Medical Staffing Services for Permanent Clinical Roles
Alliance is a medical staffing agency that places permanent nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, medical assistants and healthcare administration staff with hospitals, clinics and care providers. We do not supply locum, travel, or agency shift cover. Shortlists arrive within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief, backed by 16+ years of recruitment experience and clients in 36+ countries.
We screen candidates against your clinical and operational requirements and review their stated qualifications and experience before you interview. This reduces recruitment workload for your HR and clinical teams while you fill critical healthcare roles.
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Medical Staffing or Medical Recruitment? The Distinction That Costs Money
In healthcare, “staffing” and “recruitment” describe two different industries, and using the words interchangeably is how providers end up with the wrong supplier.
Medical staffing, as the term is used in the US and UK, means locum, travel, per-diem, and agency shift supply. The agency holds the clinician’s contract and bills you for their hours. Alliance does not provide it.
Medical recruitment, which is what we do, means sourcing, verifying and placing a clinician who joins your establishment substantively, on your sponsorship, on your payroll.
The difference is not only a matter of words. It decides who employs the clinician: with agency cover, the agency holds the contract; with a permanent hire, the clinician joins your establishment and your own HR records.
It is also where the money goes. Agency cover is billed for as long as the post is covered; a permanent hire joins your payroll.
For the recruitment practice in full, see our medical recruitment agencies page.
Medical Staffing Agencies: What to Expect From Our Shortlist
International clinical hires rarely fall through on clinical ability. They are more often delayed by documents, registration or examination steps in the destination country. We agree the role requirements and the documents each candidate needs at the brief stage, send a shortlist within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief, and keep you updated as each candidate moves towards the start date.
Permanent vs Locum: How the Costs Differ
Permanent recruitment: the clinician joins your establishment and your payroll, and the recruitment cost is discussed for your specific brief.
Locum and agency cover is billed for as long as the post is covered, so the total depends on how long the post stays open. For a substantive post held for a year or more, it is worth comparing that total with the cost of a permanent hire.
How Long Does Permanent Clinical Recruitment Take?
Shortlist: within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief.
International placements: the time from offer to start depends on the destination’s examination, registration and visa steps. We give you a realistic start date for your destination before sourcing begins.
What Our Medical Staffing Agency Offers Healthcare Providers
Document requirements agreed at the brief stage
We agree with you which qualifications, registrations and experience records each role needs, and show the status of each candidate’s documents as the process moves forward.
Destination requirements discussed before sourcing
Which authority, which examination and which documents apply for that nationality in that destination, discussed with you before sourcing starts so the timeline is planned realistically.
Specialty and case mix screened
ICU, theatre, emergency and ward nursing are different jobs. So are an emergency physician and a generalist. We screen on what the clinician has actually done, not the title on the CV.
Medical assistants and clinical support
screened on scope of practice, which varies by state and country.
Permanent placement onto your establishment
No locum, no travel nursing, no per-diem, no agency shift fill, no interim.
A drop-out buffer planned into volume cohorts
Some candidates do not pass examinations, registration or medicals, so volume cohorts are planned with a realistic drop-out buffer.
Our Clinical Recruitment Process
Requirement and Feasibility
Specialties, quantities, salary band and destination. We discuss the destination’s registration requirements and candidate eligibility with you before sourcing, because several destinations restrict which qualifications they recognise.
Sourcing and Clinical Screening
Sourced from India, the Philippines and other clinical supply markets. Screened on specialty, case mix, registration status, scope of practice and language.
Client Selection
Panel interviews, or in-person selection drives in the source country where volume justifies it.
Examinations, Registration and Visa
Examinations where required, health authority registration, document attestation and visa processing, with regular progress updates to you. These steps are completed with the relevant authorities and often take the longest.
Joining and Registration
Travel, arrival, local registration and induction. The clinician becomes your employee on joining and all employment administration transfers to you.
Post-Joining Follow-Up
We confirm successful joining, support the handover to your HR and clinical teams, and follow up during the early employment period to address any onboarding or registration issues.
Need Permanent Clinical Staff?
Covering long-term vacancies with agency staff? Send us the roles, quantities and destination. We share a shortlist within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief, and a free 30-minute consultation is available to plan the hires.
Clinical Roles and Markets We Cover
Nursing
ICU, theatre, emergency, ward, paediatric, midwifery and community. See nursing recruitment.
Doctors and physicians
Specialists, generalists, registrars and consultants. See doctor recruitment.
Medical assistants and clinical support
Screened on scope of practice, which differs by jurisdiction.
Allied health
Physiotherapy, radiography, laboratory, pharmacy and occupational therapy.
Healthcare administration
Practice management, medical records, patient coordination and revenue cycle.
Healthcare IT and informatics
Clinical systems and EHR roles, scoped closer to technology recruitment. See healthcare IT staffing.
Healthcare leadership
Medical and nursing directors, hospital and clinical operations. See healthcare executive search.
Destination markets
Canada, the Gulf, the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Europe including France and Belgium, and India.
Source markets
We also recruit clinicians internationally for Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the Gulf, the UK and Ireland. For Canada, see international medical recruitment Canada.
