Workforce Development

  • GWD
  • Apollo Education UK

GWD

GWD is an initiative from Apollo Health Resources (AHRL) to bridge the gap in healthcare workforce needs. GWD focuses on sourcing, certifying, training, and deploying healthcare professionals globally. This comes at a time when there is global recognition of talent gaps, a drive to ramp up capacities, and openness and acceleration to explore cross-border solutions across healthcare providers worldwide.

To address the challenges of global healthcare staffing, GWD offers services that span the entire talent lifecycle—from training and certification to deployment, locum staffing, and sponsorship programs. These offerings are designed to ensure that healthcare professionals are not only clinically competent but also globally prepared, culturally aligned, and ready to meet the demands of diverse healthcare environments.

Group of diverse and confident healthcare students and professionals in medical uniforms, representing academic excellence at Apollo Knowledge Institute.

200+ Radiographers and Echocardiographers deployed at NHS CDC

Over 100 Specialist Doctors successfully deployed with NHS England

Over 650 Nurses successfully deployed with NHS England

400+ Nurses deployed with Ministry of Defence, Saudi & Dubai Health Authority

Training and Certification

GWD provides thoughtfully designed training methods to empower global talent and help healthcare providers excel as premier caregivers worldwide.

Orientation on International healthcare systems

To familiarize professionals with healthcare policies and protocols in different countries. This ensures preparedness for both clinical and administrative aspects of global healthcare practice.

Country-specific acclimatization programs

To understand professional etiquette, workplace ethics, cross-cultural norms, and patient care best practices. This ensures a smooth integration into diverse healthcare environments globally.

Clinical training on real-world patient care

This includes simulation-based and on-the- job learning in diverse nursing fields such as emergency care, maternal and child health, neonatal care, rehabilitation, geriatric care, and forensic nursing.

Guidance through International certification pathways

To prepare for assessments such as IELTS, OET, NCLEX, and OSCE. This includes country-specific nurse bridging programs to ensure global readiness and fulfil licensing requirements for professional practice.

Certification, fellowships, and residency programs for doctors

To provide clinical certifications and fellowships for post-graduate doctors. The Indo-UK Residency Program enhances global clinical expertise and enables cross-border practice readiness.

International Deployments:

GWD deploys healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand. It also offers a vast talent pool from Apollo Hospitals and other reputed hospitals, including Apollo-trained and globally experienced nurses from the Apollo alumni group.

GWD provides a unique capability to rapidly deploy a substantial number of skilled talents while ensuring long-term client relationships and collective success. GWD has deployed 1000+ nurses, 200+ radiographers, echo cardiographers and radiologists, and 100+ specialist doctors so far. Explore Now.

Frameworks

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Partners

Locum Staffing:

GWD offers locum staffing and travel nursing services customized to the needs of healthcare providers. It provides access to thousands of healthcare professionals. GWD sources professionals from the Apollo alumni network, including Apollo-trained nurses with global exposure.

Sponsorship Programs:

GWD provides opportunities for healthcare providers to discover promising talent early. It also enables other prospective employers to sponsor students while they are in college. The sponsored candidates will have a definitive work period with the sponsoring organization.
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