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Is Your Dental Recruitment Working For You?

Published in January 31st, 2012
Posted in Medical Business

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Your dental recruitment process needs to serve your practice, not the other way round – you need a responsive, highly professional service offering only the highest calibre candidates available right when you need them. Sometimes, no matter how well prepared your practice is, unexpected events can leave you with a sudden staffing need. Dental jobs require only the highest calibre of staff, therefore this article provides some tried and tested methods to help you source convenient and appropriate dental recruitment services.

1. Do you try to retain recruitment as an in-house task?

Whilst it may seem appealing to keep full control of the recruitment process by treating it as an in-house matter, this strategy can pose a number of problems. Administration of recruitment processes for dental jobs is time-consuming, particularly in view of increasingly complex UK employment law. The better dental recruitment service should serve your needs without you ‘handing any control away’. You should instead gain a sense of confidence that your practices’ concerns are those that drive the process, not the other way around. They can also handle advertising, which can prove extremely cost effective. Using a professional, responsive agency should save you valuable time and money

2. Does your provider offer genuine experience in the field?

Recruitment services whose own staff have been recruited from dental backgrounds are arguably better placed to offer a specialised service to the dental profession. Whilst human resources skills are paramount within recruitment, the added advantage of dental experience can allow those services to provide a more responsive service.

3. Does your provider offer initial training as well as CPD?

A sure sign whether an agency is genuinely interested in local professional standards is the type of training it offers. The more responsive services offer their candidates dental jobs training which exactly matches the real life skills requirements of UK dental practices.

4. Can your provider think outside the box?

The better dental recruitment services strive to rapidly address local skills gaps through innovative training. There are dedicated training courses to enable qualified overseas dentists to work as dental nurses plus nationally accredited courses for local entrance-level candidates.

5. Does your provider appreciate the value of ‘non-clinical‘ dental jobs?

The calibre of your receptionist and administrative staff is simply vital. You need these team members to consistently convey the same high standards of professionalism your clinical staff uphold. The better services are fully aware of this need and offer their candidates dedicated training leading to a qualification.

6. Could you source good quality temps or even permanent staff at short notice?

Unexpected situations are actually one of life’s misnomers – they happen year in year out, and often to the most prepared most professional amongst us. The holiday season can often bring unexpected staff shortages, as can sudden illness, adverse life events or even happier occasions, such as new requests for extended maternity leave. The better dental recruitment services will provide candidates for all dental jobs at short notice without compromising standards. Their candidates are properly screened and interviewed; fully compliant with UK registration and legislative requirements; and hold fully checked and comprehensive references.

Lorraine Nadel is a former dental nurse, practice manager and oral health educator, and is today the Managing Director of Tempdent, the leading dental recruitment service. Tempdent offer comprehensive training and will fully support you to find the perfect candidates for all UK dental jobs.

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