Both AHP and HCSs have played a vital role in the pandemic so far and we’ve been proud to support that effort.
Read moreMy experience was unique, but you will see it time and time again in the NHS and around the world. It is just one of millions being remembered and celebrated on today’s International Nurses Day
Read moreThis week is Mental Health Awareness week and our partners, Rethink Mental Illness have created The ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’ - a set of pillars which are key to improving our mental health.
Read moreFrom April 2021 all users who have access to the NHSP:Online portal can now add assignment codes to candidate profiles.
Read moreNHS Professionals (NHSP) and Doctors Direct (part of NHS Professionals) have recently partnered with the charity, Rethink Mental Illness, to help highlight the importance of positive mental health, as well as signposting access to expert advice, support, and resources for their 160,000+ healthcare professionals.
Read moreWhile ‘doctoring’ might be a vocation for many, doctors deserve the same balance and quality of life as everyone else.
Read moreRight now the NHS is benefiting from a huge increase in the amount of healthcare workers who have re-joined the frontline. There’s a wave of interest to join the NHS and we need to ride that wave to help support the continued response to COVID-19 and the recovery.
Read moreProviding our Doctors Direct members with this sense of family and belonging is such a key part of my role, and the element in which I find the most job satisfaction. Building these crucial relationships, understanding specific needs and recognising and highlighting the difference this group of doctors make to the NHS is something I strive to do every day.
Read moreI have been a registered nurse since 2009, with a wide variety of experience working in sexual health and medical research, as well as at the CQC and before that, at the Environment Agency. Now, in my clinical governance role at NHS Professionals, I largely deal with the business of maintaining clinical standards.
Read moreNHS Professionals (NHSP) are pleased to announce that we have been named as a Top Employer for 2021 (UK and Ireland) by the Top Employers Institute.
Read moreNot surprisingly, and like most of my colleagues in the NHS, COVID-19 has dominated my year. In March, we asked healthcare professionals to Stand Up, Step Forward and Save Lives and the response we received was beyond all expectations. The volume of people that answered our call was incredible. For Doctors Direct it came with its own complexities.
Read moreAfter nearly a decade in healthcare recruitment, I thought I was prepared for pretty much anything. Then I joined NHS Professionals in May 2020 in the middle of a global pandemic. Since that point, it has been a rollercoaster of a year, with demand for non-clinical flexible workers fluctuating enormously. I am incredibly proud of how my team has responded to this uncertainty and change, and how we have maintained quality through periods of high demand, working hard to consistently support our partner NHS Trusts and Bank members.
Read moreIn early 2020, the pandemic was expected to be a sprint for the NHS.
Read moreResilience is needed in the NHS now more than ever – at an individual, organisational and systemic level. We all need to work together to prepare for, respond to and adapt to both ongoing change and major unexpected disruptions. This is not just about surviving, it’s about minimising crises and identifying improvements, both personally and professionally.
Read moreAs part of the ongoing fight against Covid-19, NHS Professionals, working with NHS England, have launched a new recruitment drive as part of the National Vaccination Programme.
Read moreCovid-19 has firmly put the NHS to the test on its ability to flex and adapt in a crisis. Health professionals have gone above and beyond to save lives and keep patients safe – a commitment that has been recognised by the whole nation. This pandemic has necessitated a very rapid response from the health service – one that’s been, to a large degree, powered by a flexible workforce of locum doctors stepping up with a timely, diverse mix of professional expertise.
Read moreNHS Professionals are thrilled to have won the TIARA Recruitment Award for Innovation!
Read moreAs a workforce on the frontline against Covid-19, the NHS has been recognised country-wide, from weekly clapping to colourful window posters of thanks. What’s less visible, and not often recognised, is the tireless contribution made to the health service by flexible workers.
Read more2020 is definitely going to be a year that no one will forget. But with recent developments, many of us will now have to continue to work from home, or in unfamiliar locations and settings.
Read moreFrom 28th February 2021 Agency Worker Compliance information will be a mandatory requirement. Any agency supplying temporary staffing to Camden and Islington ...
Read moreToday I celebrate my first-year anniversary since I took on the role of CEO at NHS Professionals.
Read moreWorking in healthcare, recruitment and with the NHS over the last 20 years has taught me quite a few things: The pride that healthcare professionals take in their work, the challenges our health service face
Read moreInterested in developing and broadening your leadership skills? Keen to learn new leadership techniques?
Read moreOf course, every business and every CEO is different but, if like me, you saw yourself navigating into a never-before-seen landscape, trying to keep you and your team together, all while riding this imaginary rollercoaster, then I hope you can find some of my learnings useful.
Read moreNever before in my career have I known anything like the last few months ...
Read moreI’ve taken more time than I usually would to enter the conversation on #BLM. And it’s not because I am scared or afraid or trying to avoid it. Rather it’s been the opposite.
Read moreWe are not in the same boat: Why kindness matters more than ever this Mental Health Awareness Week
Read moreNHS Professionals is proud to be supporting the NHS and Public Health England in its efforts to recruit 3000 clinical professionals as part of the Government’s strategy to recruit a coronavirus contact tracing workforce.
Read moreNHS PROFESSIONALS LAUNCHES NATIONAL CAMPAIGN: STAND UP, STEP FORWARD, SAVE LIVES
Read morePlease familiarise yourself with the changes to timesheet release and payment dates due to up and coming Bank Holidays.
Read moreNHS Professionals has launched Covid-19 Rapid Response to enable qualified nurses and other healthcare professionals, who may or may not be currently working in the NHS and who want to help in the battle against the current pandemic, to move quickly and safely to the frontline.
Read moreDuring this period of unprecedented demand for healthcare professionals, the NHS needs you.
Read moreJuliette will be working closely with the Clinical Governance and Occupational Health teams to continue the diligent work already in place to uphold not only the principles of the NHS of ensuring access to care for all, but also to ensure that NHSP’s bank workforce meets the clinical standards required to provide outstanding patient care within our hospitals.
Read moreTracey, made outstanding contributions in her bank role in Alexandra Ward at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Read moreWe are putting the spotlight on all of the fantastic work being done by nurses and midwives across the globe and sharing with you what we are doing to support nurses and midwives in the current climate.
Read moreNHS Professionals continues to build its leadership team for 2020, attracting talent from the resourcing and staffing industries to drive its workforce solutions for the NHS. Dan Hinsley joins with 25 years’ experience in operational delivery within the workforce sector.
Read moreOur newly refreshed Bank Member of the Month Award has not only been given an updated look, but the award has also now been extended to all our different staff groups.
Read moreBusiness leaders of today are often asked what they will achieve or have achieved in their first 90 or 100 days and it is often difficult in that timeframe to stop, pause and reflect. I am pleased to be able to report back to you on what have been a very positive experiences during my first 90 days as CEO.
Read moreOur newly refreshed Bank Member of the Month Award has not only been given an updated look, but the award has also now been extended to all our different staff groups.
Read moreNHS Professionals’ CEO, Nicola McQueen has been honoured in this year’s annual list, which recognises the female leaders and influencers in the Global Talent marketplace.
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