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Advantage Attend BABICM Summer conference - 21/06/2010
On June 10th 2010, Advantage Healthcare attended BABICM's* summer conference. This conference aimed to debate the practical implications of balancing the risks and rights of clients post MCA and consider the roles and responsibilities of case managers in safeguarding clients. This would be Advantage ... Read more >
Rochdale Branch Raise £475 for Bury Hospice - 24/05/2010
The Rochdale branch held a charity coffee morning for Bury Hospice on Friday 7th May to raise money as they want to build a new hospice in Bury as the current one has only five beds. Michelle Flynn, Branch Manager for Rochdale commented: "We have looked after a lot of clients that have bee ... Read more >
Advantage Healthcare Opens New Satellite Branch in Telford - 12/05/2010
Responding to a large number of enquiries from both candidates and clients in the West Midlands area, Advantage Healthcare are pleased to announce they have opened a new satellite branch which will operate from their head office in Telford. Previous to the opening of the satellite branch, the closes ... Read more >
Advantage Healthcare Radically Improve Out of Hours Service to Clients and Agency Staff - 07/05/2010
Advantage Healthcare has recently overhauled the delivery of its out-of-hours service by introducing a new cloud-based telephony solution from NewVoiceMedia. Using the NewVoiceMedia telephony system, ContactWorld for Salesforce, Advantage Healthcare will be able to automatically re-route calls to it ... Read more >
Halifax branch achieve 3* CQC Rating - 05/05/2010
Advantage Healthcare is pleased to announce that their Halifax branch has recently been given a 3* CQC rating for both Domiciliary and Nursing care. Commenting on the branches achievement Claire Paley, Branch Manager for the Halifax Office says: "This is recognition for the hard work off all br ... Read more >
Croydon worker celebrates 10 year anniversary - 21/04/2010
Advantage Healthcare's Croydon branch has recently congratulated Registered Nurse, Moke Elenge on being registered with Advantage for 10 years. As a token of the branches appreciation for his commitment and dedication over the last decade, they presented Moke with a gift of £100. Moke fi ... Read more >
Ipswich branch achieve 3* CQC Rating - 13/04/2010
Advantage Healthcare is pleased to announce that their Ipswich branch has recently been given a 3* CQC rating for Domiciliary care. Commenting on the branches achievement Gemma Mayo, Acting Branch Manager for the Ipswich Office says: "We are delighted that Ipswich have achieved such a high ... Read more >
Success at MMR Children U5's Vaccination Clinics for Colchester Branch - 09/04/2010
Advantage Healthcare's Colchester Office managed to secure and supply to 3 MMR* vaccination drop in clinics for children under the age of 5 in the month of March. The program was run over 2 sites with 2 Advantage nurses attended. National Projects Manager, Debbie Horne coordinated a meeting with the ... Read more >
HPV Programme success for Fylde Coast Branch - 30/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare are pleased to announce that their Fylde Coast branch are starting their third set of immunisation for the HPV programme within Blackpool schools for Blackpool PCT. Jane Swift, Branch Manager for Fylde Coast comments; "Many of the school girls are all now very used to our n ... Read more >
Advantage Invests in New Recruitment Technology - 24/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare is delighted to announce that they have signed up to use Broadbean to assist with their online recruitment advertising.With the systems ability to send adverts to a number of job boards at once and filter all responses back into the Broadbean engine which can then be reviewed an ... Read more >
Advantage welcomes new Learning and Development Manager - 19/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare is delighted to welcome Richard Murfin as their new Learning and Development Manager. Richard's main priority will be to develop and implement the strategy for training agency workers via the utilization of e-learning. Richard joins Advantage Healthcare with over 8 years experie ... Read more >
Advantage welcomes new Southern Regional Nurse Advisor - 18/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare is pleased to welcome Tracey Jones as their new Southern Regional Nurse Advisor. Tracy will be working closely with a number of Advantage branches with any clinical issues they may have. Tracy brings with her to Advantage Healthcare 23 years experience in the Royal Navy as a gen ... Read more >
Advantage raises £576.40 for Haiti Earthquake Appeal - 12/03/2010
On the 29th January 2010, Advantage held a national dress down in aid of the 7.0M earthquake that hit Haiti on the 12th January. Each of Advantage’s 26 branches came to work in casual wear for the day and raised a fantastic £288.20 for the appeal. In addition to these donations, Tracy Nu ... Read more >
