Sean Hill

Expertise that cannot be beaten!

Sean Hill is a Medical Recruitment and Workforce Consultant and the Director of Samos Consulting.

Prior to starting Samos Consulting Sean successfully rebuilt and managed a rural general practice/family physician recruitment team for nearly 4 years. During this time he also established and managed a second team (for the same organisation) focused on the recruitment of hospital based practitioners.

Sean has considerable sector experience and expertise in assessing the qualifications, training and experience of international medical graduates. His previous experience also includes 4.5 years with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ), and most of that time as Registration Manager. Immediately after leaving the MCNZ he spent 12 months establishing a medical recruitment division within a small private company.

Sean has previously consulted to organisations in New Zealand and Australia on recruitment strategy and has experience in partnering the New Zealand Immigration Service, and District Health Boards with recruitment initiatives in Europe.

Sean has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Policy with a particular focus on health policy, a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and he is a member of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand.

“Sean is well known and highly regarded within the health sector throughout New Zealand as a result of his work as Operations Manager at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network. He is a problem solver, consensus builder and an effective people and business services manager.”

Craig Smith

Craig was previously the Registration Coordinator for Medical Council of New Zealand and is now the Registration Manager & Senior Expert, Supreme Council of Health Qatar

Kate Van Echten

Kate van Echten

 Kate van Echten is a Recruitment Consultant for Samos Consulting.  She has five years experience in medical recruitment and specialises in the placement of hospital doctors and general practitioners/family physicians in short term locum roles and long term/permanent roles. Kate recruits New Zealand doctors and internationally trained and qualified doctors of all levels across many disciplines.

Kate has previously recruited internationally, visiting Europe and the UK which gives her an excellent understanding of the needs of practitioners from this part of the world. Her expertise will ensure placements are an ideal fit for both practitioners and clients.

Kate has an excellent understanding of MCNZ registration requirements and will manage the registration/licensure process from start to finish, ensuring a stress free placement.