HCL

We formed HCL (initially as Healthcare Locums) in 2003 to supply high quality workforce solutions to the UK's health and social care industry.

From the outset our aim was to redefine the standards in both health and care recruitment. Our objective has always been to place the best professionals into the best positions as efficiently as possible, with a flexible and customer focused approach.

This has allowed us to provide our clients with health and care professionals in every capacity; short-term, long-term, permanent, temporary, locum or as contract professionals. Our reputation in the market and our ability to add value across every aspect of the health and care recruitment spectrum, is underpinned by our flexible approach; we adapt our practices to offer the most effective solutions to meet client needs.

It's an approach that appears to be working...today our turnover is set to exceed £140million, making us the market leader in our three key sectors: AHP, Doctors and Social Care.

Our rapid growth is a result of two key philosophies:

One, by ensuring we maintain a flexible and consultative approach; answering clients' needs by supplying the very best professionals.

And two, by continuously innovating; our bespoke 'My Workforce' recruitment system has created a more efficient mechanism for delivering staff of all grades and specialties to both the National Health Service (NHS) and the private sector.

Our international offices and consultants in the UK, together with our agents across the globe, supply our clients with quality-focussed recruitment services that include:

• Flexible staffing solutions (locums, contractors, temporary staff)
• Interim workforce services
• Permanent recruitment
• International sourcing
• Managed recruitment programmes
• Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)
• UK and global workforce solutions
• Workforce planning and consultancy
• Innovative recruitment and retention strategies

Our strategy

Our people
As a people-centric business our investment in staff is a key strength. We aim to further strengthen our position as the company of choice for those working in the health and care recruitment sector. Our employee rewards programme (VIP), share option scheme, and quarterly and annual awards are innovative, market leading initiatives that encourage loyalty and commitment from our teams, who are highly incentivised to achieve strong organic growth for the group.

Integration
At the heart of our success has been the smooth integration of newly acquired businesses into the HCL group. The management’s strategy for quickly introducing centralised systems, procedures and financial structures has supported both the businesses growth profile and reassured staff as to future direction.
All of the newly acquired businesses are now utilising the group’s dedicated IT systems and are taking advantage of enhanced central support functions such as HR, Business Development and Marketing. This additional support provides access to immediate advantages and opportunities, providing greater scope for development and earnings enhancement.

Delivering the strategy
HCL has, within four years, developed into an established provider of specialist staff to the health and social care sectors. It has put together a senior, middle management and recruitment team which we believe is unrivalled in the sector. It has achieved rapid and full integration of all acquisitions made. We are now well positioned to gain market share from our competitors in each of the markets in which we operate.