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Permanent Hire

Healthcare recruitment agency · London · trading 6 years · Works in all four UK nations

Part of Global Medical Hire: also Global Medical Hire

Top 25 overallTop 10 in pharmacyTop 10 in dentalTop 25 in allied healthSpecialist · nursing, doctors and allied health

Questions people ask about Permanent Hire

Is Permanent Hire a good agency to work for?

On our tests it ranks in the Top 10 of 40 pharmacy agencies, the Top 10 of 26 dental agencies, the Top 25 of 135 allied health agencies, the Top 25 of 153 agencies for doctors and the Top 50 of 336 nursing agencies, and in the Top 25 of the 484 agencies we test overall. Its strengths against agencies like it: on more public sector frameworks than most and advertises more jobs than most.

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

What does Permanent Hire pay?

Typical hourly pay in its live adverts, by role:

Role, in its live advertsTypical hourly pay
Registered nurse (RGN)£17.88–£18.97
Occupational therapist£20.54–£21.42
Operating department practitioner (ODP)£18.85–£20.54
Physiotherapist£19.23–£20.51

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

Where does Permanent Hire have jobs?

Most of its live jobs are in London, the South East and the East of England.

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

Overview

Permanent Hire is ranked in the Top 25 of the 484 UK healthcare agencies we test, and in the Top 10 of the 40 pharmacy agencies we rank. Permanent Hire supplies allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, nurses and other staff to care homes, hospices, hospitals and the NHS across the UK, for temporary, permanent and managed-service work.

Strengths

  • On more public sector frameworks than most
  • Advertises more jobs than most

Weaker areas

  • Trading for less time than most

Compared with the 40 pharmacy agencies we rank, on the same published facts. How we rank

How we know: Permanent Hire

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 covers

Settings
  • Care home / nursing home Placed as a Care Home Manager with a group of private care homes in Birmingham. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Hospice Band 6 Team Leader role with a charitable children’s hospice in London. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Hospital Various NHS hospitals their page · on 2 of its pages
  • NHS Our clients are the NHS as well as the Private Sector their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Outpatients / clinic Private Clinics their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • Private / independent sector Our clients are the NHS as well as the Private Sector their page · on 2 of its pages
Services
  • International recruitment UK and International candidates. Tier 2 sponsorship provided. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Permanent recruitment Provided A Permanent Job With Tier 2 Visa their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Temporary / locum shifts An express, hassle-free, non-cumbersome compliance process for locums their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Managed services / insourcing providing healthcare professionals to work as full Consultant-led medical teams to deliver theatre and clinic work on site their page
Professions
  • Allied health professions we are always seeking AHPs to help into their perfect roles their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Healthcare science Echocardiographers/Cardiac Physiolo... their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Nursing & midwifery Cynthia –RMN ongoing locums with an NHS Hospital- Oxford. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Pharmacy Band 6 Pharmacy Technicians... their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Doctors full Consultant-led medical teams to deliver theatre and clinic work their page
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  • Healthcare non-clinical & leadership Placed as a Care Home Manager with a group of private care homes in Birmingham. their page
  • Social care & social work Placed as a Care Home Manager with a group of private care homes in Birmingham. their page
Roles
  • Cardiac physiologist Echocardiographers/Cardiac Physiolo... their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Clinical (non-medical) endoscopist Senior Nurse Endoscopist - Placed with a Top Private Hospital their page · on 2 of its pages
  • General / ward nurse (RGN) Yerland, RGN- Secured a permanent job with a private hospital in London. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Healthcare assistant / support worker Hycent, HCA– Secured a permanent job in Buckinghamshire. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • MRI radiographer MRI Radiographers their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • Occupational therapist Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Pharmacy technician Band 6 Pharmacy Technicians... their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Registered manager / care home manager Secured a superb role as Registered Manager with a huge pay increase with a Private Sector Client their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Mental health nurse (RMN) Cynthia –RMN ongoing locums with an NHS Hospital- Oxford. their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Sonographer General / MSK Sonographers their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Sterile services / decontamination technician Decontamination Technicians their page
  • Dermatology Dermatology their page
Accreditations
  • HSC Northern Ireland (BSO PaLS) framework · also on the register their page · on 96 of its pages
  • REC member their page · on 96 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
Top 25 of 484
Pharmacy
Top 10 of 40
Dental
Top 10 of 26
Allied healthSpecialist
Top 25 of 135
DoctorsSpecialist
Top 25 of 153
NursingSpecialist
Top 50 of 336
Healthcare science
Outside the Top 10 of 47