Who We Serve
Providers covering substantive posts with agency spend
where locum spend on a long-term vacancy is worth comparing with the cost of a permanent hire.
Hospitals commissioning a new unit
needing a defined clinical establishment in place before opening, on a date that will not move.
Employers recruiting internationally for the first time
who need a realistic timeline from offer to start.
Clinics and practices hiring medical assistants and support staff
where scope of practice, not availability, is the screening constraint.
Gulf healthcare providers under nationalisation rules
where the expatriate categories that can be employed depend on local rules.
Providers whose earlier cohort did not reach the start date
and who want role and document requirements agreed before sourcing starts.
The Alliance Advantage
Permanent clinical recruitment only. No locum, no travel nursing, no per diem, no interim, no agency shift supply. Stated first because the word “staffing” implies all five.
Document requirements agreed at the brief stage, with a named Alliance contact following each candidate’s progress.
Destination registration requirements discussed before sourcing begins, per destination and per nationality.
Specialty, case mix and scope of practice screened, not inferred from a job title.
We plan to the start date, not the offer date, with the registration and visa stages counted in.
Regular progress updates through the registration and visa stages.
A realistic drop-out buffer on volume cohorts.
International medical recruitment into Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the Gulf, the UK and Ireland, with clinicians sourced from Kerala, the wider Indian market and the Philippines.
Why Choose Alliance for Medical Staffing?
Alliance Recruitment Agency has 16+ years of recruitment experience and has served 9,000+ organisations in 36+ countries. For healthcare providers, we recruit permanent nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, medical assistants and healthcare administrators, with a shortlist within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief and a 90-day replacement guarantee on permanent placements. Our search methodology is ISO 9001-certified.
We will tell you when a post is unlikely to be filled at the salary band you have set, rather than offering to cover it indefinitely.
The practical difference is the order of work. We agree the role, the destination requirements and the documents needed before sourcing, which produces fewer but better-matched names.
We are the wrong choice in three situations, and all three are common in healthcare.
If you need shift cover, locum or travel staffing, we do not provide it.
If you need someone next month, no compliant international clinical route delivers that.
And if your substantive posts are unfilled because of pay banding rather than supply, recruitment will not fix it.
For the medical assistant and clinical support desk, see medical assistant staffing agencies. For senior clinical appointments, see medical recruitment consultant.
Our Client Reviews
We had several permanent nursing positions open at the same time and needed a recruitment partner who understood the clinical requirements, not just the job titles. Alliance gave us a relevant shortlist and handled the credential and licensing coordination through the process. It saved our HR team a considerable amount of time.
We were recruiting specialist doctors for a growing clinic network and wanted to avoid spending weeks reviewing unsuitable profiles. Alliance understood the experience and registration requirements before starting the search and kept the process moving through verification. The candidates we interviewed were much closer to what we needed.
Our challenge was not simply finding healthcare professionals; it was getting the right people through the documentation and licensing stages. Alliance managed the process closely and kept us updated as each candidate progressed. That gave us much better visibility on expected joining dates and helped us plan our staffing levels.
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Alex George
General Manager | RPO & Enterprise Recruitment
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Head of Recruitment | Recruitment & Staffing
Frequently Asked Questions
The phrase covers two industries. Locum, travel and per-diem staffing supplies shift cover through an agency that holds the clinician’s contract. Permanent medical recruitment places a clinician who joins your establishment substantively. Alliance provides the second only.
No. Alliance places permanent clinical staff only. We do not supply locum cover, travel nursing, per-diem shifts, interim cover or agency rota fill.
A permanent hire joins your establishment and your payroll. Locum cover is billed for as long as the post is covered, so its total grows with the length of cover.
Because it decides who employs the clinician. With agency cover, the agency holds the clinician’s contract. With a permanent hire, the clinician joins your establishment and your own HR records.
A shortlist arrives within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief. The time from offer to start depends on the destination’s examination, registration and visa steps, and we give you a realistic start date for your destination before sourcing begins.
Costs depend on the roles, the number of hires and the destination, so we discuss them for your brief. A free 30-minute consultation is the quickest way to talk through your requirements.
Nursing across all specialties, doctors and physicians, medical assistants and clinical support, allied health, healthcare administration, healthcare IT, and clinical leadership.
We screen each candidate on specialty, case mix, scope of practice, language and stated qualifications, registration and experience against your brief. Registration and licensing decisions rest with the relevant health authority in the destination country.
Canada, the Gulf, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Europe including France and Belgium, and India.
India, with Kerala as the largest nursing supply state, plus the Philippines, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Yes, screened on scope of practice, which differs by state and country.
Standard recruitment fills a role from a general candidate pool. Specialised medical recruitment screens clinicians on specialty, case mix, scope of practice and the registration requirements of the destination country, because a job title alone does not show what a clinician has done. Alliance recruits permanent clinical staff for hospitals, clinics and care providers and shares a shortlist within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief.
Send the specialty, quantity, destination and salary band. We discuss the destination’s registration steps and a realistic start date with you before sourcing begins, and share a shortlist within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief.
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