As the NHS focuses on driving down supplier costs, specialist recruitment agency Pulse is clarifying its presence in the healthcare market and asserting its position as a catalyst to improved health care provision.
According to Government figures, the NHS could save 78 million by improving staff productivity and managing agency staff costs[1]. Pulse believes that it can help realise this target, working in partnership with NHS Trusts to enable them to run more efficiently.
Richard MacMillan, CEO of Pulse, says: ìFor the NHS to continuously meet the unpredictable demands of healthcare it needs to adjust staffing levels quickly and safely. Flexible workers hold the key to improving NHS productivity, but healthcare organisations need a reliable and cost effective supplier that understands their business and can therefore better support their workforce planning.
ìPulse not only offers a bank of reliable, fully-checked and trained staff but its managed services division also helps NHS Trusts to work smarter and cut costs.î
Pulse is already working with more than 400 Trusts throughout the UK. Its managed services have saved one NHS Trust over 3 million. Pulseís free Flex Survey also provides organisations with a full evaluation of current staffing processes, helping them to identify staffing issues and respond more effectively.
With more than 15 yearsí experience of bank and agency contract management and as an approved framework provider, Pulse is well positioned to provide expert support to organisations in health care. It offers a range of staff from healthcare assistants to consultant surgeons and from physiotherapist to midwives. Pulse is also bucking the trend of healthcare recruitment agencies who are centralising their services, by setting up a number of regional branches around the UK. Pulse is committed to responding to local care needs and has ambitious expansion plans for the next two years.
Pulse provides the following specialist healthcare services:
Compliance with all necessary industry standards
Interviews with all candidates before they are put forward for the job
Ongoing appraisals and training for candidates ñ when few other suppliers offer this
Regular patient and unique end-user audits to ensure excellent delivery
Availability of 24/7 on and off-site team
Free forecasts of future staffing needs with Pulseís Flex Survey
Localised services for local delivery
Loyalty scheme for candidates.
Pulse will launch its new brand and restructure with a direct marketing campaign to clients and candidates and its new website.
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