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Company Profile and Vision

Company Profile
Scanloc was founded in 1995 and provides international recruitment of specialist doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to public and private healthcare organisations and the provision of healthcare.

Recruitment: Through our expert knowledge of the international medical world we are well placed to provide candidates and clients with a professional service. Scanloc’s Medical Director is a retired NHS Consultant with many years experience as Clinical Director and Lead for Risk Management. Scanloc’s Managing Director is a Swedish registered nurse with many years experience in hospital management and our Lead Nurse is a NHS Modern Matron. We use this experience to formulate a working practice aimed at maintaining a high standard of clinical governance within the organisation.

Scanloc provides a professional and individually tailored service for each client and candidate and has built a large and resourceful network, enabling us to provide an executive service. We support our candidates and clients consistently before and during their assignments, offering candidates comprehensive support, with information about different healthcare systems, contact with colleagues within the same speciality, registration with regulatory bodies, how to write a CV, arranging accommodation on or off-site, Occupational Health, support to spouse/ partner/ children regarding job opportunities and schools, and general support by regular contact.

We evaluate our success by monitoring the quality of our work and seeking feedback from both clients and candidates both during and at the end of placements. We also operate a quality management system that which meets the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2008.

Scanloc adheres to standards and code of practices governed by amongst others the following organisations:

NHS
Scanloc holds a National Framework Agreement with the UK NHS. We are audited annually by the NHS PaSA (Purchasing and Supply Agency)

QCC
(Quality Care Comission for our nursing agency. We are audited annually by QCC.

REC
Scanloc is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

Scanloc recruits mainly from Europe and has an extensive database of candidates, in particular many doctors from Scandinavia who are registered with the General Medical Council and are on the specialist register in the UK. We have worked very hard to maintain a reputation for efficiency, fairness and honesty amongst our candidates and clients.

Healthcare provision: Scanloc can man whole departments and provide healthcare rather than just recruiting candidates for individual posts.

Vision, Mission and Commitment to Stakeholders
Scanloc provides excellence in international recruitment by sourcing the best opportunities for our candidates and the best candidates for our clients.

Our core values are:
Integrity, Flexibility, Innovation, Reliability and Partnership

Scanloc’s Vision is to provide:

• An ethical recruitment process that balances the needs of our clients,
candidates and their patients;
• A professional and individually tailored service for each client and candidate.
• Providing innovative solutions to our clients' and candidates' needs.
• Efficient and reliable recruitment processes which comply with the professional standards and regulations governing both the business and recruitment sectors.

We recognise that we can only deliver and sustain our Mission and achieve our Vision if we understand, account for and balance the needs of the stakeholders in our business – our candidates, clients, employees, shareholders and the Community at large.

Guiding Ideaology to our Stakeholders

Clients:

To ensure that all contracts for the placement of candidates are fulfilled in such a way as to comply with all applicable regulations and the specific requirements of clients' contracts.
To maintain suitable and sufficient surveillance of current placements to ensure that the stated contractual requirements are being fulfilled.
To accept contracts only if we know we can meet our clients’ requirements and that those requirements are compatible with the expertise of our selected candidates

Candidates:

To maintain a current database of all eligible and able candidates who are or will be likely to be seeking a placement.
To maintain a record of eligibility and update the information held on each candidate in line with current legislation, regulation and applicable codes of practice.
To advise of any opportunities for a candidate placement that will match their expertise.
To provide information and support that may be necessary to maintain and conform to new or updated regulations or codes of practice.
To provide the support and advice that may be required for those working in a new country for the first time.

Employees:

To ensure that the working environment and conditions are conducive to effectiveness and constitute a minimal hazard for all employees.
To provide a climate where employees are given the opportunity to maximise their potential and to participate fully in the operation of the business.

Shareholders :

To conduct our business in conformance with all legal requirements and to the highest moral and ethical standards.
To plan and undertake all business opportunities in a professional manner, weighing risk exposure against identified returns.
To deliver a planned and progressive increase in financial returns to our owners.
To carry adequate indemnification insurance to protect the company against any and all reasonable claims, whether from clients or employees.

Community :

To strive to maintain and create job opportunities for the local community through our staff.
To contribute to the well being of the community at large by providing candidates to meet specific needs.
Through our business activity to endeavour to minimise any adverse impact on the environment.