Doctor takes out prestigious Australasian leadership award

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31 May 2013

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Doctor and Entrepreneur takes out prestigious Australasian leadership award

It’s a well-known problem; there is a genuine shortage of doctors in regional and remote areas throughout Australasia.  However, Dr. Sam Hazledine, winner of last night’s highest leadership accolade in the recruitment industry, believes that this is only partly due to macro lack of doctors; it is also a micro problem of individual hospitals and clinics having difficulty in attracting appropriately matched medical practitioners to their towns.

Dr. Hazledine and his wife Claire set up MedRecruit in 2006 and his unwavering commitment and leadership has led the growth of a business that focuses on aligning the needs of doctors, hospitals and clinics. As a direct result MedRecruit, which has featured in the Deloitte Fast 50 for the past four consecutive years, has helped hospitals and clinics tackle this problem head-on.  Since 2006 they have been working with hospitals and clinics to provide certainty in their staffing by placing locum and permanent doctors with them who want it all; a fulfilling career and great lifestyle – both of which often go hand-in-hand when working in rural locations.

It is this, combined with MedRecruit’s ability to truly understand clients’ needs along with their exceptional customer service, that is responsible for Dr. Sam Hazledine, the founder of MedRecruit and 2012’s Ernst & Young – Young Entrepreneur of the Year, being named winner of the RCSA PEARL Award (for Professional Emerging and Aspiring Recruitment Leaders) last night at the RCSA Annual Gala Ball in Sydney.

“It is an honour to be awarded this Australasian award. I think you can judge a leader by how motivated and effective their staff are, and you can judge staff by how happy the clients are. So this award is really just a reflection of the belief our clients place in us to make them successful and our fantastic team of people who care about making a real positive difference just as much as I do,” said Dr. Hazledine.

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