Of those three - a neonatal nurse, a mental health nurse and a senior house officer - started work last August, and four have accepted job offers, but do not yet have a start date.
A further five positions are under offer to mental health nurses and one to an emergency department nurse.
The figures are in a report to be presented by chief operating officer Vivian Blake to the Hospital Advisory Committee tomorrow.
Board staff, in conjunction with the Southland District Health Board, have travelled to the United Kingdom twice - last year and in 2007 - in an effort to attract health professionals at recruitment expos overseas.
They have been targeting UK-trained nurses, mental health workers, doctors and other health workers, such as physiotherapy, radiographers and speech language therapists.
Following the 2007 campaign, 13 jobs were accepted across Otago and Southland.
Another one was accepted but later declined.
In 2008, three jobs were accepted in Otago and Southland, seven more were offered, but have yet to be accepted, and another six were offered, but turned down.
It was likely more job offers would be made during the next year, the report said.
The report concluded travelling to expos was a long-term recruitment strategy and not a quick fix, as most candidates did not make the move to New Zealand until six to 24 months after the expo.
It recommended the two boards continued to send a recruitment team of about four people to the United Kingdom every year and to bolster that presence with ongoing job campaign advertising throughout the year.
Mrs Blake has previously told the Otago Daily Times the 2007 campaign had jointly cost the Otago and Southland boards $140,000, which had paid for itself in terms of successful recruitment.
