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International Recruitment Campaigns

Reference: 24-25109

Date response sent: 24/06/2024

Details of enquiry

Use of Agencies

  • Does the trust use agencies to support with permanent/international hires?
  • Which agencies do you work with for international recruitment?
  • Which types of hires do you regularly hire through these partners? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)
  • Please provide a breakdown of how many hires you made through these sources in the last 12 months. (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)
  • Please provide details about the fees paid to your agency partners, including the lowest fee, highest fee, and average fee. (over the last 12 months)
  • What was the total spend on permanent international hires over the last 12 months?
  1. Recruitment Practices and Processes
  • Do you do any direct internal international recruitment?
    • If yes, what processes does the trust use to find and hire?
    • If yes, can you provide an example of the last time you did this, the number of hires you made, and how much it cost you?
    • If yes, which countries did you target?
    • If yes, what were the challenges of the experience?
  • How do you assess the qualifications and credentials of international candidates?
  • Do you have a minimum requirement for experience for international hires? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)
  1. Current and Future Hiring
  • Do you intend to continue to hire foreign-trained medical professionals?
  • What percentage of your staff are currently foreign-trained?
  • Would the trust benefit from an international agency with lower fees?
  • Does the trust have enough of a budget to hire all the staff they need?
  • Do you have a specific budget for international recruitment? If so, how much?
  • What is a breakdown of the open vacancies the trust currently has? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)
  • Would the trust hire internationally for these vacancies?
  • Does the trust believe the number of vacancies will increase in the coming years?
  • Do you have any plans to support this?
  1. Recruitment Efficiency and Challenges
  • What is the average time to hire for international positions?
  • What are the main challenges your trust faces in recruiting international staff?
  • What support services do you provide to international staff to help them integrate into the UK and the NHS?
    • This can include language training, cultural orientation, and professional development.
  • What retention strategies does your trust employ for international staff?
  • How do you measure the success of your international recruitment efforts?
  • Do you collaborate with any educational institutions or professional bodies to support international recruitment?
  • What percentage of your total recruitment budget is allocated to international hiring?
  • Have you implemented any digital tools or platforms to assist with international recruitment? If so, which ones?
  • Are there any upcoming changes in your international recruitment strategy or policies?
  1. Benefits and Support
  • What benefits do you offer international staff? (including but not limited to: free flights, initial accommodation, visa sponsorship, onboarding programs, test or qualification fees)
  • Who deals primarily with international hires? (person & department)
  1. Visa and Immigration
  • What types of visas does the trust sponsor for international hires?
  • What is the average time taken to process visa applications for international recruits?
  • Are there any specific challenges the trust faces in securing visas for international staff?
  • Does the trust provide any assistance or support for international hires during the visa application process?
  • What percentage of international hires face visa rejections or delays, and how does the trust manage these situations?

 

 

Response sent

  1. Use of Agencies

Please note that The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital.

We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological, services.  We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities,  and do not have an  A&E department.

 

The Trust does not engage in overseas recruitment campaigns, as we do not have bulk recruitment needs for clinical staff.

  • Does the trust use agencies to support with permanent/international hires?

No

  • Which agencies do you work with for international recruitment?

Not applicable

  • Which types of hires do you regularly hire through these partners? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)

Not applicable

  • Please provide a breakdown of how many hires you made through these sources in the last 12 months. (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)

Not applicable

  • Please provide details about the fees paid to your agency partners, including the lowest fee, highest fee, and average fee. (over the last 12 months)

Not applicable

  • What was the total spend on permanent international hires over the last 12 months?

Not applicable

  1. Recruitment Practices and Processes
  • Do you do any direct internal international recruitment?

No

  • Do you have a minimum requirement for experience for international hires? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)

Not applicable – see above responses

  1. Current and Future Hiring
  • Do you intend to continue to hire foreign-trained medical professionals?

Not applicable – see above responses

  • What percentage of your staff are currently foreign-trained?

We do not hold this data

  • Would the trust benefit from an international agency with lower fees?

We do not hold this data.  Please note that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) applies to recorded information that exists at the time of the request.  It does not require an authority to answer questions where this would involve the creation of new information, and this question can only be answered by creating new information.

  • Does the trust have enough of a budget to hire all the staff they need?

The Trust has budget to fill approved vacancies, as advertised

  • Do you have a specific budget for international recruitment? If so, how much?

No

  • What is a breakdown of the open vacancies the trust currently has? (doctors, dentists, nurses, AHP, Non-medical)

This information is already publicly accessible as the Trust advertises all its vacancies both on its own website: Vacancies – Tavistock and Portman and on NHS Jobs website: Search for jobs in the NHS Under Section 21 of Freedom of Information Act 2000, we are not required to provide information in response to a request where it is already reasonably available to the public.

  • Would the trust hire internationally for these vacancies?
  • Does the trust believe the number of vacancies will increase in the coming years?
  • Do you have any plans to support this?

The Trust does not hold this data.  For the above 3 questions, please note that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) applies to recorded information that exists at the time of the request.  It does not require an authority to answer questions where this would involve the creation of new information, and these questions can only be answered by creating new information.

  1. Recruitment Efficiency and Challenges

Not applicable, we do not undertake overseas recruitment campaigns.

  1. Benefits and Support

See our response to Q4 above

  1. Visa and Immigration

See our response to Q4 above

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