Medical Human Resources(MHR)

What Medical Human Resources(MHR) does

Medical Human Resources (Pty) Ltd. (MHR) is a South African healthcare staffing agency founded in 1996 and headquartered in Bellville, Cape Town. The company recruits, screens, and places temporary (locum) and permanent nursing, medical practitioner, pharmacy, emergency medical services, frail care, and administrative personnel at private and government healthcare clients across South Africa. MHR operates a national footprint comprising three regional offices, two satellite offices, and 25 embedded hospital offices, supported by 135 permanent employees and a database of 20,000+ pre-screened temporary staff accounting for 9 million hours worked per annum.

The company's core technology is the MHR4me mobile application, a proprietary data-free self-service platform that allows panel members to view real-time shift opportunities, confirm availability, upload credentials, and manage professional profiles. MHR also operates dedicated Clinical and Administrative Careers Portals (erecruit) and online screening forms for nursing and EMS candidates, complemented by HWSETA-accredited professional development courses covering Basic Life Support, Infection Prevention and Control, Triage, Critical Care, and ECG training. The business is a member of the Allied Healthcare Association of South Africa (AHASA) and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediclinic (Pty) Ltd.

MHR generates revenue through professional services fees on temporary staffing placements (markup on locum bill rates covering payroll, UIF, WCA, BCEA compliance, HR administration, and labour relations) and permanent placement fees for direct hires. Pricing is pay-as-you-go at market-related rates with no publicly disclosed rate cards. Named enterprise clients include Mediclinic (its parent), ER24, Intercare, Busamed, Faircape Health, Advanced Health, and Medical Innovations. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales through regional and hospital-based coordinators with self-serve candidate acquisition via the careers portals and MHR4me app.

Name

Medical Human Resources(MHR)

Legal name

Medical Human Resources (Pty) Ltd.

Website

https://mhr.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MHR is a South African healthcare staffing agency placing temporary and permanent nurses, doctors, pharmacists, EMS, frail care, and administrative personnel at hospitals and medical practices nationwide, supported by a 20,000+ candidate database, a data-free mobile app, and a Mediclinic-backed national office network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Services: MHR places temporary (locum) nurses, doctors, pharmacists, ambulance, frail care and administrative staff at healthcare clients. The company supplies professionally trained personnel through competency-based recruitment and handles HR management, labour relations, and legal compliance.
2. Permanent Placement Services: MHR recruits, selects and places suitable permanent nursing, administrative and medical personnel at healthcare facilities including hospitals, medical practices, and frail care facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Medical Human Resources (MHR) is a South African healthcare staffing agency that recruits, screens, and places temporary (locum) and permanent nursing, medical, pharmacy, emergency medical services, frail care, and administrative personnel at hospitals, medical practices, frail care facilities, and other healthcare providers. The company supports both clients and candidates through a national footprint of regional and hospital offices, online careers portals, competency-based screening, and a proprietary data-free self-service mobile application (MHR4me) for shift management.

Product overview

Medical Human Resources (MHR) operates as a healthcare staffing agency providing a unified platform of talent solutions. The core offering includes recruitment and placement of temporary (locum) and permanent healthcare personnel including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, emergency medical services staff, frail care workers, and administrative staff. Supporting this core service is the MHR4me mobile application—a data-free self-service app enabling panel members to view shifts, manage availability, and upload documents. The company also maintains online screening forms for nursing/EMS candidates and operates dedicated clinical and administrative careers portals. Professional development is supported through HWSETA-accredited training courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MHR4me: A data-free self-service mobile application designed to empower MHR panel members in their work journey. Offers features such as real-time shift opportunities, availability management, document uploading, and personal/professional information management on the go.

