Job Description
Recruitment Consultant — Healthcare | Elderly Care | Adult Care | Children's Services UK | Portsmouth & Manchester | Permanent | Experienced Hires
This is an opportunity to join one of the most established and award-winning specialist recruitment groups operating in the UK's health, care, education and life sciences sectors. Backed by private equity investment and operating through a multi-brand structure, the group covers the full breadth of these sectors — from mid-senior permanent and interim healthcare appointments through to C-suite executive search, pharmaceutical and life sciences, and commercial healthcare hiring
At present, the group is actively looking for experienced healthcare recruiters to join one of their top-performing and longest-established brands — the UK's largest dedicated recruitment offering to the independent health and social care markets by headcount
The Brand You'd Be Joining
This brand is the premium contingent offering within the group, dedicated exclusively to the independent health, social care and children's services and education sectors. Responsible for facilitating close to 1,000 placements a year, the team deliver mid to senior level management and clinical appointments across four specialist divisions, with offices in Portsmouth and Manchest
er.Consultants are split into dedicated regional teams — meaning you know your market, your clients and your candidates in genuine depth. Client visits are a regular part of the role. This is a business built on relationships, not volume.
The four specialist divisions are:
Healthcare — covering mid to senior management and clinical vacancies across private acute, consumer health, digital health, diagnostics, primary care, secondary care and community markets, spanning the whole of the UK. Sub-sectors include surgical hospitals, primary care, healthcare at home, dental, veterinary, cosmetics, physiotherapy and MSK, diagnostics, GP, pharmacy, ophthalmology and fertility.
Elderly Care — the longest-serving and most established team in the business, supporting nationwide recruitment of senior management within residential care, homecare, retirement living, nursing and clinical services.
Adult Care — placing senior leaders supporting adults over 18 and those living with disability, physical or mental illness, across home care, domiciliary care, day centres, residential care, mental health, addictions, complex care and neuro rehabilitation.
Children's Care and Education — facilitating the recruitment of senior leaders within children's residential settings, specialist education providers, fostering agencies and nurseries across the UK.
What's On Offer
* Uncapped commission with no threshold and no limit
* Consistency Bonus — an additional 5% paid for sustained high performance
* Car allowance of up to £400 per month for high-achieving consultants
* Financial advisory support
* 23 days annual leave, increasing by one day for every full year of service
* 3pm Friday finish every week
* Paid REC subscription
* Professional training — internal and external — plus accreditation opportunities
* Quarterly Personal Action Plans to support your development and progression
* End of quarter events, team socials, peer recognition events and black tie evenings at exclusive venues
* Running club and charity fundraising initiatives
* Investors in People Gold accredited
Who They Are Looking For
* Experienced healthcare recruiters with a demonstrable billing history in one or more of the above healthcare markets
* Consultants with genuine sector knowledge and established candidate and client relationships
* People who want the infrastructure and brand recognition of a well-backed group with the feel of a specialist, close-knit team
* Those motivated by being properly recognised and rewarded for consistent high performance