Sanctum Recruitment

Healthcare recruitment agency · Croydon · trading 10 years · Works in all four UK nations

Part of Next Step Nursing: also Next Step Nursing and Presto Nursing

Ranked overall as part of Next Step Nursing (Top 50, via Next Step Nursing)

Overview

Sanctum Recruitment is ranked overall as part of Next Step Nursing (Top 50, via Next Step Nursing). Sanctum Recruitment supplies nurses, social care staff and allied health professionals to community services, hospitals, mental health services and private providers across the UK, for temporary, fixed-term and permanent work. It says it pays weekly.

Strengths

  • On more public sector frameworks than most
  • Covers more nursing specialties 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

How we know: Sanctum 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

Pay
  • Weekly pay Weekly pay with downloadable timesheets their page
Joining steps
  • DBS check Free DBS checks Fitness to work checks and Immunisations their page
  • Occupational health Free DBS checks Fitness to work checks and Immunisations their page

What it says it covers

Settings
  • Community From Acute Hospitals to Community Care their page · on 19 of its pages
  • Hospital From Acute Hospitals to Community Care, Mental Health Units, and Private Hospitals their page · on 17 of its pages
  • Mental health hospital Mental Health Units, and Private Hospitals their page · on 16 of its pages
  • Private / independent sector Mental Health Units, and Private Hospitals their page · on 16 of its pages
  • Care home / nursing home Nursing Homes, EMI Units, and Residential Care Homes their page · on 13 of its pages
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  • NHS nationally to the NHS and Private sector their page · on 12 of its pages
  • Prison / secure estate Private Hospitals, Prisons, Secure Training Centres, Mental Health Units their page · on 12 of its pages
  • Secure unit Prisons, Secure Training Centres, Mental Health Units their page · on 12 of its pages
  • Outpatients / clinic Outpatient nurse their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Ward / inpatient Ward nurse their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Home care / domiciliary providing essential care and support to patients in their homes their page
Services
  • Permanent recruitment transitioning between temporary supply and permanent placements their page · on 13 of its pages
  • Temporary / locum shifts transitioning between temporary supply and permanent placements their page · on 13 of its pages
  • Fixed-term contracts Sanctum’s ability to fill immediate bookings, provide lines of work their page · on 7 of its pages
Professions
  • Nursing & midwifery can supply all grades of nurses (RGNs, RMNs, Midwives, RHVs, ODPs, and Health Care Assistants) their page · on 37 of its pages
  • Social care & social work including Health Care Assistant (HCA), Support Worker, and Registered General Nurse (RGN). their page · on 25 of its pages
  • Allied health professions RGNs, RMNs, Midwives, RHVs, ODPs, and Health Care Assistants their page · on 9 of its pages
Roles
  • General / ward nurse (RGN) RGN Nurse Opportunities in Aberdeen: their page · on 31 of its pages
  • Healthcare assistant / support worker connecting skilled HCAs, Support Workers, RGN Nurses, and RMN Nurses with fulfilling opportunities in Aberdeen their page · on 31 of its pages
  • Mental health nurse (RMN) RMN Nurse Opportunities in Aberdeen: their page · on 31 of its pages
  • Support worker connecting skilled HCAs, Support Workers, RGN Nurses, and RMN Nurses with fulfilling opportunities in Aberdeen their page · on 24 of its pages
  • Health visitor RGNs, RMNs, Midwives, RHVs, ODPs, and Health Care Assistants their page · on 9 of its pages
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  • Midwife RGNs, RMNs, Midwives, RHVs, ODPs, and Health Care Assistants their page · on 9 of its pages
  • Operating department practitioner RGNs, RMNs, Midwives, RHVs, ODPs, and Health Care Assistants their page · on 9 of its pages
  • District / community nurse Community Nurse their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Emergency nurse practitioner Emergency Nurse Practitioner their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Practice nurse (GP surgery) Practice Nurse their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Clinical nurse specialist Specialist Nurse their page · on 2 of its pages
  • CAMHS nurse Children’s Mental Health Nurse their page

Rankings

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

Listed, not yet ranked in a profession.

Jobs

No open jobs on our site right now.

For people looking for work

Pays weekly, according to its website.

To join, you'll need: DBS check and occupational health
  • DBS check
  • Occupational health

Company

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

Founded
25 October 2016
Staff
About 2 (2025 accounts)
Based
Croydon
Phone
020 7101 3297

Confirmed frameworks · 4

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

  • Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (clinical & healthcare staffing)Allied health and nursing · supplier list
  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions 3Allied health and nursing · supplier list
  • NHS Scotland (NSS) agency frameworkAllied health and nursing · nursing lot · supplier list
  • Northern Ireland BSO PaLS agency frameworkNursing · nursing lot · via Next Step Nursing · supplier list

Company record

Company
SANCTUM RECRUITMENT LTD
Number
10444008
Status
Active
Office
Oxted, RH8 9EP

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 offices from its website. View on Companies House ↗

Group · Next Step Nursing

Next Step Nursing runs 3 healthcare recruitment brands we list. Each is tested on its own; in the overall ranking the group counts as one entry.

For employers

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

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Company record

SANCTUM RECRUITMENT LTD

Company number
10444008
Status
Active
Incorporated
25 October 2016 · trading 10 years
Staff
About 2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Oxted, RH8 9EP
Trades as
Sanctum Recruitment · sanctum-healthcare.co.uk

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

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