Advantage welcomes new eMarketing Executive - 12/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare has welcomed eMarketing Executive, Mark Stevens to promote and develop the group's corporate websites and online activity. Mark joins Advantage Healthcare with a number of years experience designing intranet as well as website design, digital marketing/SEO and Adwords ... Read more >
Advantage Join up with Jobcentreplus Recruitment Subsidy Scheme - 04/03/2010
Advantage Healthcare recently joined up with the Recruitment Subsidy Scheme provided by the Jobcentreplus. This scheme is designed to encourage employers to help people who have been unemployed for more than 6 months move back into work; the subsidy consists of a£1,000 payment,£500 when ... Read more >
Advantage Healthcare's Doctors Division advertise in international event's fair guide - 04/03/2010
The Doctors division will be advertising in the spring edition of the international medical & pharmaceutical careers day fair guide. This brochure will be accessible at all 7 events held in Romania, Hungary, Poland and the Baltic State. At previous career days held in Bucharest & Cluj-Napoca ... Read more >
Doctors Division now offering Work Permits to RMO's - 11/01/2010
Advantage Healthcares Doctors Division is pleased to announce that they can now offer Work Permits for Doctors working on Resident Medical Officer Contracts with private clients. This is possible as RMO posts have regular rotas with a single client for a fixed period of time. Locum work wouldn't be ... Read more >
Advantage Joins Facebook! - 06/01/2010
Advantage Healthcare is pleased to announce that they have signed up to a trial of Facebook advertising. The new page can be found by searching on Advantage Healthcare and clicking on; Careers at Advantage Healthcare Group Job vacancies will be automatically fed onto Facebook, providing fans of the ... Read more >
Advantage Healthcares Doctors Division sign contract with Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. - 05/01/2010
Advantage Healthcares Doctors Division is pleased to announce that on the 31st December 2009 they signed a contract with Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. Nuffield has 31 hospitals, 28 of which have outsourced RMO cover. Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital has 88 beds on 7 floors including an 8 bed Critica ... Read more >
Strand Nurses Bureau Sponsors Charity Champagne Reception - 08/10/2009
Strand Nurses Bureau, part of the Advantage Healthcare Group, has announced it will be a joint sponsor of the King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes Annual Champagne Reception, taking place in November. King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes is a registered charity which provides grants to those o ... Read more >
Advantage welcomes new Business Development Manager! - 08/10/2009
Advantage Healthcare has welcomed Business Development Manager Rob Peggs to lead its new sales team in developing new and existing business throughout the network. Rob joins Advantage Healthcare with over 20 years business development and sales experience and is currently supporting the Strand offic ... Read more >
Advantage Launches Facebook Advertising - 17/07/2009
Advantage Healthcare has this week launched its first advertisement using the social networking site Facebook. The advert comes as part of a major marketing campaign to recruit experienced Paediatric Nurses for work in various healthcare settings throughout the UK. Advantage is hoping that this ... Read more >
Fylde Coast branch win major PCT vaccination contract - 16/07/2009
Advantage Healthcare’s Fylde Coast branch is celebrating this week after being awarded a contract with a local Primary Care Trust to provide Human Papillomavirus Vaccinations (HPV) within local educational settings. The contract begins in September 2009 and is likely to continue right through ... Read more >
Advantage Gives Away Free IPod - 13/07/2009
Advantage Healthcare Group has given away an iPod Shuffle as part of a recent free prize draw for individuals who had enquired to work, but failed to attend an interview. Advantage invited candidates to complete a questionnaire in order to establish why they had failed to attend an interview, and al ... Read more >
Advantage launches new £500 Refer a Friend Scheme! - 13/07/2009
In a bid to meet client demand, Advantage Healthcare is offering its workers a £500* bonus for referring a qualified Paediatric Nurse to the group. Following recent client wins, Advantage Healthcare has received an increasing demand for nurses in this specialist area, and has launched a new ca ... Read more >
Advantage sponsors Jex Rangers! - 23/10/2008
Advantage Healthcare's Norwich branch has signed up to be this season's sponsor of under 16's football team Jex Rangers. This is a first for the staffing solutions provider and an exciting step in getting the Advantage brand out amongst the local community. Branch Consultant and Jex Rangers Coach Jo ... Read more >
