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Pulse Healthcare

Healthcare recruitment agency · London · trading 30 years · Works in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Part of Acacium Group: also Liquid Personnel, Scottish Nursing Guild, Thornbury Community Services and Thornbury Nursing Services

#1 overallTop 10 in allied healthTop 10 for doctorsTop 10 in nursingSpecialist · nursing, doctors, allied health, psychology and healthcare science

Overview

Pulse Healthcare is ranked #1 of the 484 UK healthcare agencies we test, and in the Top 10 of the 135 allied health agencies we rank. A healthcare recruitment agency based in London, trading since 1996.

Strengths

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

Weaker areas

None stand out against the 135 allied health agencies we rank.

Compared with the 135 allied health agencies we rank, on the same published facts. How we rank

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How we know: Pulse Healthcare

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

Accreditations
  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions · also on the register their page · on 2 of its pages
  • NHS Workforce Alliance · also on the register their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Crown Commercial Service (framework not named, or an older RM number) · also on the register their page
  • NHS Scotland (NSS) framework · also on the register their page
  • ISO 9001 (quality management) their page · on 2 of its pages
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  • London Procurement Partnership framework their page

Rankings

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

Overall
#1 of 484
Allied healthSpecialist
Top 10 of 135
DoctorsSpecialist
Top 10 of 153
NursingSpecialist
Top 10 of 336
Healthcare scienceSpecialist
Top 10 of 47
PsychologySpecialist
Top 10 of 29

Allied health. Pulse Healthcare 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, physiotherapy, podiatry, 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, physiotherapy Top 10, podiatry Top 10, radiography & sonography Top 10, speech & language therapy Top 10. Full allied health ranking →

Doctors. Pulse Healthcare is one of the top 10 of the 153 agencies for doctors we tested. It earns our doctors specialist mark. Its doctors work covers anaesthetics & intensive care, radiology & pathology, emergency medicine, medicine, psychiatry, surgery and paediatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology. 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: emergency medicine Top 10, medicine Top 10, psychiatry Top 10, surgery Top 10, paediatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology Top 10. Full doctors ranking →

Nursing. Pulse Healthcare is one of the top 10 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), paediatric & neonatal nursing, community & primary care nursing, mental health nursing and midwifery. For nursing it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281, HealthTrust Europe TWS3, NHS Scotland (nursing) and ccs-rm6333-international-recruitment frameworks. By specialty: a&e, critical care & theatres Top 10, general nursing (rgn) Top 10, paediatric & neonatal nursing Top 10, community & primary care nursing Top 10, mental health nursing Top 10, midwifery Top 10. Full nursing ranking →

Healthcare science. Pulse Healthcare is one of the top 10 of the 47 healthcare science agencies we tested. It earns our healthcare science specialist mark. Its healthcare science work covers biomedical science and clinical physiology. 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, clinical physiology Top 10. Full healthcare science ranking →

Psychology. Pulse Healthcare is one of the top 10 of the 29 psychology agencies we tested. It earns our psychology specialist mark. Its psychology work covers psychology and psychological therapies. None of its public sector frameworks covers psychology. Full psychology ranking →

Jobs

216 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

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  1. Locum MLA – Histology

    Pulse Healthcare · Anywhere in Wales

    £14–£16 an hourLocum or bank

    Top 10 of 47 healthcare science agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in healthcare scienceYesterday

  2. Locum Consultant Cytology BMS – East England

    Pulse Healthcare · Across the East of England

    £35–£44 an hourLocum or bank

    Top 10 of 47 healthcare science agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in healthcare science3 days ago

  3. Band 7 CT Radiographer

    Pulse Healthcare · Leytonstone

    Up to £33 an hourLocum or bankBand 7

    Top 10 of 135 allied health agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in allied health3 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
1 February 1996
Staff
About 714 (2025 accounts)
Offices
Manchester, Turnford
Phone
0333 577 3410

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
PULSE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Number
03156103
Status
Active
Office
London, EC2A 2AP
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, offices and email from its website. View on Companies House ↗

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Company record

PULSE HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Company number
03156103
Status
Active
Incorporated
1 February 1996 · trading 30 years
Staff
About 714 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
London, EC2A 2AP
Trades as
Pulse Healthcare · pulsejobs.com
Ethical recruiters list
✓ NHS Employers list
Email
enquiries@pulsejobs.com

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

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