Recruitment Agency Information

Procedure for Approved Recruitment Agencies
Accessing Advertised Posts

Provision of Temporary and Permanent Nursing and Allied Health Professionals

The Service Level Agreement for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, temporary and permanent, is due to expire on 30th April 2008. We will shortly be inviting expressions of interest from companies wishing to be considered for the new PSL, commencing 1st May 2008. Anyone wishing to be considered as part of this process must e-mail Jackie Reeves at jreevesassociate@aol.com between 1st January and 28th February 2008. Please note that organisations already on the PSL for these services will automatically be invited to express an interest in providing services in the future. Any companies who do not express an interest between these dates will not be considered until the following year.

Provision of Non Clinical and Medical Staff – Temporary and Permanent

The new Service Level Agreement for Non Clinical and Medical Staff, temporary and permanent, took effect on 1st January 2008. We will be inviting expressions of interest between 1st September and 31st October 2008 from companies wishing to be considered from January 2009, for a 2 year period. Anyone wishing to be considered as part of this process must e-mail Jackie Reeves at jreevesassociate@aol.com at the appropriate time.

Please note that organisations already on the PSL for these services have signed a three year agreement and will not be required to take any action. Any companies who do not express an interest between these dates will not be considered until the following year.

Introduction

This procedure can only be used by agencies who are approved on the Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the placement of relevant permanent staff. Recruitment agencies can only put forward curriculum vitae for staff groups for which they have been approved.

Procedure

The procedure for recruitment agencies wishing to put forward CVs for consideration is as follows:

A list of vacancies is detailed on this website

Any relevant curriculum vitae for advertised posts must be forwarded to the appropriate Human Resource Department within each facility. Agencies MUST NOT send CVs unless they are responding to advertised posts.

A staff member in the Human Resources Department will pass curriculum vitae to the relevant manager for consideration. A list of contacts within Human Resources for each facility is attached.

The manager will consider the curriculum vitae, alongside CVs from other applicants for the post.

If the potential candidate is suitable for short-listing, the manager or Human Resources Department will inform the recruitment agency giving them details of the date, time and place of the interview.

Following interview, it is the responsibility of the manager/Human Resources Department (this differs in different facilities) to inform the recruitment agency whether or not the candidate has been successful.

The recruitment agency will then inform the candidate and ensure that the candidate, through the facility, receives the appropriate letter of appointment, contract and start date etc.

Once the successful applicant has commenced work, invoicing of the 11% placement fee will be carried out in accordance with the Service Level Agreement. Invoices must be sent to the relevant manager within the appropriate facility.

NOTE: In order to ensure that communication is as robust as possible, recruitment agencies are asked to only put forward candidates who meet all of the criteria for the post. Where candidates are not short-listed, if the recruitment agency does not hear from the facility within a reasonable timeframe, it will be the responsibility of the recruitment agency to contact the facility to check the status of the candidate’s application.

Recording and Reporting Placements

It is the responsibility of the recruitment agency to record all placements, giving the following information:

Staff Type
Grade
Date Placed
Facility

This information must be forwarded to Jackie Reeves Associates at jreevesassociate@aol.com each time a placement is made.

Facility	CHRO	HRA
Wellington (001) Direct Tel: 0207 586 5959 Fax: 020 7483 5306	Melissa Whelan 0207 483 5301	Allison Revell 0207 483 5304 Susannah Hitchings 0207 483 5302 Paul Barker 0207 483 5305
Portland (003) Direct Tel: 0207 580 4400 Fax: 020 7390 8216	Mark Dungay 0207 390 8210	Olama Khatun 020 7390 8199 HRPortland@hcahealthcare.co.uk
Princess Grace (002) Direct Tel:0207 486 1234 Fax: 0207 486 1234 Devonshire Street (022) Direct Tel: 0207 486 7131	Chris Edgley 0207 935 7599	0207 935 7530 HRA.PGH@hcahealthcare.co.uk
London Bridge (020) Direct Tel: 0207 234 2700 Fax: 0207 234 2023	Bijal Shah 0207 234 2726	John McKenna 0207 234 2097
Lister Hospital (021) Direct Tel: 0207 730 7733 Fax: 0207 730 8224	Samantha Wiltshire 0207 881 4056	Serwah Asiedu 0207 881 4045
Harley Street Clinic (004) Direct Tel: 0207 935 7700 Fax: 020 7486 3788 HCA Labs (005) Direct Tel: 0207 486 5091	Gareth Lewis 0207 034 8237	Patricia Pimpao 0207 034 8297
Corporate (009) Direct Tel: 0207 616 4848 Fax: 0207 616 4866	Jenny Mudge 0207 616 4863

e-mail = firstname.surname@hcahealthcare.co.uk unless otherwise stated