Director

Simonne Sigston

Simonne specialises in the recruitment of Medical & Dental Practice Managers

About Simonne

Simonne leads the specialist Medical and Dental team for Johnson Recruitment. She is a passionate advocate for the Practice Management profession. Recognised as a true leader in the sourcing, engaging, assessing, and appointment of Practice Managers (and all roles that report to them), Simonne is regularly asked to commentate and share insights on the trends, salaries and market conditions that influence the medical and dental sectors when making staff appointments.

Offering more than a recruitment service, Simonne is a professional consultant with a deep knowledge of the complexities present within specialist practice and she understands the staff dynamics and unique combination of skills required to flourish in a private practice environment.  Simonne’s commitment to partnership with her clients is unique and her success in this area, unmatched.

Simonne began her career in the recruitment industry with Quinn Group in New Zealand during the mid-1990s before permanently settling in Melbourne in 2002 where she combined her passion for recruitment and healthcare, managing a $15million portfolio of healthcare clients for Fairfax that saw her consulting with HR teams, CEOs, senior executive & hiring managers on how best to maximise their recruitment advertising strategy within The Age.

In December 2012 she successfully moved into the position of Director with Johnson Recruitment and has built an unrivalled reputation of success within the specialist Medical & Dental sectors over the past ten years.

Success stories

Simonne, I cannot thank you enough for your support and being a sounding board over the years.  You helped me through some of the most challenging times of my career.

Krystal - Practice Manager, Medical, Client

Victoria

My experience working with Simonne from Johnson Recruitment has been extremely positive with fantastic communication and support throughout the process of securing a role. It was clear that Simonne had a great understanding of the role and organisation she was recruiting for which allowed for a trusting relationship. I felt well informed and Simonne’s warm and friendly approach made her an absolute delight to deal with. Highly recommended!

Practice Nurse - Community Health, Candidate

Victoria

“Communication was excellent from Simonne.
Very professional and inclusive process. Great experience”

Belinda, Executive Manager Candidate

Victoria

I wanted to say thanks – 7 months in and I’m loving the role and particularly appreciate the owners’ management style. It has taken some time to get used to the autonomy they have given me, but we are looking forward to doing bigger and better things in 2021. So I wanted to formally say thank you, your judgement on our personality types was spot on, and is building (I hope!) a mutually beneficial relationship for us all.

Cheryl, Practice Manager Candidate

Victoria

“Simonne is a truly dedicated professional who goes the extra mile to ensure the satisfaction of her clients. Her ability to match the right person for a position is consistently achieved. Her friendly nature makes her easy to deal with and a pleasure to reengage with.

Kaye Collard, CEO, Able Australia

Victoria

“We recently needed to find a new Receptionist at our General Practice. We were looking for certain criteria and we wanted the process to run smoothly and easily. We are so glad we found Simonne as she was amazing and professional. She did all the research and advertising and initial phone interviews – and listened to and assessed our needs. Simonne did such a good job that we offered the first applicant we interviewed the position on the spot. We now have a wonderful new receptionist and she is very happy with her new job. Well done Simonne and the team at Johnson Recruitment. We will definitely call on you again if we ever need to find staff.” 

Dr Arthur Zulman, General Practitioner & Director, Macedon Medical Centre

Victoria

“For the difficult task of staff recruitment for my private practice, I’ve not come across a consultant as attentive and reliable as Simonne. She is exceedingly thorough in her work and has always been considerate of the individual needs of my business every time I have sought her services. She works one on one with her clients to aid them in making the best informed decision and achieving the most desirable outcome. I am most grateful for the assistance she has provided in helping me grow my business and I would not hesitate to recommend her to my colleagues, or any business owner for that matter.”

Mr Michael Hii, FRACS, MBBS, BMedSci, PGDipSurgAnat Oesophago-Gastric and Bariatric Surgeon

Victoria

“Simonne is a true leader who sets the standards and leads by example. She is very company focussed and goal oriented and has a professional, approachable and honest disposition. It has been a pleasure meeting and working with her.”

Sherine Lovell, Amity Real Estate

Victoria

“I cannot thank Simonne enough for finding us the right person to help us grow our business. She was able to quickly understand our business model, our growing pains and the type of person we needed right now. She acted like a plug-in HR manager who also helped us with the paperwork. Within six weeks she had found someone who was an exceptional match and who has since exceeded our expectations by far, after only three weeks in the job. Extraordinary. Thank you, Simonne.

Chris Bunney, Home Sleep Studies

Victoria

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