Steven Bartlett-Backed Recruitment Solutions Launches Health Arm; ‘Chapter 2 Health Talent’

Chapter 2, the innovative recruitment and talent solutions provider backed by Steven Bartlett, today announced the official launch of a dynamic new arm to its talent ecosystem; Chapter 2 Health Talent – uniquely positioned to transform talent acquisition across the health space as the first and only health sector solution that combines Talent, Technology and Employer Branding into a single seamless service.

Rooted in unmatched recruitment expertise spearheaded by Founder and CEO, Leo Harrison, this new company within its portfolio will be led by Co-Founder of Chapter 2 Heath Talent, Simon Ryan, with over a decade of specialist health recruitment experience (formerly, REED and Your World Recruitment Group). Both are united with investor Steven Bartlett in their shared vision to support and scale companies by building strong teams with the right talent.

Chapter 2 Health Talent will address the unique talent requirements of private hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, medical technology enterprises, and other specialist health companies. The company will service hard-to-fill roles, high-demand positions spanning from Executive, Tech, Business Operations and all Clinical functions. Their services encompass embedded talent solutions, employer branding, advanced recruitment technology, and retained search, ensuring substantial value across permanent, fixed-term, and temporary appointments.

From corporate to clinical roles, Chapter 2 Health Talent is a talent partner that caters to the needs of the health sector today and in the future. Its dynamic approach mirrors the core service pillars of Chapter 2:

• Embedded Recruitment: Chapter 2 talent experts are embedded directly within a health organisation to deliver scalable, tailored hiring using insider knowledge and market insights.
• Intelligence: Utilising advanced technology, Chapter 2 builds and nurtures deep talent pools with data-backed strategies, ensuring access to the best clinical and non-clinical candidates.
• Employer Branding: Chapter 2 promotes the client’s unique healthcare culture, attracting market leading talent and boosting staff retention by opening a window into their world. This is achievable through candidate conversion content, strategic campaigns to highlight companies’ benefits and perks, hero videos and social shorts, demonstrating client’s culture, values and locations, career site design and ATS integration as well as LinkedIn and personal branding.
• Transformation Advisory: Chapter 2 aligns the client’s workforce strategy with long-term goals through planning, gap analysis and market insights, enabling companies to stay ahead in healthcare recruitment – ultimately future-proofing workforce decisions.
• Recruitment Services: Offering end-to-end recruitment services (permanent, fixed-term, temporary, etc), the new arm also oversees: Executive Search, Retained Assignment, Search and Selection, Managed Service Provider (MSP), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Volume Recruitment.

Leo Harrison, Founder and CEO of Chapter 2, says: “Health is one of the most essential pillars of any thriving society, due to the ever increasing knowledge and interest in the sector it has created rapid expansion, creating both urgent needs and exciting opportunities. The launch of Chapter 2 Health Talent marks a pivotal step in our mission to deliver smarter, more impactful talent solutions to this critical space. With Simon Ryan joining the Chapter 2 family to lead this new arm, we’re bringing deep expertise and a united vision which will create meaningful impact beyond traditional recruitment offerings.” 

Simon Ryan, Co-Founder of Chapter 2 Health Talent, says: “As health evolves, so must talent and we’re leading the charge. No one moves faster, thinks deeper, or delivers better. This is the future of health hiring and our results speak for themselves: in a recent six-month project, we helped a client hire 175 staff and save over £2 million in agency fees, reducing their hiring time by 21 days.”

Chapter 2 Health Talent recently partnered with luxury health club Third Space as an Embedded client.

Mirroring Chapter 2’s commitment to its core values of health, happiness, and humanity, the roll-out of Health Talent also reinforces its dedication to sustainability and social responsibility. Chapter 2 has already planted over 7,500 trees with Ecologi and supports NHS Charities Together. Within its first year of launch, Chapter 2 Health Talent specifically commits to planting 1,000 trees and reducing 200 tonnes of CO2.

Last July, Chapter 2 secured backing from Steven Bartlett to maximise and modernise the current outsourced recruitment model – reflecting the true hiring needs of today’s and tomorrow’s businesses.