Since our inception, one of Alecto Australia’s major areas of interest and expertise has been international medical recruitment — specifically, VR GPs from the UK and Ireland. As a group, we’ve found Irish and UK GPs to be excellent doctors, often with qualifications beyond their primary medical degree, such as diplomas in obstetrics and gynaecology, and paediatrics: a level of training which is seemingly somewhat on the decline amongst local GPs. We have also found them to be enthusiastic contributors in the practices we’ve placed them in, performing well in their primary clinical role, as well as providing excellent support and/or training to other GPs, and being generally quite engaged with the business side of practising medicine.
International Medical Recruitment of Irish and UK GPs: The benefits for practices
Increasingly, GPs practising in the UK are reporting to us a feeling of being undervalued by the NHS, leading many to explore Australian medical jobs that offer a better work-life balance and rewarding career opportunities. We believe the GPs who will most notice and resent these factors are those doctors of good calibre who perform their roles most conscientiously and who place the highest expectations on themselves and the performance of their duties. Perhaps for this reason, we have very often found Irish and UK GPs to be very promising, and our client practices have very often enjoyed the realisation of that promise once the doctor has begun working with them. Also, because international medical graduates require the sponsorship of a practice, they tend to be more available than local doctors, who often prefer to enter private practice on their own. The primary reason we have narrowed our focus to Irish and UK GPs (as well as New Zealand GPs) has been because we have found that those GPs have all the advantages to practices in the sense of being slightly more available, but without any compromise in terms of their ability, education, or clinical excellence.
We’ll be posting more information about the benefits offered to practices by international medical graduates in the coming days, so stay tuned.
Why work with Alecto in Recruiting Irish and UK GPs?
As a leading international medical recruitment agency, Alecto Australia has specialised in recruiting Irish and UK GPs for Australian medical practices for more than four years. With teams based in both the UK and Australia, we understand the expectations of overseas-trained doctors as well as the needs of Australian practices. This unique perspective allows us to identify high-quality candidates while providing comprehensive support throughout the relocation, Medicare application and medical registration process.
More information on how Alecto can help you to recruit Irish and UK GPs
If you would have any other questions, or would like to speak to us directly, you may contact Monique Giron, our Director of Recruitment Services, on +61 405 607 793 or at monique.giron@alecto.com.au.
For more general information about Alecto Australia Medical Recruiting, please see our “about us” informational page here. We also have someinformation for employers regarding recruiting international and local GPs here.