Executive Search

The recruitment landscape within Health is shifting. Shared services, complex partnership arrangements, world class commissioning and the implications of Lord Darzi's review are just some of the challenges currently facing the sector. Adapting to this change, by identifying skills and behaviour gaps within the organisation, is critical in building robust leadership teams ready for the future and attracting candidates for those difficult to fill roles. The need for specialist knowledge, cross sector experience and both a commercial and service-user focus limits the number and quality of candidates available, making roles increasingly difficult to fill. At GatenbySanderson, we have the experience and commitment to deal with these challenges and build sustained capacity in our clients' organisations. Often, we work with the most challenged organisations, where the solutions require a holistic approach to achieve cultural change.

GatenbySanderson is the largest provider of executive recruitment services in the public sector. The quality of our ‘Search' adds significant value to the recruitment process. For each assignment, a fresh field of names is generated through specialised desk research and sourcing calls to senior professionals already known to us. A dedicated team with significant, high quality search experience work adeptly to build a field of high calibre candidates for specialised roles. This is supplemented by online activity to ensure that the marketplace has been covered and the best talent identified.

This is delivered through our rigorous approach to recruitment and selection which, as outlined in table below, is designed around a robust and logical process. We work in close partnership with our clients, helping to identify their initial needs, attracting and searching out the best candidates, undertaking comprehensive screening, assessment and selection and delivering post appointment support.

Our methods are tried, tested and most of all effective. That's why over 70% of our clients come back to us again.