Guidance

What is a job profile?

A guide to the difference between job profiles, job labels and job descriptions.

21 January 2020

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Download our quick guide to the difference between job profiles, job labels and job descriptions.

Profiles work on the basis that there are posts in the NHS which are standard and have many common features. NHS jobs are matched to national profiles, summaries of evaluated roles, when they are created.

Visit our job evaluation section to learn more about national job profiles, job matching, and training for job evaluation practitioners.

You can also download a quick process map from the Job Evaluation Group to understand how profiles are written.