How Verifera verification works

What we check, and who checks it

1. 1

   What we check on a candidate

   By a person
   • Professional registrationNMC, GMC, HCPC or GPhC, against the public register.
   • Enhanced DBSAnd, where applicable, the DBS Update Service.
   • Right to workIn the UK.
   • Occupational healthClearance.
   • Mandatory / statutory training(CSTF) and references.
   These checks are carried out by a person, against each register's own service, before we submit anyone.

   None of the UK professional registers publishes an open API, and real-time DBS and right-to-work checking is available only through an accredited third party. We would rather tell you that than imply an automation we do not have.

2. 2

   What we check on an employer

   Automated

   An employer posting a role directly with us can give a statutory identifier. We check it against that register and confirm the organisation is currently active, not merely that a record exists.

   • Companies HouseCompany number.
   • CQCProvider ID.
   • NHS ODSOrganisation code.

   A listing whose employer we have checked carries a Verified employer badge; one we have not checked does not.

   We never infer a match from an organisation's name.

   A name search returns the closest hit, which can be a different, entirely real company, so a listing with no identifier stays unbadged rather than risk attaching a verification to the wrong legal entity.

3. 3

   Re-checking

   An employer verification expires after 180 days and is re-earned automatically before it lapses. If the organisation is no longer active on the register, the badge is withdrawn. Every candidate credential carries an expiry date, and we re-check it before that date passes.

   180

   days