With fast results, full visibility, and an award-winning candidate experience, Zinc helps you hire faster, cut agency spend, and ease staffing strain — all while automating manual admin.
Trusted with over 12,000 checks in health and social care
No-cost integrations with 20+ ATSs and HRISs
Customisable or pre-built check packages compliant with CQC requirements
With crystal clear results, 20+ ATS and HRIS integrations, and notifications right when you need them, Zinc is built for your busy, on-the-go workforce.
Manual background checks can pass candidate data across dozens of desks. Zinc cuts down on data exposure and keeps you audit-ready so when the CQC comes knocking, you're not scrambling.
Our live chat is available for you and your candidates in under 90 seconds, with 150+ languages supported. AI solves 50% of queries and routes to a human as soon as it’s needed.
Comprehensive checks, seamless integrations, and deep industry expertise.
From hospitals to hospices and care homes to urgent care, our team understands the nuances of CQC and NHS requirements across different healthcare settings, plus industry best practices. With a dedicated team of legal and compliance experts, we’ve got experience untangling regulatory responsibilities. No matter what questions you have, we’re ready to help over live chat, a video call, or an email to your account manager.
In health and social care, a slow reference is isn't just an admin problem: candidates go elsewhere. Zinc's automated process chases referees up to five times so candidates don't slip away, and integrates directly with HMRC so you get UK employment verification in minutes. Zinc's mobile-first platform makes it simple for candidates to input their details on the go. And with unlimited references at a fixed price, no hire is too complex — no matter how long their career history.
When your workforce is on the go, you need a system that moves with them. Zinc integrates for free with 20+ ATSs and HRISs to make sure you can send checks and view results without leaving the platform. Most integrations can be set up in minutes, and don’t require any technical support (but we’re always here if you need us).
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Real voices from hospitals, hospices, and care providers — plus independent ratings from verified G2 reviewers.
"Zinc will flag if something’s not quite right. It meets both criteria: you’ve got the candidate experience side, with seamless onboarding. But from Numan’s side, it’s still really compliant."
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"We’re not in an industry where we can have really long, timely checks because someone will go find something else. So, for me, speed and making it as easy as possible for candidates is absolutely key and Zinc does that."
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"If you’re still using the manual DBS process as a care provider in 2025, the first thing to do is get an IDSP provider. Obviously I recommend Zinc, but an IDSP will change your life overnight. It had instant results."
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Recommended checks
From care workers to senior clinical leads, checks mapped to CQC Regulation 19 for every level of your team.
Required by employers in the UK
Required by CQC
Talk to our team today to find out how Zinc supports health and social care organisations.
Everything you need to know about CQC-compliant hiring with Zinc.
How does Zinc ensure compliance with CQC regulations?
Zinc provides pre-build check packages specifically mapped to CQC Regulation 19 and Schedule 3 requirements, including DBS, financial checks, criminal checks, credit and litigation checks, and qualification checks.
If your organisation is regulated by more than one body, our team can help you map requirements across both. Our team of experts is always on hand to help you cut through complex CQC requirements and determine exactly what your statutory requirements are.
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How fast can I get an Enhanced DBS check through Zinc?
On average, Zinc’s Enhanced DBS checks come back anywhere from 7 to 19 days.
When it comes to rechecks, candidates already on the DBS Update Service have a significantly faster turnaround time. If you’re hiring in a particularly competitive market, ask our team about Update Service vouchers.
In healthcare settings like Hexagon Care, Zinc reduced Enhanced DBS turnaround times from over a month to just 9 days, resulting in faster candidate start times and less agency spend on temporary staffing.
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How does Zinc make collecting references in health and care settings easier?
Zinc reference checks automate the entire process to take the admin off your to-list. We go directly to candidates to collect their referee details, based on the specifications you’ve set out in the check request. Once Zinc sends the reference requests, we’ll follow up five times or until the reference is completed.
To speed up employment checks, Zinc also integrates directly with HMRC for instant employment verification.If a candidate has a non-employment period, Zinc captures the best evidence possible.
The amount of checks and time period for references is fully customisable in Zinc, so you can request whatever you need for CQC compliance. All results are stored centrally on the Zinc platform and in any integrated ATSs or HRISs, so you can always access the documents when you need it.
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How does Zinc save time for health and social care recruitment teams?
Zinc uses automation to run checks simultaneously, chase references, correct candidate details, and flag adverse results, all so you don’t have to.
Once you’ve entered a candidate’s details and selected the checks you want to run, we go directly to candidates to collect documents and additional information, making sure candidates are uploading exactly what they need to.
Once checks start running, they’re completed at the same time to avoid bottlenecks and unnecessary delays. We’ll chase candidates and referees up to five times to make sure that all checks and references are completed on time.
When complete, we’ll deliver the results straight to your inbox or integrated ATS/HRIS so they’re automatically saved exactly where they need to be.
On average, teams using Zinc tend to save about 90 minutes of admin time per candidate.
