Merco Recruitment

Healthcare recruitment agency · London · Works in all four UK nations · Doctors specialist

RankedSpecialist · doctors

Questions people ask about Merco Recruitment

Is Merco Recruitment a good agency to work for?

It's one of the 336 nursing agencies we rank, below our top tiers. Its strengths against agencies like it: advertises more jobs than most.

Our ranking: the same tests for every agency, and no agency can pay to rank.

What does Merco Recruitment pay?

Typical hourly pay in its live adverts, by role:

Role, in its live advertsTypical hourly pay
Advanced nurse practitioner (ANP)£50–£55

From its own adverts that state pay, as advertised. Only roles with 10 or more such adverts.

Where does Merco Recruitment have jobs?

Most of its live jobs are in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and the South East.

Its live adverts, checked against its website about once a day.

Where can I read Merco Recruitment reviews?

Its Google rating is near the top of this page, with a link to the reviews on Google Maps. Our ranking doesn't use reviews: it's based on tests we run the same way for every agency.

Google reviews are shown as Google displays them

Overview

Merco Recruitment supplies doctors, nurses and pharmacy staff to GP practices, hospitals, clinics and private providers across the UK, for temporary, fixed-term and permanent work. Merco Recruitment is one of the 336 nursing agencies we rank (outside the Top 50).

Strengths

  • Advertises more jobs than most

Weaker areas

None stand out against the 336 nursing agencies we rank.

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: Merco Recruitment

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

Joining steps
  • DBS check (and the CRB check is on us). their page

What it says it covers

Settings
  • GP practice GP surgeries/Federations their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Hospital Community Hospitals their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Outpatients / clinic Private GP Health Clinics their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Primary care Primary Care Networks their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Private / independent sector preferred suppliers to some of the largest Primary Care and private service providers in the UK their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • Ambulance service Ambulance Trusts their page
  • Community Community Hospitals their page
  • Home care / domiciliary Supporting private GP home visiting services in and around London their page
  • Remote / telehealth providers delivering online/digital consultations to patients their page
Services
  • Fixed-term contracts Whether you require locum, contract or permanent staffing solutions their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Permanent recruitment Whether you require locum, contract or permanent staffing solutions their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Temporary / locum shifts Whether you require locum, contract or permanent staffing solutions their page · on 2 of its pages
Professions
  • Doctors Merco places GPs, Nurses and other healthcare professionals their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Nursing & midwifery Approximately 100 trained nurses support our clients across the country every year their page
  • Pharmacy Ranging from Clinical Pharmacists to assists with clinical medication reviews to phlebotomy services. their page
Roles
  • Doctor (specialty not stated) Private GPs and Health Screening Physicians to Wellness & Wellbeing Clinics their page
  • General practitioner Merco places GPs, Nurses and other healthcare professionals their page
  • Registered nurse (field not stated) Merco places GPs, Nurses and other healthcare professionals their page
  • GP practice / PCN pharmacist Ranging from Clinical Pharmacists to assists with clinical medication reviews to phlebotomy services. their page
Accreditations
  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions · also on the register their page · on 6 of its pages
  • JobsAware partner their page · on 6 of its pages
  • Crown Commercial Service (framework not named, or an older RM number) their page · on 4 of its pages
  • NHS Workforce Alliance their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Cyber Essentials their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership their page · on 2 of its pages
  • REC member their page · on 2 of its pages
  • ICO registered (data protection fee) their page · on 2 of its pages
  • NHS Scotland (NSS) framework their page · on 2 of its pages

Rankings

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

Overall
Outside the Top 50 of 484
Nursing
Outside the Top 50 of 336
DoctorsSpecialist
Outside the Top 25 of 153
Allied health
Outside the Top 25 of 135

Nursing. Merco Recruitment is one of the 336 nursing agencies we tested and ranked. Its nursing work covers advanced nurse practitioners and community & primary care nursing. For nursing it is on the HealthTrust Europe TWS3 framework. By specialty: advanced nurse practitioners Top 10, community & primary care nursing outside the top 10. Full nursing ranking →

Doctors. Merco Recruitment is one of the 153 agencies for doctors we tested and ranked. It earns our doctors specialist mark. Its doctors work covers general practice (gp). For doctors it is on the HealthTrust Europe TWS3 framework. By specialty: general practice (gp) outside the top 10. Full doctors ranking →

Allied health. Merco Recruitment is one of the 135 allied health agencies we tested and ranked. Its allied health work covers paramedics. For allied health it is on the HealthTrust Europe TWS3 framework. By specialty: paramedics Top 10. Full allied health ranking →

Jobs

58 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

See all 58 →
  1. ANP Opportunity | Work From Home

    Merco Recruitment · UK, place not stated

    £50 an hourLocum or bank

    5 days ago

  2. Urgent Care Practitioners – UTC

    Merco Recruitment · Louth

    £51.50–£56 an hourLocum or bank

    27 days ago

  3. Triage Clinicians

    Merco Recruitment · Leeds

    Pay not statedLocum or bank

    27 days ago

See all 58 open jobs

For people looking for work

To join, you'll need: DBS check
  • DBS check

Company

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

Based
London
Phone
020 8947 3077

Confirmed frameworks · 1

Public sector supplier lists we matched to this agency.

  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions 3Allied health, doctors and nursing · supplier list

Company record

No Companies House match found yet. That doesn't mean there isn't one: ask the agency for its company number.

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

For employers

Supplies GP practices, hospitals, clinics, private providers and community services, for fixed-term, permanent and temporary and locum work. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

Ask Merco Recruitment for staff →

Company record

No Companies House match found yet. We couldn't link this website to a registered company. That doesn't mean there isn't one: ask the agency for its company number.

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

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