pulsejobs

What pulsejobs does

Pulse Jobs (legally Pulse Healthcare Limited) is a UK-headquartered healthcare and social care staffing agency founded in 1988 and operating as a subsidiary of Acacium Group. The company places doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, psychiatrists, and psychological therapists into temporary locum, contract, and permanent roles across NHS trusts and private healthcare organizations in the United Kingdom, with a recently launched Republic of Ireland operation. It holds approved supplier status on all major NHS procurement frameworks and operates as master vendor or priority supplier for several large NHS trusts, including Barts Health, University Hospitals Birmingham, Sandwell & West Birmingham, Walsall, UCLH, Whittington Health, NELFT, and ELFT.

Name

pulsejobs

Legal name

Pulse Healthcare Limited

Website

https://pulsejobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Pulse Jobs (Pulse Healthcare Limited) is a UK-based healthcare staffing agency placing doctors, nurses, AHPs, and therapists into locum and permanent roles across NHS trusts and private providers via master vendor contracts and NHS framework agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare recruitment
• Medical staffing
• NHS locum jobs
• Allied health jobs
• Healthcare workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Recruitment: Places healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, psychological therapists) into temporary locum and permanent positions with NHS trusts and private healthcare organizations. Generates revenue through placement fees and mark-up on contractor rates.
2. Managed Workforce Solutions: Provides MSP, RPO, and workforce consultancy services to healthcare providers, managing their entire contingent workforce needs including supplier management, compliance, and strategic workforce planning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pulse Jobs is a healthcare recruitment agency that places doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, psychological therapists and psychiatrists into temporary locum, contract and permanent roles within NHS trusts and private healthcare organisations across the UK and Ireland. It operates a candidate-facing job board and a client-facing Pulse Workforce Solutions division delivering managed service programmes, recruitment process outsourcing, managed staff banks and workforce consultancy under master vendor and preferred supplier contracts.

Product overview

Pulse Jobs operates as a healthcare recruitment platform consisting of two main offerings: the Pulse Jobs job board (connecting healthcare professionals with NHS and private sector opportunities across the UK and Ireland) and the Pulse Workforce Solutions enterprise suite (providing MSP, permanent/temporary staffing, RPO, workforce consultancy, managed staff bank, and clinical insourcing services). The ecosystem is supported by proprietary tools including the ipoint mobile app for shift management and timesheet submission, the Viewpoint feedback programme for service optimization, and The Pulse Awards for candidate recognition. With nearly 37 years of experience and over 2,500 active job listings across sectors including acute doctors, allied health, healthcare sciences, nursing, psychiatry, and psychological therapies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pulse Jobs Healthcare recruitment job board and placement service connecting doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, psychological therapists and psychiatrists with temporary locum, contract and permanent roles across NHS trusts and private healthcare organisations in the UK and Ireland.
• Pulse Workforce Solutions Enterprise workforce delivery division offering managed service programmes (MSP), permanent recruitment, temporary staffing, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), workforce consultancy, managed staff bank solutions and clinical insourcing to NHS trusts and private healthcare providers.
• ipoint App Proprietary mobile application for iOS and Android that allows healthcare professionals to book shifts, manage compliance documents, submit timesheets, view payslips and track work history, with shift reminders, compliance expiry alerts and an availability calendar.

Quantifiable outcome

• 483,600 healthcare hours filled in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harrow HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Pulse appointed as master vendor partner for Harrow Health ADHD services, providing psychological therapies professionals for ADHD assessment services.
• Barts Health NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Pulse is the priority supplier for all locum and temporary staffing at Barts Health NHS Trust, giving workers exclusive access to vacancies before anyone else. Barts Health consists of four hospitals delivering vast range of clinical services to people in east London.
• Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026New partnership announced providing healthcare professionals access to roles and shifts before anyone else. One of England's largest teaching trusts.
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026New partnership giving healthcare professionals priority access to vacancies. University Hospitals Birmingham comprises five hospitals and a specialist clinic delivering expert care across wide range of services.
• Walsall NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026New partnership announced providing healthcare professionals access to roles and shifts at Walsall NHS Trust.
• Bank Partners (Acacium Group)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSister business and UK's independent expert in managed staff bank solutions. Widely used across NHS and private healthcare sectors, part of Acacium Group.
• Xyla HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership providing Pulse candidates with reduced-cost private ADHD assessments and autism assessments through Xyla.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NHS Professionals: NHS-owned in-house staff bank operating across the UK; competes with agencies like Pulse by giving trusts a public-sector alternative to external master vendors for temporary staffing.
• Hays (Healthcare): Large UK-listed generalist recruiter with a dedicated healthcare division covering doctors, nursing and AHP placements; broader portfolio but directly comparable healthcare capability.

Direct peers

• Medacs Healthcare: Global healthcare staffing firm with a strong UK presence placing locum doctors, nurses and allied health professionals into NHS and private hospitals; overlaps directly with Pulse's locum and permanent placement model.
• Cpl Healthcare: Specialist healthcare recruiter operating in the UK and Ireland, placing doctors, nurses and allied health professionals; particularly relevant as a peer following Pulse's Ireland expansion.
• ID Medical: One of the UK's largest healthcare recruiters, placing doctors, nurses and AHPs into NHS trusts via master vendor and preferred supplier contracts; competes head-to-head with Pulse on NHS framework supply.
• Total Assist Group: UK healthcare recruitment agency placing doctors, nurses and allied health professionals into NHS and private sector roles across temporary and permanent contracts.
• Bank Partners: UK specialist in managed staff bank solutions for NHS and private healthcare; a sister company within Acacium Group, but functionally a peer in the same end market with overlapping managed service offerings.
• HCL Healthcare: UK healthcare staffing specialist supplying doctors, nurses and AHPs to NHS trusts and private providers, including through managed service and master vendor arrangements — closely comparable to Pulse's enterprise offering.
• Reed Health: UK-based healthcare and life sciences recruitment arm of Reed, placing doctors, nurses and AHPs into NHS and private roles with framework supplier status — directly comparable to Pulse across the same clinical disciplines and customer base.

Emerging players

• Maxwell Medica: Mid-sized UK specialist recruiter placing medical professionals into NHS trusts and private clinics; a smaller-scale peer operating in the same locum/perm healthcare placement space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wearepulsehealthcare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wearepulsehealthcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/pulsehealthcare_
• Xx.com/PulseAHPHSS

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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