SOS Medical

What SOS Medical does

SOS Medical is a UK-based specialist nursing and care recruitment agency providing temporary staffing solutions to NHS trusts and private healthcare facilities across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Founded circa 2017 and headquartered in Bexleyheath, Kent, the company focuses on placing high-calibre nurses across three core specialisms: ITU Critical Care, Registered General Nursing (RGN), and Accident & Emergency (A/E). It operates with a 46-person team and serves both urgent last-minute requirements and longer-term placements, positioning itself as a relationship-driven supplier rather than a volume commodity recruiter.

The company's technology layer is a web-based recruitment platform anchored by the sosmedical.co.uk website, an online candidate registration and application system, and a dedicated candidate-engagement portal called Nurse Lounge. Supporting services include NMC revalidation guides via an in-house training centre, a substantive (permanent) placement update service, a candidate referral programme, and a COVID-19 staffing support line. The underlying platform is described as a standard candidate management system without disclosed proprietary AI, data, or integration assets.

Commercially, SOS Medical runs a transaction-fee model, earning placement margins on hourly or daily rates for nurses placed with healthcare facilities. Pricing is custom-negotiated per placement based on specialty, geography, and urgency, with pay-as-you-go billing and no publicly disclosed rates. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, combining NHS contract relationships, private-sector field sales, and self-serve online candidate sourcing through the website. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and there is no record of outside funding, M&A, or public-market activity.

Name

SOS Medical

Legal name

SOS Medical

Website

https://sosmedical.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SOS Medical is a UK-based specialist nursing and care recruitment agency placing ITU, RGN, and A/E nurses on temporary and substantive assignments with NHS trusts and private healthcare facilities across England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

Keywords

• Nursing recruitment
• Healthcare staffing
• Temporary nursing
• Critical care nurses
• NHS staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

United Kingdom

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Placement Fees: SOS Medical generates revenue by providing temporary nursing and care staff to NHS and private healthcare sectors. As a recruitment agency, they earn margins or fees on the hourly/daily rates of placed healthcare professionals, serving both last-minute urgent staffing needs and long-term placement requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SOS Medical is a specialist nursing and care recruitment agency supplying high calibre temporary nurses to the NHS and private healthcare sectors throughout the UK. The company places ITU Critical Care Nurses, Registered General Nurses (RGN), and Accident & Emergency Nurses on both a last-minute urgent basis and for long-term placements, supported by an online registration portal, a Nurse Lounge community, and revalidation support for candidates.

Product overview

SOS Medical operates as a unified nursing and care recruitment platform offering temporary staffing solutions to the NHS and Private Sectors throughout the UK. The core offering includes placement services for ITU Critical Care Nurses, RGN Nurses, and A/E Accident and Emergency Nurses across England, Scotland, and Ireland. Supporting services include the Nurse Lounge portal for resources and availability, Revalidation Support for NMC registration maintenance, Substantive Update services for permanent positions, COVID-19 support, and a Referral Programme. The company positions itself around providing 'Excellence in Healthcare' through high calibre staffing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ITU Critical Care Nurse Placement Placement service for Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) Critical Care Nurses, provided to NHS and private healthcare facilities across the UK on both urgent last-minute and long-term bases.
• RGN Nurse Placement Placement service for Registered General Nurses (RGN) across England, Scotland, and Ireland, providing temporary cover for NHS trusts and private healthcare providers.
• A&E Accident and Emergency Nurse Placement Placement service for Accident & Emergency (A/E) Nurses across England, Scotland, and Ireland, supplying temporary emergency department cover to NHS and private healthcare clients.
• Nursing and Care Recruitment Agency Services Specialist nursing and care recruitment service delivering temporary staffing solutions to NHS and private healthcare sectors throughout the UK on both last-minute and long-term placement bases.
• COVID-19 Support Services Specialised staffing support and resources for COVID-19 related healthcare needs, providing nurses to NHS and private facilities during pandemic response.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pulse Jobs: UK-focused healthcare recruitment agency placing nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals. Direct competitor in the temporary clinical staffing space for NHS and private hospitals.
• Hays Healthcare: Global recruitment firm with a substantial UK healthcare division placing nurses, allied health professionals, and doctors. Directly comparable in target customer (NHS trusts and private hospitals) and service offering (temporary and permanent clinical staffing).
• Maxxima: UK healthcare recruiter focused on nursing, allied health, and medical specialties. Overlaps directly with SOS Medical on nurse placement into NHS trusts and private hospitals.
• Service Care Solutions: UK recruitment agency placing nurses, social workers, and allied health professionals into NHS and local authority settings. Direct peer in clinical staffing model and customer base.
• Medacs Healthcare: International healthcare staffing agency with substantial UK operations placing doctors, nurses, and allied professionals into NHS and private settings. Direct competitor across SOS Medical's full clinical staffing range.
• ID Medical: UK healthcare recruiter supplying doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to NHS trusts and private providers. Comparable in scale of operations and customer base to SOS Medical.
• Thornbury Nursing Services: UK agency specialising in last-minute and urgent nursing placements, including critical care and A&E. Closely aligned with SOS Medical's stated focus on high-acuity, short-notice temporary staffing.
• REED Health: UK healthcare staffing arm of REED, one of the largest recruitment agencies in the country. Directly competes with SOS Medical in temporary and permanent placement of nurses across NHS and private sectors.

Broad incumbents

• NHS Professionals: Arm's-length NHS body operating the largest staff bank for the NHS. Provides direct competition to agencies like SOS Medical by offering trusts in-house temporary staffing, often at preferential rates under NHS framework agreements.

Emerging players

• Lantum: UK-based digital staffing platform connecting clinicians (including nurses) to NHS and primary care shifts. Represents the technology-enabled emerging threat to traditional agency models like SOS Medical's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sos-medical

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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