Pharmacy. Permanent Hire is one of the top 10 of the 40 pharmacy agencies we tested. Its pharmacy work covers pharmacy technicians & support. None of its public sector frameworks covers pharmacy. Full pharmacy ranking →

Dental. Permanent Hire is one of the top 10 of the 26 dental agencies we tested. Its dental work covers dentists. None of its public sector frameworks covers dental. Full dental ranking →

Allied health. Permanent Hire is one of the top 25 of the 135 allied health agencies we tested. It earns our allied health specialist mark. Its allied health work covers occupational therapy, operating department practice, physiotherapy and radiography & sonography. For allied health it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281 and ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment frameworks. By specialty: operating department practice Top 10, physiotherapy Top 10, radiography & sonography Top 10, occupational therapy outside the top 10. Full allied health ranking →

Doctors. Permanent Hire is one of the top 25 of the 153 agencies for doctors we tested. It earns our doctors specialist mark. Its doctors work covers medicine, surgery and paediatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology. For doctors it is on the Northern Ireland BSO PaLS (medical & dental) framework. By specialty: surgery Top 10, paediatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology Top 10, medicine outside the top 10. Full doctors ranking →

Nursing. Permanent Hire is one of the top 50 of the 336 nursing agencies we tested. It earns our nursing specialist mark. Its nursing work covers a&e, critical care & theatres, general nursing (rgn) and healthcare assistants (hcas). For nursing it is on the ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment framework. By specialty: a&e, critical care & theatres Top 10, general nursing (rgn) Top 25, healthcare assistants (hcas) Top 25. Full nursing ranking →

Healthcare science. Permanent Hire is one of the 47 healthcare science agencies we tested and ranked. Its healthcare science work covers biomedical science and clinical physiology. For healthcare science it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281 framework. By specialty: biomedical science Top 10, clinical physiology Top 10. Full healthcare science ranking →

Jobs

1,212 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

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  1. Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) (Adults)

    Permanent Hire · Hillingdon

    £31,163–£37,875 a yearPermanent

    Top 50 of 336 nursing agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in nursingFound 2 days ago

  2. Locum Senior Occupational Therapist

    Permanent Hire · Colchester

    £207–£237 a dayLocum or bank

    Top 25 of 135 allied health agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in allied healthFound 5 days ago

  3. Advanced Nurse Practitioner

    Permanent Hire · London

    Pay not statedPermanent

    Top 50 of 336 nursing agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in nursingAlso advertised by Global Medical HireFound 5 days ago

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For people looking for work

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

Company

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

Founded
10 December 2019
Staff
About 2 (2025 accounts)
Based
London
Phone
020 3411 5531

Confirmed frameworks · 3

Public sector supplier lists we matched to this agency. “Via” means the place is held by a sister company in the same group.

  • Northern Ireland BSO PaLS agency frameworkDoctors · medical & dental lot · supplier list
  • Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (clinical & healthcare staffing)Allied health and healthcare science · supplier list
  • Crown Commercial Service RM6333 (international healthcare recruitment)Allied health and nursing · via Global Medical Hire

Company record

Company
PERMANENT HIRE LIMITED
Number
12356546
Status
Active
Office
Isleworth, TW7 7NR
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 · Global Medical Hire

Global Medical Hire 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 care homes, hospices, hospitals, the NHS and clinics, for international recruitment, permanent and temporary and locum work. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

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Company record

PERMANENT HIRE LIMITED

Company number
12356546
Status
Active
Incorporated
10 December 2019 · trading 6 years
Staff
About 2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Isleworth, TW7 7NR
Trades as
Permanent Hire · permanenthire.co.uk
Ethical recruiters list
✓ NHS Employers list
Email
info@permanenthire.co.uk

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

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