Athona Recruitment wins three contracts

Athona Recruitment, the provider of staff to the medical, healthcare, nursing and education markets, has picked up three new contract wins.
Wed, 21 May 2014
Athona Recruitment, the provider of staff to the medical, healthcare, nursing and education markets, has picked up three new contract wins.

Two of these contracts will see Athona provide mental health and community medicine locum doctors and GPs to East London NHS Foundation Trust, and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT).

Athona now holds six managed service agreements within mental health NHS trusts across the UK.

For the third contract, Athona has been appointed joint tier one provider for the supply of locum psychiatrists and community doctors to the East of England.

In addition to these contract wins, Athona has developed a web-based software solution offering an end-to-end recruitment process management solution.

Athona’s software – expert:se – has been designed to help with recruitment’s complex issues and processes, and deliver better control on costs, according to the company.

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