Case Study: Hitachi Consulting Public Sector

What did we do?

Leveraging Focused Futures Consultancy’s expertise and the H-I-R-E-S framework, we successfully aligned IT recruitment to support Hitachi Consulting’s healthcare projects:
1. Headhunting & Search
Targeted highly skilled professionals with niche technical and healthcare experience.
2. Interrogation
Conducted comprehensive technical and domain-specific interviews to assess expertise and cultural fit.
3. Roundtable
Collaborated with project leads to define role requirements and prioritize key hires based on project timelines.
4. Extend
Streamlined the offer and onboarding process, securing top talent within budget and deadlines.
5. Support
Provided after-placement follow-up to ensure candidates seamlessly integrated into their roles and delivered project objectives.
Notable Health Sector Assignments
1. NBSS: National Breast Screening System
- Focus: Recruited managed services professionals to support and improve the National Breast Screening Service’s appointment and records system.
- Impact: Enhanced system efficiency to enable life-saving breast cancer screenings.
2. Salford University Hospital: Patient Mission Control System
- Focus: Delivered systems architects and developers to design a centralized patient mission control system with real-time data integration.
- Impact: Improved hospital operations, decision-making, and response times.
3. NHS Direct
- Focus: Supported recruitment of telehealth experts, cloud integration specialists, and data engineers to enhance NHS Direct’s telemedicine platform.
- Impact: Enabled efficient remote healthcare delivery to a wide patient base.
4. UK Diabetes App
- Focus: Sourced mobile developers, UX/UI designers, and data scientists to create a diabetes management app offering personalized health insights.
- Impact: Empowered patients to better manage their health and reduce medical dependencies.
5. MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)
- Focus: Delivered BI, Data Warehousing, Power BI, SQL ETL, and data engineering professionals to improve regulatory reporting and analytics systems.
- Impact: Enhanced monitoring and compliance of healthcare products, ensuring patient safety.
Results That Matter
Results
- High-Quality Professionals: Recruited candidates with specialized technical and healthcare expertise to drive critical projects forward.
- Client Satisfaction: Delivered impactful solutions that exceeded expectations and improved healthcare delivery systems.
- Healthcare Impact: Played a vital role in improving patient outcomes through technology for organizations like the NHS, British Heart Foundation, and MHRA.

Client feedback
“Eldon’s recruitment support was critical in helping us deliver health tech projects that made a real impact, from the National Breast Screening system to the UK Diabetes App. His ability to understand both the technical needs and healthcare domain was invaluable.”
– Senior Director, Hitachi Consulting
“Focused Futures was instrumental in sourcing the right talent for our health-focused technology initiatives. Eldon’s experience with healthcare projects and his network of high-caliber professionals allowed us to meet our recruitment goals on time and within budget.”
– Head of Service Delivery, Hitachi Consulting