ID Medical Group

Healthcare recruitment agency · Milton Keynes · trading 27 years · Works in all four UK nations

Part of ID Medical: also The Locum Consultancy

#6 overallTop 10 in nursingTop 10 for doctorsTop 10 in allied healthSpecialist · nursing, doctors and allied health

Overview

ID Medical Group is ranked #6 of the 484 UK healthcare agencies we test, and in the Top 10 of the 336 nursing agencies we rank. ID Medical Group supplies nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and other staff to the NHS, hospitals, community services and GP practices across the UK, for temporary, fixed-term, permanent, interim and managed-service work.

Strengths

  • Trading for longer than most
  • On more public sector frameworks than most
  • Advertises more jobs than most

Weaker areas

  • Fewer of its adverts show pay than most

Compared with the 336 nursing agencies we rank, on the same published facts. How we rank

From Google, shown as Google displays it. It isn't part of our ranking.

How we know: ID Medical Group

In its own words, from its website. We check every quote against the page it came from; where its pages disagree, both are shown.

What it says it offers candidates

Pay
  • Not weekly: it states a different pay frequency As an ID Medical worker, workers enjoy the benefit of daily payroll runs their page · on 2 of its pages
Training
  • Free training Full OSCE training programme their page
  • Some training is charged How can I purchase the Mandatory Training (MT) certificate? their page
Joining steps
  • DBS check How long does it take for my DBS to come back/be issued? their page · on 6 of its pages
  • Application form Where is the link to IDM Application form? their page · on 3 of its pages
  • References How many references do I need for my file? their page · on 3 of its pages
  • ID check Proof of identity (passport/driving licence) their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Occupational health Can I get a Temp FTW based the Bloods you have on file? their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • Qualifications check A copy of your medical degree and completion of training as proof of your qualification their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Professional registration check you’ll still need to be fully qualified as a doctor and have full GMC Registration their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Competency assessment you must pass all 6 x stations to become a registered nurse their page
  • Mandatory training How long does the mandatory training take to complete? their page
  • Right to work check Once you have been offered a UK opportunity, you can apply for your Tier 2 visa their page

