment team. Confirmed attendees will get sign in details in due course.
Learning objectives
At the end of this session, attendees will:
- learn about sponsorship responsibilities that employers have for their internationally recruited staff
- learn about topics including supplementary work, updating the SMS, and updates on sponsorship transformation work
- learn about possible enforcement actions for failure to uphold their responsibilities
- know what actions you need to take as employers and NHS trusts.