NRS12255 Clerical Officer Grade III HSE

Thanks honerbright. That sounds very promising, didn’t think that far down would be reached! Fingers crossed so, just hope it’s sooner rather than later 🤞

Has anyone got emails about job offers yet? I’m on the Galway panel, got in the 30s and got three emails there about three different jobs, trying to decide now which to express interest in and hopefully I might get one 🤞🏻Delighted they have sent them out so soon

i was placed high on the panel for my county and received an expression of interest today which I’m very interested in . I’m currently on unpaid maternity leave going into parents leave in a few weeks. I’m taking the full 7 weeks. If I’m offered the job ,will the dept come back with a start date and should I tell them I won’t be able to start until after my parents leave? Should this be an issue? Also do I have to return to my current job after parents leave and work my notice?

Yeah all were permanent positions so just trying to choose between them now, not sure if I can express interest in more than one.

@meath12 You can express interest in as many roles as you want, then if your order of merit is high enough you may be offered to proceed to pre-clearance which you then accept to start the process. Read the advisory notes at the bottom of the email just to make sure you can reject and stay on the panel - you should be able to decline at pre clearance stage and stay on the panel with no affect to order of merit in case you decide not to proceed, and then continue to express interest in posts.

@PCAT86 usually just the role and location is given, not a lot of information. They do provide the service manager's details who you can contact and ask re: working days/times, typical day for staff in this role, possibility of Flexi time or remote working, etc. I would contact asap if you're interested as the EOIs seem to be giving a timeframe of 72 hours for acceptance due to service needs.

Thank you @Lampshade That's helpful! Ended up getting an EOI for tipp today but the location is the opposite end of the county so I'll ignore it 😅

No, not yet. Still waiting for interview. I'm in an agency role currently and I know someone that has been offered this role as part of the campaign. So if I was called to interview it could mean I could keep the role.

Anyone been called to interview recently?

Hi all, currently going through recruitment process and I am stumped on Verification of Service document to be supplied. Currently working in private sector is this applicable here? i have sent on to my existing hr team to fill in but not sure if its necassary as i will be starting on grade III?

I had a look it does look like it applies to previous roles in the HSE so it’s strange. Maybe your employer can just fill in whatever sections apply to your role. Did it take long for you to get offered the role after you sent an expression of interest? The deadline for the expressions of interest I received was Friday 16th September and I sent them that day but haven’t heard yet. Wondering how quick it will be if I’m offered one.

@blacknight83 AFAIK the verification of service document is only applicable to people already employed by the HSE, this is to ensure that you are placed correctly on the payscale. For example, if you are currently working for the HSE as an agency worker and are on point 3, you will remain on point 3 if offered a permanent contract rather than starting at point 1 again (otherwise no one would switch from agency to permanent). At least that's my understanding of it!

@cucullhan they'll keep offering expressions until the panel is exhausted (or maybe if they run out of positions, but for a nationwide Grade III panel it's probably people they run out of first).

I don't think there's an order to the posts being offered, they just send them out as the paperwork is ready. This is a very fast moving panel from what I can see, and a lot of EOIs have been sent already (I'm only familiar with the Carlow/Kilkenny one, which has had about 35 as of last week). You may have something come up at a later stage that you would prefer, but someone else could do the same as you and be higher in the order of merit and beat you to it. There is a risk to waiting for the "perfect" post, if such a thing exists. If there is something that you think you'd enjoy/wouldn't mind doing, there's no harm in expressing. Once you have accepted to go through pre-clearance (i.e. the post is directly offered to you), you will be removed from the panel and no further EOIs will be sent to you.

Hi hope someone can help. I’m going through the clearance process for a clerical officer grade 3 role. I’ve put my current employer down as a referee and also previous employer before this. It says on the form they will be contacting current employer and emailing other referee. I gave my manager a heads up who said that’s ok but as per company policy they do not give out references. They only confirm start dates etc. hope someone can advise? I’m going to wait and see what happens but I’ve no one else to go to for a reference

Hi guys, I got a text to say I had received an EOI email earlier today but haven't received any email - just wondering if this has happened to anyone else (I'm on the tipp panel) - should I just wait another while or email the hse on case there's an error?

Edited to say, issue resolved, I emailed and they resent the EoI

I presumed that no one in that country expressed interest so they extended the reach. I could be wrong though.

Unfortunately they don't! You either get silence or confirmation that you'll be moving forward with the job.

Got a huge amount of expressions yesterday for CUH. Must be around 35 EOIs sent altogether so far which is well past my placing, so if something suitable for me pops up I'd be feeling fairly optimistic I'd get it.