Advertising of Locum Agencies

[ballpoint]

Which agencies do not required job referencies ?

[johnep]

What have you got to hide?
johnep

[DavidS]

Which agencies do not required job referencies ?

so, just to make all this understandable, the post to which this refers has been deleted by a moderator for blatant advertising.

Welcome to the forum, ballpoint!

[ballpoint]

What have you got to hide?
johnep

nothing to hide at all Just i'm newly qualified and don't wanna ask for them from my present permament employer (I also did my pre-reg there).

[wwjd_andy]

From post 7: I guess it all depends on your experience. I used to get bookings from one of the agencies you mention, but after being double booked FIVE times in less then one month I left them.

I also find some agencies just outright lie to me.

Come on admin - spill the beans!

I've had poor experiences with pulse and preferred; the more enthusiastic they are, the worse the job is. And they promise one rate, and when you get paid a lower rate, they won't back you: they would rather keep the pharmacies on board than keep the goodwill of their locums.

[happy_bunny]

Would anyone recommend any agencies covering Cardiff/South Wales?
Lots of the nationwide ones never seem to have any welsh vacancies and I am moving there to start my locum career next month so any insider knowledge would be most welcome!

[andrew paxton]

I used to use agencies for my occasional spaces, but as I book direct with all the places I work, and I have no spaces, it doesn't arise. I used to be with Pharmaseekers (good, but tended to double-book me with Boots with other agencies (I didn't put that well: I would turn up at a booking and find that someone from another agency also turned up. When I checked, I had been moved somewhere else, but no-one had told me.)