Senior Recruitment Consultant – Healthcare Interim & Operations

Location: London | Sector: UK Private Healthcare & NHS | Desk: Warm – Existing Client Base

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Are you an experienced recruitment consultant ready to take the next step in your career? We're looking for a driven and personable Senior Recruitment Consultant to join our specialist team placing Interim and Permanent Operational and Project & Programme Management professionals across the UK healthcare sector.

This is a genuine opportunity to step into a warm desk with an established client base spanning both NHS organisations and private healthcare providers — so you'll be billing from day one, not starting from scratch.

About Us

We've built our reputation on doing things the right way. That means genuine relationships, not transactional ones. With clients and candidates alike, we invest time in really understanding what people need — and we deliver. If you believe that great recruitment is built on trust, expertise, and long-term partnerships, you'll fit right in.

The Role

You'll be working on a specialist desk focused on Operational and Project & Programme Management talent, placing professionals from mid-management through to Board and Director level. You'll work both interim and permanent assignments, giving you real variety in your day-to-day.

Interim roles typically carry day rates of £250–£450 per day, with permanent positions ranging from £60,000 to £100,000 — and at the senior end of the market, salaries and rates reflect that seniority accordingly.

As you settle in and grow your confidence with the desk, you'll have the opportunity to take on more senior mandates at Director and Board level, with full support from the team around you.

What You'll Be Doing

Managing and developing an existing portfolio of client relationships across NHS and private healthcare. Running end-to-end recruitment processes for both interim and permanent positions. Sourcing, engaging and advising specialist candidates at mid-to-senior management level. Building your own network within the healthcare operations and transformation space. Working collaboratively with a team that genuinely supports each other.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in recruitment, ideally within healthcare, operations, or a professional services specialism. A track record of managing client relationships and delivering quality hires. Comfortable operating at a professional level with senior stakeholders. Someone who takes pride in the quality of their work, not just the volume. Ambitious, self-motivated, and genuinely interested in the healthcare sector.

Experience in interim recruitment is advantageous but not essential — what matters most is your attitude, your work ethic, and your ability to build lasting relationships.

Why Join Us?

 

Warm desk with active clients — no cold start. A collaborative, experienced team around you. Real progression opportunities as you grow into the senior end of the market. A culture that values doing things properly over cutting corners. Competitive base salary and commission structure.

How to Apply

If you are ready for the next stage of your recruitment career, contact Barrie Dewhirst in the strictest confidence on 07487 508210 or email [email protected]

Equal Opportunities Employer: We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Confidential applications are welcome. All enquiries treated in strict confidence.