Why use an Occupational Health Recruitment Company to help you recruit?
At a time where healthcare staff shortages are at an all-time high, recruiting new Occupational Health clinicians has become a high priority in both the private and public sector.
However, it can become very easy to hire staff just for the sake of filling numbers. This trail of thought can become dangerous as you could end up diluting the overall skillset of your workforce.
Instead, you should be selective when choosing the right staff for the job. The question is, what is the best way to go about recruiting highly skilled candidates?
Challenges of recruiting suitable & qualified staff
Effective workforce planning is important if you are aiming to build a highly competent team. However, recruiting the right Occupational Health staff isn’t always easy. Challenges you might face include:
1) Responding to a changing environment
The needs of the patient are always changing. Recently, there has been a major societal shift towards more health-conscious lifestyles, and patients may be looking for care that covers diet, wellness and exercise.
Technology is also advancing at an increasing rate. Healthcare providers, therefore, need to make sure that they are hiring skilled staff who are comfortable using technology or are willing to be trained.
2) Developing a diverse workforce
Recruiting a diverse workforce will benefit your business immeasurably, both in respect of improving business performance and attracting high-quality candidates. Job seekers will often review the level of diversity in a company before accepting a position.
Your team should be well balanced in terms of age, ethnic origin, gender, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and related work experience.
Why using a healthcare recruitment agency is a good option
If finding the right candidate seems difficult, there is another alternative that you should consider. Specialist Occupational Health recruitment companies can help you to source the right candidates in a much shorter timeframe.
If you are unsure about how an agency can help you, here are three good reasons why you need to be using one:
1) You can save plenty of time
Rather than source candidates yourself and spend time on the first stages of the recruitment process, you can use an agency to do that for you.
A specialist Occupational Health recruitment agency will take the time to sift through applications and take charge of the initial screening process. They can also schedule interviews, providing you with background information about prospects and even deal with administration issues such as communication with both successful and unsuccessful candidates.
The benefit of this is that you only spend your time viewing the candidates that are a direct fit for the job and your company culture.
2) Ability to identify talented candidates
A huge advantage of using an agency is gaining access to their knowledge, expertise and their vast pool of industry connections. This is further supported by the fact that 91% of UK organisations struggle to find good fit workers in the last year, according to Diverse Employment.
Professional recruiters have access to a range of tools and tend to use multiple methods to find high-quality candidates. This could be a combination of networking, referrals, job boards and career sites, sourcing through social media, email, search engines and track prospects through an applicant tracking system.
3) You can save on business costs
It can be expensive to create adverts on job boards, and this could potentially impact your recruitment capabilities. It can be especially true if you’ve got a limited budget and can only afford to use one job site.
Healthcare recruitment agencies, on the other hand, can post ads on multiple leading job boards. They will also have access to premium accounts, allowing them to use features that can speed up the recruitment process.
If you have established a good reputation with an agency, you will make additional cost savings in the long-term, since they will have a better understanding of the types of Candidates you are looking for.
Occupational Health recruitment doesn’t have to be complicated
Finding the right candidate for your needs can sometimes be difficult. We understand that it can take a lot of time, energy and company resources to source and screen promising staff.
That is why at OH Talent Solutions, we take the time to understand your business and provide a tailored approach which is personalised to your business.
If you are looking for your next star candidate, let us help support you in your search every step of the way.
