Healthcare employers who want to recruit candidates from overseas usually have the ability to do so directly or via an international recruitment agency. Their choice on this usually relates to how many direct applicants they have; their budget; their internal resource available and also their experience with the international recruitment process. However it is...
Looking at data provided by the NMC, it is obvious that new nurse registrations are dominated by a few nationalities – specifically India, the Philippines, and Nigeria. So why do we recruit from some countries much more than others? A key factor is the transferability of the qualification. India, the Philippines, and Nigeria...
A common concern of employers when considering whether to recruit healthcare team members from overseas is the issue of cultural difference. Cultural differences embody a range of factors such as: Accent and ease of communication Core nursing capabilities and Patient focus The ability to gel well with other team members The risk of “factionalism” ...
In recent years there has been increasing focus on the ethics behind international recruitment. Specifically, not wanting to create a “brain drain” in those developing countries that require the healthcare staff to meet their own domestic requirements. In alignment with this focus, the World Health Organisation has created a Code of Practice that outlines...
The elephant in the room when it comes to international recruitment is that everyone would prefer to recruit domestically if they could – onboarding a nurse trained in the UK is (usually) easier and cheaper than recruiting from overseas. However domestic supply has dwindled to a thread and whilst there is current investment in...
The government has announced that they will temporarily relax immigration rules for overseas care workers. Social care workers, care assistants, and home care workers will be added to the shortage occupation list and will become eligible for a health and care visa for a 12-month period. This will hopefully address the issue with gaps in...
Nurses work in a high-stress environment and burnout syndrome among nurses is getting to an alarming level. Nurses need to address these turbulent times of physical, mental, and emotional strain we know as ‘burnout’ before it is too late. A new study in the UK revealed that nurses are struggling with high levels of burnout...
The recruitment of nurses internationally is key to achieve the national goals to expand the workforce and fill in the 10% vacancy rate. NHS England and NHS Improvement conducted new research on overseas recruitment to identify key factors that attract or deter nurses from choosing to work in the UK. Due to the pandemic and...
Trusts turn to international recruitment to help with high vacancy rates as critical care units remain closed for surgeries. Health leaders have announced that hospitals are still facing a staffing crisis despite trusts cutting back on patients needing surgery. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed this to be true, saying that many trusts are struggling to manage all patients needing treatment. On top of the glaring...
One of the recruitment challenges in the healthcare industry is the shortage of qualified candidates. Knowing the types of pre-tests to use in assessing a new joiner in advance of the interview can create better employment outcomes and increase patient satisfaction, healthcare employee engagement, and retention. Hiring a Nurse with the right nursing qualities is...
