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Healthcare Recruitment in the UK

Celia Pappas

EURES UK

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Main Considerations

• UK Healthcare Skills Shortages

• Regulatory Bodies Registration

• Where to look for Work

• The National Health Service (NHS)

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Healthcare Skills Shortages

• Specialist Consultants • Diagnostic Medical Radiographers• Sonographers• Nurses (operating theatre, neonatal ICU)• Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry• Medical & Dental Technologists (Nuclear medicine &

radiotherapy)

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How do you describe your job?

• Is my qualification recognised in the UK • Is my profession regulated in the UK• Who do I have to register with to have permission to work in the

UK• Is my qualification comparable with a UK job descriptor • What salary can I expect• Find out about continuous professional development• Where do I find codes of conduct

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Regulatory Bodies

GMC (General Medical Council) GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) GDC (General Dental Council) NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council)

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Language Skills

• As an EEA national you are required to have sufficient knowledge of English to practice professionally

• Responsibility lies with Employer and applicant

• Excellent level expected

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Interactive screenshot of NHS jobs (England and Wales)

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Interactive Screen shot of NHS jobs (Scotland)

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Working Conditions for Healthcare Staff

• Information about career paths, salaries and conditions for international jobseekers can be found on the NHS Careers website (http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/)

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Looking for work

• The National Health Service Website• http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/• https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk

• Specialist Agencies• Company websites• Regulatory body websites• Professions Magazines: British Dental Journal Classified Nursing Times Pulsetoday.co.uk Pharmatimes RCN Bulletinjobs

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Things to keep in mind

• You must be registered with the UK regulatory body relevant to your Profession before you are allowed to practice in the UK

• The National Health Service use their own website for recruitment

• You may have to do a period of supervised practice before you can work independently

• The NHS careers website explains the NHS hierarchy & career development.

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Overview of the Nursing opportunities in the West Midlands

• The current number of Nurses needed in the West Midlands is over 250

• Theatres General

• Theatres Paediatric

• Paediatric

• Paediatric Oncology/Haematology

• Neonatal General Medicine/Elderly care/Stroke

• General Surgery

• Accident &Emergency

• Trauma & Orthopaedic

• Intensive Coronary Care Unit

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Working for National Health Service (NHS) Trusts across the West Midlands

Wages: minimum £21478 (band 5) maximum £34530 (band 6)

Support: Accommodation paid for the first month Cost of travel to take up post 6 week Induction programme Mentor to support for at least 6 months Requirements:

Minimum 12 months experience, and English to at least B2 level

CV to Jane Smith Jane.Smith@wm.hee.nhs.uk

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NHS Doctors

• Pay for doctors from April 2014• Doctors in the specialty doctor grade earn a basic salary of

between £37,176 and £69,325.• Consultants can earn a basic salary of between £75,249

and £101,451 per year, dependent on length of service. Local and national clinical excellence awards may be awarded subject to meeting the necessary criteria. 

• Many general practitioners (GPs) are self employed and hold contracts, either on their own or as part of a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The profit of GPs varies according to the services they provide for their patients and the way they choose to provide these services.

Salaried GPs who are part of a CCG earn between £54,863 to £82,789 dependent on, among other factors, length of service and experience.

For more information about pay for doctors, visit the NHS Employers website.For more information about GP recruitment, visit the GP Recruitment website

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