Products and services

• Healthcare Staffing Services Recruitment, selection, and placement of temporary (locum) and permanent nurses, doctors, pharmacists, emergency ambulance staff, frail care staff, and medical administrative personnel at private and government healthcare clients across South Africa.
• Nursing Screening Form Online screening form for nursing and care workers to complete the MHR recruitment and selection process.
• Emergency Medical Services Screening Form Online screening form for emergency medical services staff to complete the MHR recruitment and selection process.
• Clinical Careers Portal Online recruitment portal for clinical and nursing job seekers to register CV profiles, browse vacancies, apply for positions, and manage job alerts.
• Administrative Careers Portal Online recruitment portal for administrative job seekers to register CV profiles, browse vacancies, apply for positions, and manage job alerts.
• MHR4me Mobile App A data-free self-service mobile application enabling healthcare panel members to view real-time shift opportunities, confirm availability, update personal and professional information, upload documents and qualifications, and receive MHR notifications and reminders.
• Professional Development Courses HWSETA-accredited professional development courses including Basic Life Support, Infection Prevention and Control, Triage, Critical Care, and Basic/Advanced Electrocardiogram training, along with category-related and client-specific training programs for healthcare personnel.

Quantifiable outcome

• 9 million hours worked per annum by MHR Temporary Staff
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Allied Healthcare Association of South Africa (AHASA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHR is a proud member of AHASA, which represents reputable healthcare recruitment agencies in South Africa. This membership demonstrates MHR's commitment to industry standards and compliance in healthcare staffing.
• Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHR is a registered training provider with HWSETA and offers HWSETA-accredited professional development courses including Basic Life Support, Infection Prevention and Control, Triage, Critical Care, and Basic/Advanced Electrocardiogram training.
• MedicliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMediclinic is a major healthcare client of MHR, with MHR providing staffing services across multiple Mediclinic facilities. The relationship includes coordinated placement of healthcare personnel and shared use of MHR's screening and orientation processes.
• ER24coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerER24 is a key healthcare client and partner, with MHR providing emergency medical services staffing including specialized screening forms for EMS personnel placement.
• IntercareminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIntercare is a healthcare client receiving staffing services from MHR for various healthcare professional categories.
• BusamedminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBusamed hospital group receives healthcare staffing support from MHR for nursing and clinical personnel.
• Faircape HealthminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFaircape Health receives healthcare staffing solutions from MHR across their facilities.
• Advanced HealthminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdvanced Health facilities receive staffing services from MHR for healthcare professionals.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cross Country Healthcare: US-listed healthcare staffing company placing nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals across temporary and permanent assignments; directly comparable in service mix to MHR.
• Aya Healthcare: US healthcare staffing firm with a technology-led travel nursing and allied health platform; comparable to MHR through its app-driven workforce marketplace layer over traditional staffing services.
• CHG Healthcare: US-based healthcare staffing company specialising in locum tenens and permanent physician/nurse placement; directly analogous in revenue model (temporary + permanent placement fees) and customer base to MHR.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest US healthcare staffing firm placing nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals; highly comparable business model in locum and permanent medical staffing, providing global margin and growth benchmarks for MHR.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: US healthcare staffing and home-care services provider placing nurses and allied health workers; comparable in temporary/permanent placement model and broad healthcare talent coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Global specialised staffing firm; relevant comparable for professional-services placement economics and temporary/permanent recruitment operating model, though its core verticals are office/finance rather than healthcare.
• Netcare: One of South Africa's largest private hospital groups; comparable as a regional incumbent operating hospitals that consume similar nursing/clinical labour pools and run in-house staffing functions overlapping with MHR's locum model.
• Life Healthcare: Major South African private hospital and healthcare services group; competes for the same nursing talent pool and often sources locum staff through agencies similar to MHR, making it a key demand-side comparable.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader with a dedicated healthcare vertical; comparable through its healthcare talent placement offering and scale economics, although it operates across many sectors beyond MHR's healthcare-only focus.

Regional players

• ER24: South Africa's largest private emergency medical services provider and an MHR client; comparable as a regional buyer of EMS staffing services with adjacent workforce management needs in the same South African market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mhr-healthcare-and-nursing-recruitment-agency

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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