Cardiff celebrate NHS contract win! - 31/07/2008
Cardiff celebrate NHS contract win!Advantage Healthcare is pleased to announce that its Cardiff branch is strengthening their relationship with the NHS by supplying Carers and Nurses throughout Mid and North Wales.Previously, Advantage Healthcare’s Cardiff branch had been restricted to supply ... Read more >
Weekly news bulletin keeps candidates in the know. - 31/07/2008
In response to feedback received from the latest Customer Satisfaction Survey, we are pleased to introduce our weekly Advantage Bulletin, containing all the latest news and job opportunities from Advantage Healthcare. These new bulletins give our candidates the opportunity to view and apply for the ... Read more >
Working with Sainsbury's to promote healthy travel! - 31/07/2008
Advantage Healthcare is pleased to announce that it is teaming up with Sainsbury’s pharmacies to deliver travel health and vaccination clinics to twenty of their stores in and around London.The travel advise clinics give shoppers the opportunity to see a Registered Advantage Healthcare Nurse a ... Read more >
Doctors Division awarded place on PASA framework! - 06/05/2008
Doctors division awarded place on PASA framework! The Advantage Healthcare Doctors Division are delighted to announce they have been awarded a place on the PASA National Framework for Medical Locums from July 2008! The award will open up huge opportunities to supply NHS Hospitals across England ... Read more >
What is Your New Years Resolution? Find a new job? - 25/03/2008
Want to find a new job? Advantage Social Work Can Help!Locum work offers:Fantastic flexibilityIncreased salaryAnd a variety of work in different client group settingsAdvantage Social Work is not just another agency, with us you are our customer too and we will make sure we do our best to make sure w ... Read more >
Advantage attend Compass Jobs Fair! - 25/03/2008
Tara Fry, Operations Manager, Social Work, said "It was a fantastic day and to meet so many candidates with such broad knowledge of their field was amazing" Advantage Healthcare has a wide variety of vacancies across the UK covering both qualified and unqualified work. With all the candida ... Read more >
Colchester Balloon Race in aid of United Response! - 25/03/2008
Colchester branch were flying high last week at the start of the Great United Response balloon race! Massive thanks and credit go to Deana, Tara and the teams down there, in particular Gemma who co-ordinated the whole event! In total the team raised 100 balloons by selling balloons to anyone and eve ... Read more >
Advantage name United Response Charity of the year! - 25/03/2008
Leading healthcare provider, Advantage Healthcare, has nominated United Response, the charity creating opportunities with people with learning disabilities or mental health needs, as its charity of the year. This is the first time that either organisation has entered in to a charity of the year part ... Read more >
Agency Workers benefit from changes in Working Time Regulations - 25/03/2008
Further to the governments recent decision to increase the UK's minimum annual leave, Advantage Healthcare Group, including Strand Nurses Bureau will implement changes to statutory paid annual leave across England, Scotland and Wales in two phases. From October 2007 holiday entitlement will be au ... Read more >
Advantage attends Mobility Show - 25/03/2008
On the 19th - 21st July Advantage attended the Mobility Roadshow. The show was set to attract 10,000 disabled and less abled visitors over the three days. We were invited to the show via our client Accessible Travel. Accessible Travel specialise in providing holidays to those who are less able and d ... Read more >
Social Work Team secure MOD placements - 25/03/2008
Following a visit to the annual MOD Defence Mental Health Conference, at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport on 2 - 4 July, the social work team are delighted to announce that they have a number of new MOD assignments on their books from the Royal Navy in Gosport.For further details, search the jobs database o ... Read more >
Advantage urges fresh eyes on learning disabilties - 25/03/2008
Advantage Healthcare, one of the UK's leading providers of health and social care workers is backing Mencap's Learning Disabilities Week, which this year aims to highlight the problems young people have with discrimination and bullying.With up to an estimated 2.1 million people in the UK having some ... Read more >
AHP Team attends Manchester OT Conference! - 25/03/2008
Last week, the Advantage Healthcare Allied Health Professionals Team attended the 31st Annual BOAT/COT Conference for Occupational Therapists, in Manchester. The team attended all three days and met with OTs from all over the UK. This was Advantage'!s first time at the Conference and everyone said i ... Read more >
Have a heart no matter what your age! - 25/03/2008
