Healthcare Staffing Agency in Plymouth

A healthcare staffing agency connects care services and clinical environments with reliable, fully vetted staff who can support short‑term or long‑term needs.

This includes recruiting nurses, HCAs and specialist clinicians, checking their compliance, and making sure they are fully prepared before they arrive on shift.

Providers across Plymouth use agencies like ours to maintain safe staffing levels without the administrative burden of hiring directly.

We provide a broad mix of trained healthcare workers through our healthcare staffing agency, from registered nurses and HCAs to senior carers, support workers and specialist practitioners.

We match each placement to your environment so you receive staff with the right experience and confidence for the role.

Whether you’re in Plymouth or the surrounding area, we can support you with flexible staffing options.

Our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth is designed to support many different care environments, from community‑based services to large clinical settings.

We take time to understand your environment so we can supply staff who feel like a natural fit.

We can support:

• Residential homes
• NHS Trust departments
• Private hospitals
• Supported living services
• Clinics and medical centres
• Schools and SEN settings
• Prison healthcare teams

Temporary staffing is designed for quick relief and rota support, allowing you to bring in fully vetted professionals for short bursts of time.

Permanent staffing is all about building a reliable, long‑standing workforce who become part of your everyday team. Our healthcare staffing agency can support both options depending on the demands of your service.

We operate a rigorous safeguarding and compliance process through our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth, ensuring every nurse, HCA, senior carer or support worker has been checked thoroughly before they ever attend a shift.

This includes right‑to‑work verification, ID checks, a full DBS review, qualification confirmation, training audits and the validation of professional registrations such as NMC.

We also gather references from previous employers to understand their experience and reliability.

After these checks, our compliance team continues to track every document, keeping records updated so that your service only receives fully cleared staff at all times.

Yes. Our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth works with clinicians and care professionals who are trained to deliver high‑quality support in complex and specialist environments.

Many of our staff have hands‑on experience with dementia care, autism, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, tracheostomy care, seizure management, catheterisation and end‑of‑life support.

Before placing them, we assess their clinical background, verify training, and ensure they feel confident managing the specific needs of your residents or patients. 

We only send staff who are genuinely prepared for the level of complexity required.

We do, and we are reviewed every year to maintain that status.

Our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth undergoes a full Neuven audit annually, where their team carries out a deep and methodical examination of how we manage compliance.

They look at our recruitment pathways, the way we verify documentation, the accuracy of our record‑keeping, the structure of our safeguarding processes and the systems we use to keep files updated.

Neuven’s approval shows that our compliance operations are strong, reliable and maintained consistently throughout the year rather than only at the point of onboarding.

Being Neuven‑level compliant also demonstrates our commitment to safe staffing and gives our clients reassurance that our workers have been vetted through a fully audited, independently validated process.

Absolutely. Our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth offers both nursing staff and experienced carers, allowing us to support a wide variety of services with the right level of expertise.

Whether you need clinical support from registered nurses or hands‑on assistance from HCAs and senior carers, we carefully match each placement to your needs.

All staff undergo full compliance checks and are selected based on their experience and suitability for your setting.

For temporary staffing supplied through our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth, Medicare People is the official employer.

Our temporary staff are engaged on a PAYE contract with us, which means we manage payroll, deductions, holiday entitlement and ongoing compliance. This ensures complete clarity and reduces risk for your organisation.

Permanent hires work very differently. When you choose to take someone on in a permanent role, they become your employee from day one and join your internal workforce.

Medicare People simply facilitate the recruitment process and help ensure the right match.

To book staff with Medicare People, all you need to do is fill in the enquiry form below.

Once we receive your details, we will send over your digital Terms of Business for a quick electronic signature. After these are completed, your account will be activated and our healthcare staffing agency in Plymouth can begin supplying fully vetted staff straight away.

You can request temporary or ongoing cover whenever needed, and our bookings team will respond promptly with availability, staff profiles and shift confirmations.

We manage all admin and compliance checks behind the scenes, making the whole process smooth and hassle‑free for your team.