Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust

Using the Assignment model, New Wave have worked within the Health Sector to provide quality IT staff without paying agency fees. Working with Basildon and Thurrock NHS trust we helped to address the key issues faced by the health sector such as:

• Cost of using agencies or advertising.

The Assignment model operates on a fixed fee of £3,000. This is less than an average advertising campaign.

• Lack of Quality Candidates from press advertising.

The New Wave Database covers more than 3 times the number of IT candidates than can be reached by advertising in the Guardian or Computer Weekly.

• Time involved in filtering response.

New Wave filters the response so that you receive a shortlist of the best candidates.

• Time involved in recruitment campaigns.

The Assignment model provides you with a qualified shortlist after two weeks, so you can organise interviews to be held immediately afterwards.

• Inability to compete with commercial sector salaries.

New Wave only forwards candidates who have expressed a strong interest in working in the health sector and have seen the full details of your organisation, the salary and benefits package. Using the Assignment method, New Wave recruited a Systems Support Engineer for the Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust. A shortlist of quality, qualified candidates was provided after a two week campaign, from which a successful appointment was made.

In the words of Sanjeev Gupta, Head of IT at Basildon:

"As the Head of IT at the Basildon and Thurrock NHS Trust, I had been used to having to recruit staff via adverts in the local and national papers. This always led to a large number of applications which did not meet the basic requirements. Since New Wave Media have engaged with myself, I have found that posts are being filled with a higher quality of staff. The quality of service from New Wave Media was beyond that which I have received from any other agency. The agency staff were both courteous and helpful at all times, and made sure that I only saw relevant CV's.

This service is by far the best experience I have ever had from an agency, and the cost is unbelievably low. I can only congratulate New Wave Resourcing on providing a service which makes recruitment a pain-less, simple process for all concerned."

Sanjeev Gupta.

Head of IT, Basildon & Thurrock NHS Trust