This is our most commonly used service. It is geared towards healthcare operators, often in rural areas, that experience significant shortage of staff and are forced to costly temporary solutions. By opening the possibility for preparatory training, the pool of interested candidates for permanent placements increases significantly.

Our healthcare professionals make a commitment to live and work abroad for several years and our recruitment and training programmes are designed to find and help prepare the candidates for this challenge. Our model includes rigorous Assessment Center, interviews in the new country, intensive campus based language and cultural integration training as well as a comprehensive induction programs in the new country. Extensive family support packages are also included.

Aside from enjoying the benefits of permanent employees, our clients save a lot of costs by using this permanent recruitment model with preparatory training. Especially when compared to costly temporary agencies.

Clients include hospitals across Western Europe.

For this service, we guarantee:

• highly skilled clinical professionals
• managing all issues around authorizations and work-permits
• that the candidates meet the requirements set forth in the job description
• that the healthcare professionals start on the agreed date
• medical language fluency in any European language
• campus based tailor-made professional and cultural adaptation training
• family relocation services and support
• highly ethical approach throughout the recruitment and training process
• substantial cost savings compared to employing temporary staff
• ongoing evaluation and alumni activities

Naturally, we provide comprehensive relocation services for spouses and family members. This service can include preparatory language training, housing, schools, and career and general pastoral support on arriving in the new country.

For more information on how we operate please see The Paragona Model.

In some unique cases we find candidates that do not need preparatory training. In these cases we proceed with a traditional head hunt service.

If you experience waiting lists or temporary lags in production we can provide you with flexible specialist teams of distinguished healthcare professionals.

These teams include some of the most experienced and high producing experts in their respective field. They can be accessible quickly to produce large amounts of work in a very short time period. Depending on demand, our teams arrive for a few days or weeks but can also be accessible on an ongoing, regular, basis for several years.

Our solutions are generally very cost efficient for the healthcare operators, especially when compared to costly temporary agencies. Above all, they solve production problems fast. For the individual healthcare professional, our proposition is equally attractive: an opportunity to "earn and learn" abroad for limited periods while remaining rooted at home.

This service is available in several - but not all - specialties. One available example is Mammography. Our team of leading Mammography experts are on stand-by and they can assist to reduce long waiting lists as a result of lack of Mammography experts locally.

For this service, we guarantee:

• highly skilled clinical professionals
• managing all issues around authorizations and work-permits
• that the candidates meet the requirements set forth in the job description
• that the healthcare professionals start on the agreed date
• pre-departure training (on demand)
• highly ethical approach throughout the recruitment and training process
• substantial cost savings compared to employing local temporary staff

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