Article published on: 3/03/25
Temporary agencies in the healthcare recruitment sector bear responsibility for their clients and, consequently, the patients and end users of care.
Healthcare recruitment faces distinct challenges in sourcing and establishing trust with compliant candidates, managing many various shift patterns, and offering flexible rates. Therefore, compliance is of utmost importance to your agency.
In the highly regulated healthcare recruitment sector, the necessity to meet an ever-expanding list of demands is undeniable. Recruitment processes must include essential background and reference checks, establish employment experience and qualification levels, and require an effective screening process to ensure efficient onboarding of employees.
Managing compliance is crucial for recruitment agencies, and having the right recruitment software is essential to ensure that placed candidates meet the compliance requirements for their assigned jobs. Recruitment agencies must ensure that all their employees and recruitment practices fully comply with all legislation, regardless of the agency's size. This includes adhering to both industry-specific and cross-industry legislation such as:
Understanding every piece of legislation relevant to an industry and the full scope of potential compliance issues for temporary recruitment agencies is challenging. It is estimated that as many as 25% of recruiters may unknowingly be non-compliant with the latest HMRC legislation.
Several membership bodies offer support to agencies, ensuring the highest standards are maintained across the sector. The primary one is the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), which provides training, legal advice, networking opportunities, and business and accreditation services.
How we help?
Flo's cloud-based temporary recruitment software guarantees that your healthcare agency stays compliant, offers full visibility of all bookings, and provides the flexibility to set different rate structures according to your clients' needs.
The software employs a dual approach to compliance, enabling you to establish specific criteria at both the client and candidate levels, ensuring that only suitable candidates are booked based on client-specific job requirements. You can also provide your clients with access to the system, promoting greater transparency and communication.
Handling the large volume of information each week can make the payroll and invoicing aspects of healthcare agencies very labour-intensive and error-prone. With Flo's recruitment software, payroll files and invoices are automatically generated from the hours recorded in the timesheets, using calculations based on predefined rate rules. This not only saves a substantial amount of processing time but also significantly reduces errors, ensuring that client invoices are paid promptly.
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