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NHS Jobs UK Scraper

Scrape every public job advert on jobs.nhs.uk into a clean, flat dataset. Handles 50+ fields per listing including pay band, salary range parsed into numbers, full job description (HTML and plain text), person specification with essential AND desirable criteria split out (the official NHS Jobs structure most other scrapers flatten away), supporting PDF download IDs, sponsorship + UK registration + DBS flags, employer address, contact details, and the direct apply URL. Search by keyword, location, distance, pay band, staff group, contract type, working pattern, salary band, OR paste any jobs.nhs.uk URL refined in your browser.

Why This Scraper?

• 50+ fields per record, including fields most NHS Jobs scrapers drop: desirable person-spec criteria, supporting PDF document IDs, sponsorship eligibility, UK registration requirement, DBS check requirement, salary parsed into salaryMin / salaryMax / salaryPeriod, full address split into postcode / town / county / lines.
• Two modes: search builder (keyword + location + 7 facet filters) OR paste any jobs.nhs.uk URL.
• Concurrent enrichment: 6 detail-page workers run in parallel and push records as soon as each one is parsed. A 50-card page completes in around 10 seconds, and a mid-run abort still flushes everything that finished.
• Forward pagination: walks ?page=N from any starting URL. URL mode honors the page in the pasted URL.
• Robust error reporting: when a run returns zero results, an error record explains the proxy upgrade path so users see it in the dataset preview, not just the run log.
• Cost discipline: efficient fetch path keeps proxy bandwidth around £0.0001 per page, so a 1000-listing run typically lands well under £2 in compute + proxy.

Data You Get

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live listing.

How to Use

Search by keyword + location:

{
"mode":"search",
"keywords":["nurse"],
"location":"Manchester",
"distance":"10",
"maxPages":2,
"fetchDetails":true
}

Search by pay band + contract type:

{
"mode":"search",
"keywords":["doctor"],
"location":"London",
"distance":"20",
"payBands":["CONSULTANT","SPECIALTY_DOCTOR"],
"contractTypes":["Permanent","Fixed-Term"],
"workingPatterns":["full-time"],
"maxPages":3,
"maxListings":100
}

Browse a whole staff group across the UK:

{
"mode":"search",
"keywords":[],
"location":"",
"distance":"",
"staffGroups":["NURSING_AND_MIDWIFERY_REGD"],
"sortBy":"publicationDateDesc",
"maxPages":5
}

Paste any jobs.nhs.uk URL:

{
"mode":"url",
"urls":[
"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search/results?keyword=physiotherapist&location=Birmingham&distance=20",
"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0000-00-0000"
],
"maxPages":2,
"fetchDetails":true
}

Input Parameters

Send results into your apps (MCP connectors)

Optionally pipe the scraped results into the apps you already use, via Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors. This is an extra delivery step after the scrape — the Apify dataset is never changed.

What gets written to the connector: a condensed, human-readable summary of each record — not the full JSON. Each item becomes one entry with a title and its key fields flattened to plain text. The complete record always stays in the Apify dataset.

1. Authorize a connector once under Apify → Settings → Integrations (Notion, Linear, Airtable, or Apify).
2. Select it in the "Pipe results into your apps" input field. (If the picker is empty, you haven't authorized a connector yet.)
3. For Notion, also set notionParentPageUrl to the page where items should be created.

The connection is mediated by Apify's MCP proxy, so this actor never sees your third-party credentials. Leave the field empty to skip.

Output Example

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live listing.

{
"id":"C0000-00-0000",
"url":"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0000-00-0000",
"referenceNumber":"000-X000-XXX",
"title":"Sample Job Title",
"employer":"Sample NHS Foundation Trust",
"employerWebsite":"https://example.org/working-with-us",
"employerLogoDataUri":"data:image/png;base64,...",
"location":"London SW1A 1AA",
"postcode":"SW1A 1AA",
"addressLine1":"Sample Hospital",
"addressLine2":null,
"addressTown":"London",
"addressCounty":null,
"addressLines":["Sample Hospital","London","SW1A 1AA"],
"salary":"£00,000 to £00,000 a year",
"salaryQualifier":"inclusive of HCAS",
"salaryMin":00000,
"salaryMax":00000,
"salaryPeriod":"per annum",
"payScheme":"Agenda for change",
"grade":"Band 0",
"contractType":"Permanent",
"contractDuration":"12 months",
"workingPattern":"Full-time",
"datePosted":"01 January 2026",
"datePostedIso":"2026-01-01",
"closingDate":"15 January 2026",
"closingDateIso":"2026-01-15",
"interviewDate":null,
"applyUrl":"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0000-00-0000/ats-direct-apply",
"contactName":"Jane Doe",
"contactJobTitle":"Recruitment Lead",
"contactEmail":"recruitment@example.org",
"contactPhone":"+44 0000 000000",
"contactDetails":{
"jobTitle":"Recruitment Lead",
"name":"Jane Doe",
"email":"recruitment@example.org",
"phone":"+44 0000 000000"
},
"employerDetails":{
"name":"Sample NHS Foundation Trust",
"website":"https://example.org/working-with-us",
"address":["Sample Hospital","London","SW1A 1AA"],
"postcode":"SW1A 1AA"
},
"jobOverviewHtml":"<p>Sample short job overview HTML appears here.</p>",
"jobOverviewText":"Sample short job overview text appears here.",
"mainDutiesHtml":"<p>Sample main duties HTML appears here.</p>",
"mainDutiesText":"Sample main duties text appears here.",
"aboutOrganisationHtml":"<p>Sample about-us HTML appears here.</p>",
"aboutOrganisationText":"Sample about-us text appears here.",
"jobDescriptionHtml":"<p>Sample full job description HTML appears here.</p>",
"jobDescriptionText":"Sample full job description text appears here.",
"personSpecification":[
{
"category":"Qualifications",
"essentials":["Sample essential criterion"],
"desirables":["Sample desirable criterion"]
},
{
"category":"Experience",
"essentials":["Sample essential criterion"],
"desirables":[]
}
],
"supportingDocuments":[
{"name":"Job Description.pdf","sizeText":"PDF, 000 KB","documentId":"0000000","downloadFormUrl":"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search/save-job"}
],
"privacyPolicyUrl":"https://example.org/privacy",
"sponsorshipAvailable":true,
"ukRegistrationRequired":true,
"dbsCheckRequired":true,
"saveJobUrl":"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search/save-job/C0000-00-0000",
"basicInfo":{
"id":"C0000-00-0000",
"title":"Sample Job Title",
"url":"https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0000-00-0000",
"employer":"Sample NHS Foundation Trust",
"location":"London SW1A 1AA",
"salary":"£00,000 to £00,000 a year",
"datePosted":"01 January 2026",
"closingDate":"15 January 2026",
"contractType":"Permanent",
"workingPattern":"Full-time"
},
"scrapedAt":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Plan Requirement

The upstream edge filter on jobs.nhs.uk rejects datacenter IPs. UK residential routing is required. The actor's default proxy config is groups: ["RESIDENTIAL"], country: "GB", which covers paid Apify plans (Starter and above include residential).

If you are on the Apify Free plan, residential is not included. Two options:

1. Upgrade your Apify plan to Starter or above.
2. Uncheck "Use Apify proxy" in the proxy field and paste your own UK residential proxy URLs (Bright Data, Oxylabs, SmartProxy, IPRoyal, etc.).

When a run returns zero results due to proxy issues, the actor pushes a single { error: true, code: "ZERO_RESULTS", message: "..." } record to the dataset so you see the upgrade hint in the dataset preview as well as the run log.