EmployeeScreenIQ

While employers in nearly every industry are now conducting background checks on potential candidates, it is perhaps most important for employees in the healthcare industry to undergo these checks.

Healthcare workers are among the most trusted by the general public - they receive all kinds of confidential information and are often left alone with vulnerable people - and are sometimes literally responsible for holding a patient's life in their hands.

Here is a sample background check for fictional John Doe, who is applying for Las Vegas nursing jobs, as if it were completed by EmployeeScreenIQ:

Social Security number traces (address history search):
-Verifies that the Social Security number provided by Doe is associated with an individual of the same name and that the date of issue range aligns with his birth date.
-Provides an address history that corresponds with the areas of the country where Doe has lived, worked, attended school or spent other significant time.
-Provides a road map for court jurisdictions that should be researched for Doe's criminal records.
-Provides any alias names associated with Doe.

County criminal checks:
-Searches the superior, upper, lower and municipal court records available for Doe in each county.
-Doe's records would include: arrest, date of filing, charges, level of charges, disposition date, final disposition of charges and any applicable sentence or penalty.

Federal criminal court searches:
-Identifies any of Doe's criminal activity prosecuted through the federal court system, including: tax evasion, embezzlement, bank robbery, kidnapping or mail fraud.

National criminal checks:
-Collects information on Doe from county court houses, state departments of incarcerations, state record repositories, probation departments, townships and sex offender registries.

Sex offender registry:
-Reveals any sex offender information about Doe from bureaus of investigation, departments of law enforcement, departments of corrections, departments of justice, departments of public safety, sheriff's departments, state attorney generals' offices and state police.

Education verifications:
-Confirms the schools Doe attended, the dates he attended those schools and the degrees and certificates he was awarded.

Employment verifications:
-Verifies the information on Doe's resume, including dates of employment, starting and ending positions, salaries, reason for termination and eligibility for rehire.

EmployeeScreenIQ's healthcare screening services also includes substance abuse screening, professional license verification and OIG/GSA sanctions check.

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