What it says it covers

Settings
  • NHS our contracts with over 95% of NHS trusts means we have opportunities their page · on 39 of its pages
  • Hospital Acute Hospital AHPs their page · on 19 of its pages
  • Community Integrated placements for AHPs outside Acute hospitals and General Practice situations. their page · on 10 of its pages
  • Primary care Helping you find the AHP roles you want in Primary Care their page · on 7 of its pages
  • Private / independent sector to meet the demands of Mental Health Trusts, Health Boards, and private providers their page · on 7 of its pages
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  • Home care / domiciliary Rapid access to vetted clinicians keeps people safe at home, supports intermediate care their page · on 5 of its pages
  • Outpatients / clinic we mobilised dermatology outpatient and minor operations services their page · on 5 of its pages
  • Ward / inpatient From community mental health roles to inpatient units their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Remote / telehealth – Telemedicine their page · on 3 of its pages
  • GP practice – GP Surgeries their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Prison / secure estate span across various settings, including hospitals, clinics, units and prisons. their page · on 2 of its pages
Services
  • Temporary / locum shifts supplying clinical and non-clinical temporary workers their page · on 31 of its pages
  • Managed services / insourcing ID Medical providing its efficiency driven Managed Service supplying clinical and non-clinical temporary workers their page · on 22 of its pages
  • International recruitment International Healthcare workers deployed their page · on 14 of its pages
  • Permanent recruitment whatever your Allied Health Profession – agency or permanent. their page · on 14 of its pages
  • Fixed-term contracts Permanent/Fixed-Term Recruitment their page · on 5 of its pages
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  • Managed service provider / RPO announces its new Master Vendor appointment to supply NHS bank staffing services their page · on 5 of its pages
  • Placements abroad (UK workers to e.g. Australia/NZ) Are you a Nurse or AHP looking to relocate to the USA? their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Interim & executive search Executive Search their page
Professions
  • Nursing & midwifery Opportunities for HCAs and every band of Nursing as well as all specialties their page · on 29 of its pages
  • Doctors We have an abundance of Elective Theatre Lists for Anaesthetists across the UK their page · on 27 of its pages
  • Allied health professions A wide range of Allied Health Professionals roles and Health Science Service roles across the entire UK. their page · on 13 of its pages
  • Healthcare science A wide range of Allied Health Professionals roles and Health Science Service roles across the entire UK. their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Healthcare non-clinical & leadership supplying clinical and non-clinical temporary workers their page · on 3 of its pages
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  • Social care & social work We can rapidly deploy experienced nurses, care professionals and support workers their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Pharmacy Roles we recruit for include: Paramedics, Pharmacy, Radiographers their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Psychology & psychological therapies Clinical Psychologists their page
Roles
  • Registered nurse (field not stated) until we have helped you reach your goal of becoming a Registered Nurse in the UK. their page · on 18 of its pages
  • Doctor (specialty not stated) All Grades, Specialties and Sub-specialties Across All Settings their page · on 10 of its pages
  • Allied health professional (profession not stated) We have Allied Healthcare Professionals available across all settings and specialties their page · on 8 of its pages
  • General practitioner Helping you find the work you want as a salaried GP, a career locum or to fill additional work aspirations. their page · on 7 of its pages
  • Healthcare assistant / support worker Opportunities available UK-wide for Practice Nurses, ANPs, and Primary Care HCAs. their page · on 6 of its pages
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  • Paramedic Roles we recruit for include: Paramedics, Pharmacy, Radiographers, Mammographers their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Clinical nurse specialist Full Clinical Teams including Dermatology and Plastic Consultants, Nurses, HCAs, and Specialist Nurses their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Complex care nurse including 500+ Complex Care Specialists and 300+ Continuing Healthcare Nurses their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Dermatology Full Clinical Teams including Dermatology and Plastic Consultants, Nurses, HCAs, and Specialist Nurses their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Emergency care assistant / EMT EMTs and Paramedics their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Psychiatrist (specialty not stated) Supporting Psychiatrists by finding the right locum and permanent roles to meet individual needs. their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Mental health nurse (RMN) Supporting Psychiatric Nursing by finding the right agency and permanent roles to suit your needs. their page · on 3 of its pages
Accreditations
  • NHS Workforce Alliance · also on the register their page · on 26 of its pages
  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions · also on the register their page · on 16 of its pages
  • CCS RM6281 Clinical and Healthcare Staffing · also on the register their page · on 15 of its pages
  • Crown Commercial Service (framework not named, or an older RM number) · also on the register their page · on 6 of its pages
  • HSC Northern Ireland (BSO PaLS) framework · also on the register their page
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  • NHS Shared Business Services framework their page · on 53 of its pages
  • CQC registered their page · on 50 of its pages
  • REC member their page · on 39 of its pages
  • NHS Wales (NWSSP) framework their page · on 27 of its pages
  • ISO 14001 (environment) their page · on 17 of its pages
  • JobsAware partner their page · on 11 of its pages
  • ISO 9001 (quality management) their page · on 5 of its pages
  • NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership their page

Rankings

Every agency is tested the same way; none can pay to rank. Exact positions only inside the overall Top 10.

Overall
#6 of 484
NursingSpecialist
Top 10 of 336
DoctorsSpecialist
Top 10 of 153
Allied healthSpecialist
Top 10 of 135
Healthcare science
Top 10 of 47

Nursing. ID Medical Group is one of the top 10 of the 336 nursing agencies we tested. It earns our nursing specialist mark. Its nursing work covers general nursing (rgn), community & primary care nursing and mental health nursing. For nursing it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281, HealthTrust Europe TWS3, NHS Scotland (nursing) and ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment frameworks. By specialty: general nursing (rgn) Top 10, community & primary care nursing Top 10, mental health nursing Top 10. Full nursing ranking →

