Health & care recruitment
Reed has been supporting businesses to find talented health and care professionals for over 60 years.
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For over 60 years, Reed has delivered a full range of specialist health and care staffing solutions to the public, private, and third sectors.
We can help you source temporary, permanent, and flexible solutions to meet your needs. Using our local market knowledge and the UK’s largest candidate database, our specialist recruiters provide high-quality health and care professionals in a variety of areas, including private residential nursing homes, independent hospitals, NHS hospitals and community services, and housing and homelessness services to name a few.
Our specialist health care recruitment specialists are dedicated, passionate, and professional, with many having previously worked within health care themselves.
All our candidates are selected, screened, and trained to the highest standards. We provide the highest level of governance, with our stringent vetting procedures and compliance and safeguarding processes, to provide you with the reassurance you need from a trusted healthcare recruitment partner.
Health recruitment
We are a trusted supplier to various NHS frameworks across the UK and the private and third sectors. Our expert health recruitment consultants will ensure the very best match to meet your temporary or permanent staffing needs.
We provide the highest level of governance with our stringent vetting procedures and compliance and safeguarding processes, to provide you with the reassurance you need from a trusted recruitment partner.
Whether you require an occupational therapist, physiotherapist, podiatrist or radiographer, our specialist consultants have access to thousands of health professionals.
As experts in the sector, we will work with you to understand your requirements and support you throughout the recruitment process from sourcing the top health professionals to onboarding them into your organisation.
Nursing recruitment
Our specialist nursing recruiters use their local market knowledge, as well as their industry expertise to find you the best nursing candidates to suit your needs.
We work in partnership with you to understand your nursing requirements and provide bespoke recruitment services tailored to you. We cover all roles from registered general nurses to registered mental health nurses, clinical leads through to occupational health nurses – whether you are looking for temporary or permanent staff.
We will support you throughout the whole recruitment journey, from advertising and selection, through to interviewing and onboarding your new employees.
Doctor recruitment
We have expert consultants who specialise in the recruitment of doctors. Whether you are looking for general practitioners, registrars, consultants, or specialist roles within psychiatry – we can support you and find you the top talent you need for your organisation.
We partner with you and provide bespoke recruitment solutions to match your requirements, and offer an industry leading 18-month guarantee to give you peace of mind.
All our specialists recruit for temporary, interim, contract, and permanent staff, and will support you throughout all stages of the selection and onboarding process.
Whether you need advice on salary benchmarking, sector trends, or interview and selection guidance, you can be assured that we will support you.
Care & support recruitment
We are one of the UK’s biggest providers of skilled care and support professionals, covering everything from short-term shift cover to long-term project work, both temporary and permanent.
Whether you are looking for care assistants, support workers, substance misuse workers or supervised contact staff, you can be assured that we can find the best candidates for your business.
We have access to the UK’s largest database of candidates and our specialist consultants will ensure the very best match, based on the needs of your service.
All our care professionals are vetted and trained to the highest standard. With our stringent compliance and vetting procedures, and ongoing CPD training to our temporary staff, you can be confident that all our candidates are of the highest quality.
Management recruitment
Our specialist management recruiters work with you to understand your business requirements and using the UK’s largest candidate database, we will find you the top management talent within the health and care sector.
We recruit for all management roles within healthcare, whether you are looking for registered managers, service managers, clinical directors, or hospital directors. We are so confident in our candidates, that we offer an industry leading guarantee of up to 18 months.
We will support you throughout the recruitment process from sourcing the top professionals, interview and selection advice, salary benchmarking and negotiation, to onboarding your new hire into your organisation.
And understand your pain points...
Our robust, stringent, and industry-leading compliance process gives you peace of mind that all our candidates and thoroughly vetted and compliant. This is to protect both you, the employees you hire, and the service users.
To provide the best service to you, we are open and honest about what we deliver, engaging with you throughout the process to maintain collaboration.
No two requirements or organisations are the same, so understanding your business is vital for us to provide the best level of service.
We work in partnership with you to understand both your current requirements as well as any future challenges or needs you may have.
We pride ourselves in offering the solutions that you need, providing expert insight into the recruitment market, and delivering on the service that we offer. We also hold regular review meetings to obtain feedback from you and ensure that we are consistently providing the best level of service that you need for your organisation to thrive.
A healthcare recruitment partner who is responsive, agile, and able to work fast to fill your requirements are important factors when choosing a recruitment company.
We have offices across the UK and all our specialist consultants are experts in their local market. They have relationships with the top talent in the region, and access to the UK’s largest candidate database.
We take the time to understand your needs and agree timescales with you, so you can be confident that we will deliver the best candidates in a timely manner.
Each time your direct hiring process is extended or doesn’t work out, your costs increase. By working with us we can save you money in the long-run.
We offer a variety of service options to suit all requirements, from staged payments to help manage your cash flow to industry-leading guarantees of up to 18-months to give you that added peace of mind.
We can also provide management information (MI) and analysis of the industry, allowing you to forecast your recruitment budget.
With access to thousands of health and care professionals, we can act fast when sourcing temporary and interim workers to cover any urgent roles. We fully reference and pre-screen temporary staff on your behalf – saving you valuable time and money.
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