GP Recruitment Services

Our service is unique because it allows you to recruit for all the key roles in your practice, including General Practitioners, practice managers, and support staff. This integrated approach means you won’t need to rely on multiple recruitment agencies. With our GP recruitment expertise, you’ll experience a more streamlined process designed specifically for the challenges faced by medical practices.

Our locum search feature is one of a kind because it allows doctors to choose their own dates, giving them flexibility that is rarely available on traditional job boards. By offering this flexibility, we can attract high-quality locum GPs who are looking for work on their own terms. This feature also helps practices find locums faster and with fewer constraints, saving time and effort.

Alecto Australia takes the heavy lifting out of your GP recruitment process. Our team will write a compelling job ad tailored to your practice’s needs and screen candidates. By the time a candidate reaches you, they have already been qualified, saving you countless hours of reviewing unsuitable applications and conducting unnecessary interviews.

GP recruitment typically takes longer than recruitment in other industries. It’s rare to fill a vacancy within one month due to the specific requirements and regulations involved in hiring General Practitioners. A three-month package provides a realistic timeframe to identify, vet, and secure the right GP for your practice, offering you a better chance of success.

If you own or manage multiple practices, we can customise a recruitment plan that meets the needs of your group. We also offer tailored discounts for group recruitment services, ensuring that you can efficiently manage GP recruitment across all your locations without stretching your budget.

The key to GP recruitment is to plan ahead. With Alecto, that can be as simple as calling us, giving us a few details about the position you need to fill, and then letting us do the heavy lifting. We’ll work with you to develop a ‘pipeline’ of GPs to fulfil your needs – keeping in mind the limitations of government regulations and the supply of qualified GPs.

If you’re recruiting from overseas, we can provide strategies for dealing with the District of Workforce Shortage (DWS) and 19AB/19AA exemptions generally. And our experience in medical recruitment means that we know our way through all the accreditation obstacles you’re likely to encounter. Our consultants liaise with the regulatory authorities to ensure that we can brief both employers and candidates on the progress of their applications.

We brief our candidates on the kind of community they will be serving and living in, so you can be sure the GP you recruit will be a good fit. And we assist them with resettlement, so your new GP can get straight down to work, undistracted by issues like housing or schools. And just in case one of our GP’s doesn’t work out to be a perfect fit, we offer a money-back guarantee.

Work with no more than two GP recruitment agencies at a time. This will save you a lot of stress and effort in the long run. GPs will often contact more than one agency at a time, so you can easily receive the same CV from multiple agencies (which can lead to duplication and false starts).

Ideally, work exclusively with one agency once you are confident in their abilities. Agencies are paid on success: the more agencies involved, the lower the incentive for each agency to invest time, work and money in recruitment. In contrast, when an agency operates exclusively, there is a high incentive to provide excellent service because efforts will be rewarded.

If you get a CV from different agencies that appears to be for the same person, contact the agency immediately to confirm the full name of the candidate. If there is a double up, it is important that both agencies are notified immediately. Keep in contact with your designated consultant. Let them know if you have filled the vacancy through other means.

Be clear about the employment terms you are offering to your next GP. What percentage of billings will you offer? Will you offer a minimum guarantee?  As a general rule, if you have an open relationship with your consultant, things will run very smoothly.

When discussing a job with a GP, you will find it best to be discrete about the recruitment fee. While it is a genuine cost to your practice, talking about it will make the GP feel uncomfortable and they will usually choose to pursue other options afterwards (as we have seen happen many times before). If you need help drafting a letter of offer or a contract, let your consultant know—they will probably be able to help.