Love your heart no matter what your age! That's the message coming from one of the UK's leading healthcare providers during National Heart Week (3-11 June). Advantage Healthcare is getting behind the British Heart Foundation's campaign and is urging people of all ages to start looking after their he ... Read more >
Care options in later life - 25/03/2008
We all want to live to as long as possible, but the fear of poor health and spending our last years in a care home is stopping many people looking to the future says Advantage Healthcare. One in six of the population is now over 65, alone and with the overall population continuing to age, that figur ... Read more >
Doctors achieve ISO certification for 7th year running. - 25/03/2008
The Doctors team at one of the UK's top healthcare recruitment agencies has just been awarded a prestigious quality assurance certification for the 7th year running." customer focusinvolvement of peoplesystem approach to managementfactual approach to decision makingMelissa Gane, Marketing Manag ... Read more >
National charity take advantage of support - 25/03/2008
As a start, we have renewed our membership of BILD, the British Institute for Learning Disabilities (http://www.bild.org.uk/)' , click on the logo for more information). We hope that this will provide the opportunity for Advantage to attend conferences and meetings to meet with key individuals in th ... Read more >
Calls to take advantage of care - 25/03/2008
The Parkinson's Disease Society hopes to use Parkinson's Awareness Week to raise awareness of the illness and promote the assistance that is available to sufferers.Around 10,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson's every year, and current estimates suggest that there are 120,000 people in the UK wh ... Read more >
Agency versus overseas: The real nursing story - 25/03/2008
A recent BBC Real Story investigation highlighted the exodus of nurses from the NHS to hospitals abroad, particularly Australia. Melissa Gane, Marketing Manager of leading healthcare solutions organisation, Advantage Healthcare, incorporating Strand Nurses Bureau argues that agency nursing co ... Read more >
Change to Immigration rules for Postgraduate Doctors - 25/03/2008
Article published on 7th March 2006 by the Department of HealthOn 7th March 2006 the Department of Health announced that the Government will be changing the specific category within the immigration rules for postgraduate doctors and dentists. These changes will come into effect shortly.At the moment ... Read more >
Advantage announce new Chief Executive. - 25/03/2008
Advantage Healthcare are delighted to announce the appointment of their new Chief Executive, Keith Nurcombe. Keith joined Advantage Healthcare in February 2006 as Operations Director and brings with him a wealth of knowledge in sales, marketing and the healthcare industry from his background in Phar ... Read more >
CSCI confirmation of our quality service - 25/03/2008
We are delighted to share with you the overall results of our annual CSCI provider results which compares the results from domiciliary care and nursing inspections across our branch network against the national minimum standards and our competitors. In total, 73% of the key standards were ... Read more >
Farnborough branch launches new recruitment drive for Domiciliary Care - 25/03/2008
Due to a huge increase in demand for Domiciliary care, the Farnborough branch is on a drive to recruit first class Domiciliary care nurses, carers and support workers. With a vast amount of work currently available through, not only local PCT's but also with Social Services and Private clients, the ... Read more >
Advantage branches raise awareness of hypothermia - 25/03/2008
Elderly and vulnerable people are at real risk from a deadly killer. It stalks them quietly over a period of time, and once it's caught them there's little chance of escape... We're talking of course about Hypothermia, and with the launch of the Warm Homes Campaign on 20th November, and falling temp ... Read more >
Tracey Cranston, Agency Nurse of the Year - NT Awards 2006 - 25/03/2008
We are delighted to announce that Tracey Cranston from our Gateshead branch has been awarded Agency Nurse of the Year! at the Nursing Times Awards 2006. This brand new category for 2006 presented an opportunity for agency nurses throughout the country to be recognised for their vital and o ... Read more >
Advantage announces expansion through Quantica Healthcare aquisition - 25/03/2008
Advantage Healthcare has today announced the acquisition of Quantica Healthcare in a move which is set to strengthen its position as one of the leading healthcare recruitment solutions providers in the UK.The £4.5 million purchase will see Advantage Healthcare expand its portfolio of services, ... Read more >
Heatwave sets off fears for safety - 25/03/2008
" In response to the heatwave warning recently issued by the Department of Health, Strand Nurses Bureau and Advantage Healthcare are using their network of 24 branches across the UK to highlight the dangers of heat-related illness. Personnel in the Strand office are promoting ways to ... Read more >