Doctors. ID Medical Group is one of the top 10 of the 153 agencies for doctors we tested. It earns our doctors specialist mark. Its doctors work covers general practice (gp) and psychiatry. For doctors it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281, HealthTrust Europe TWS3, NHS Scotland (medical locums), Northern Ireland BSO PaLS (medical & dental) and ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment frameworks. By specialty: general practice (gp) Top 10, psychiatry Top 10. Full doctors ranking →

Allied health. ID Medical Group is one of the top 10 of the 135 allied health agencies we tested. It earns our allied health specialist mark. Its allied health work covers dietetics, occupational therapy, operating department practice, paramedics, physiotherapy, radiography & sonography and speech & language therapy. For allied health it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281, HealthTrust Europe TWS3, NHS Scotland (AHP, nursing) and ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment frameworks. By specialty: dietetics Top 10, occupational therapy Top 10, operating department practice Top 10, paramedics Top 10, physiotherapy Top 10, radiography & sonography Top 10, speech & language therapy Top 10. Full allied health ranking →

Healthcare science. ID Medical Group is one of the top 10 of the 47 healthcare science agencies we tested. Its healthcare science work covers biomedical science. For healthcare science it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281, HealthTrust Europe TWS3 and NHS Scotland (AHP) frameworks. By specialty: biomedical science Top 10. Full healthcare science ranking →

Similar agencies

Ranked close to ID Medical Group in nursing, working in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In ranked order.

Jobs

153 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

See all 153 →
  1. Band 5 Scrub Nurse

    ID Medical Group · UK, place not stated

    Pay not statedLocum or bankBand 5

    Top 10 of 336 nursing agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in nursing4 days ago

  2. Band 5 ITU Nurse

    ID Medical Group · Colchester

    Pay not statedLocum or bankBand 5

    Top 10 of 336 nursing agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in nursing4 days ago

  3. Medicine / Cardiology (SPR)-652105

    ID Medical Group · Bristol

    Pay not statedLocum or bank

    Top 10 of 153 agencies for doctors we rankHolds our specialist mark for doctors5 days ago

See all 153 open jobs

For people looking for work

On the NHS ethical recruiters list: no fees for international recruits.

To join, you'll need: DBS check, application form, references and 7 more
  • DBS check
  • Application form
  • References
  • ID check
  • Occupational health
  • Qualifications check
  • Professional registration check
  • Competency assessment
  • Mandatory training
  • Right to work check

Company

From Companies House, framework supplier lists and the agency's website.

Founded
23 August 1999
Staff
About 227 (2025 accounts)
Based
Milton Keynes
Phone
01908 525756

Confirmed frameworks · 6

Public sector supplier lists we matched to this agency.

  • Northern Ireland BSO PaLS agency frameworkDoctors · medical & dental lot · supplier list
  • Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (clinical & healthcare staffing)Allied health, doctors, healthcare science and nursing · supplier list
  • Crown Commercial Service RM6333 (international healthcare recruitment)Allied health, doctors and nursing
  • Crown Commercial Service RM6380 (health workforce solutions)supplier list
  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions 3Allied health, doctors, healthcare science and nursing · supplier list
  • NHS Scotland (NSS) agency frameworkAllied health, healthcare science, doctors and nursing · AHP, medical locums, nursing lots · supplier list

Company record

Company
ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED
Number
03829536
Status
Active
Office
Milton Keynes, MK12 5ZD
Ethical list
✓ NHS Employers list

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026, with published public sector framework supplier lists and the agency's website. Phone and email from its website. View on Companies House ↗

Group · ID Medical

ID Medical runs 2 healthcare recruitment brands we list. Each is tested on its own; in the overall ranking the group counts as one entry.

For employers

Supplies the NHS, hospitals, community services, GP practices and private providers, for temporary and locum, managed service and international recruitment work. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

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Company record

ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED

Company number
03829536
Status
Active
Incorporated
23 August 1999 · trading 27 years
Staff
About 227 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Milton Keynes, MK12 5ZD
Trades as
ID Medical Group · id-medical.com
Ethical recruiters list
✓ NHS Employers list
Email
info@id-medical.com

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026. View on Companies House ↗

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