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NHI NURSE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITY
2014-15
Gráinne Hanly, NHI Project Officer for Nurse Recruitment, is Recruitment must deliver quality nurses to our members and to
undertaking the following activities to promote careers and recruit meet the current demands we also need to work in partnership
nurses to fulfil clinical roles within NHI Member Homes. with a panel of reputable nursing recruitment companies to
The role of Project Officer is to address, in partnership with NHI’s assist our members in recruiting high calibre nurses who have a
Working Group on Nurse Recruitment, the immediate and pressing genuine interest in working in care of the elderly facilities. We
crisis regarding the availability of nurses in the nursing home sector. have identified agencies who will assist in the recruitment of nurses
The project has many facets and, at a high level, is promoting locally, and internationally. We are confident that these agencies will
awareness nationally and internationally of the nursing homes sector become firm partners with our members going forward.
in Ireland and specifically the benefits of a career in Gerontology for As we work to increase awareness of the nursing home sector, we
nurses within this sector. have also built strong relationships with the various governing bodies
Promoting careers in Gerontology must begin at under-graduate – The Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, The Department of
level and we now have relationships with Nursing colleges and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, The Department of Health and the
universities nationally. This is key to enabling NHI deliver our HSE. We continue to work with each of these departments to ensure
message that nurses can progress and develop a career pathway while all aspects of nurse recruitment can be addressed in an effective and
working as a nurse in a nursing home. We will maintain an ongoing collaborative manner. We have also been very fortunate in gaining
presence in all nursing colleges through career fairs and also through the assistance of EURES, the European Employment initiative with
interaction with clinical nurse tutors who can play a lead role in the Department of Social Protection. We have and will continue to
delivering our message and promoting careers in Gerontology. advertise through their European jobs portal and be present at the
major EURES job fairs throughout Europe with employing member
nursing homes.
To coincide with the launch of our dedicated careers website – www. The aim of our recruitment project is to establish a footprint for
careersinnursinghomes.ie – we have been running an ongoing the future recruitment of nurses. We will work with member
campaign to promote the many vacancies posted on this website nursing homes on workforce planning - to plan for future nursing
by member nursing homes. Our website is now very much a live, needs by engaging with members on the benefits of addressing the
working website and we are promoting it nationally as well as future shortages and plan ahead; defining workforce requirements,
in Europe and worldwide. This is an effective way of promoting identifying training needs analysis and projecting future demands.
nursing careers in Ireland and we are targeting the diaspora in the The role of the Project Officer for Nurse Recruitment will be to
USA, Canada, Australia and the UK also. We are promoting our continuously assist members in the immediate and long-term
careers website on all the relevant online platforms, as such networks recruitment of nurses and the identification of sources of potential
are excellent means of promoting awareness of our sector and nurses both domestic and international.
opportunities within it to targeted audiences.
Project4:Layout 1 13/11/2014 10:42 Page 1
www.careersinnursinghomes.ie
PROMOTING CAREERS IN THE IRISH NURSING HOME SECTOR
This site is a members’ website and allows current
vacancies to be uploaded as well as promoting
individual nursing home as great places to work. The
website will target both Irish and International nurses
and will be marketed nationally and internationally.
Remember to visit the website regularly as it will
become an effective recruitment tool for all.
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2014-15
Gráinne Hanly, NHI Project Officer for Nurse Recruitment, is Recruitment must deliver quality nurses to our members and to
undertaking the following activities to promote careers and recruit meet the current demands we also need to work in partnership
nurses to fulfil clinical roles within NHI Member Homes. with a panel of reputable nursing recruitment companies to
The role of Project Officer is to address, in partnership with NHI’s assist our members in recruiting high calibre nurses who have a
Working Group on Nurse Recruitment, the immediate and pressing genuine interest in working in care of the elderly facilities. We
crisis regarding the availability of nurses in the nursing home sector. have identified agencies who will assist in the recruitment of nurses
The project has many facets and, at a high level, is promoting locally, and internationally. We are confident that these agencies will
awareness nationally and internationally of the nursing homes sector become firm partners with our members going forward.
in Ireland and specifically the benefits of a career in Gerontology for As we work to increase awareness of the nursing home sector, we
nurses within this sector. have also built strong relationships with the various governing bodies
Promoting careers in Gerontology must begin at under-graduate – The Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, The Department of
level and we now have relationships with Nursing colleges and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, The Department of Health and the
universities nationally. This is key to enabling NHI deliver our HSE. We continue to work with each of these departments to ensure
message that nurses can progress and develop a career pathway while all aspects of nurse recruitment can be addressed in an effective and
working as a nurse in a nursing home. We will maintain an ongoing collaborative manner. We have also been very fortunate in gaining
presence in all nursing colleges through career fairs and also through the assistance of EURES, the European Employment initiative with
interaction with clinical nurse tutors who can play a lead role in the Department of Social Protection. We have and will continue to
delivering our message and promoting careers in Gerontology. advertise through their European jobs portal and be present at the
major EURES job fairs throughout Europe with employing member
nursing homes.
To coincide with the launch of our dedicated careers website – www. The aim of our recruitment project is to establish a footprint for
careersinnursinghomes.ie – we have been running an ongoing the future recruitment of nurses. We will work with member
campaign to promote the many vacancies posted on this website nursing homes on workforce planning - to plan for future nursing
by member nursing homes. Our website is now very much a live, needs by engaging with members on the benefits of addressing the
working website and we are promoting it nationally as well as future shortages and plan ahead; defining workforce requirements,
in Europe and worldwide. This is an effective way of promoting identifying training needs analysis and projecting future demands.
nursing careers in Ireland and we are targeting the diaspora in the The role of the Project Officer for Nurse Recruitment will be to
USA, Canada, Australia and the UK also. We are promoting our continuously assist members in the immediate and long-term
careers website on all the relevant online platforms, as such networks recruitment of nurses and the identification of sources of potential
are excellent means of promoting awareness of our sector and nurses both domestic and international.
opportunities within it to targeted audiences.
Project4:Layout 1 13/11/2014 10:42 Page 1
www.careersinnursinghomes.ie
PROMOTING CAREERS IN THE IRISH NURSING HOME SECTOR
This site is a members’ website and allows current
vacancies to be uploaded as well as promoting
individual nursing home as great places to work. The
website will target both Irish and International nurses
and will be marketed nationally and internationally.
Remember to visit the website regularly as it will
become an effective recruitment tool for all.
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