Theme: Recruitment

Recruiting four different generations of nurses.

Our ideas exchange workshops are designed to allow the audience to network and consider a workforce priority, which in this case is recruitment. Each session will feature an introduction to the topic and a panel to share feedback from the delegate table discussions. This is a great opportunity to offer insight into your own initiatives and challenges, while learning from expert facilitators.

Staff recruitment and retention is vital but different generations have different needs and expectations that require different approaches and strategies. This idea exchange discussion will feature insight and considerations on adapting the organisation to attract more people to the nursing profession, as well as asking delegates to share their challenges and successes on issues including:

• How effective is your organisation at recruiting the new generations of nurses?
• Is your organisation able to adapt to accommodate the expectations of millennials and Gen Z?
• How do you accommodate the needs of four generations of nurses?
• How to build a more flexible system and rota for the modern workforce?
• Attracting experienced nurses back to the profession
• Ensuring diligent and efficient processes for the recruitment of international staff.

Adapting careers pathways to the new generations of nurses.

Joanne Bosanquet, chief executive, Foundation of Nursing Studies

Questions for the table:

• What do we need to be focusing on to enable and support flexible career pathways across health and social care? (Consider undergraduate placement opportunities).
• How have organisations or teams adapted pathways and recruitment strategies to meet the need of new generations? (I.e. flexible working, digital roles).
• If you had a magic wand, what career pathways across health and social care should we be focusing on for the next 5-10 years?

How do you accommodate the needs of four generations of nurses?

Alison Warren, senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birmingham City University

Questions for the table:

• What support is required for your Younger Generations Y and Z?
• How can we value our Baby Boomers and Generation X?
• What recommendations should we be making to our NHS Workforce Leads?

Attracting experienced nurses back to the profession.

Liz Fenton OBE, Queens Nurse, deputy chief nurse, Health Education England

Questions for the table:

• How do you attract those looking to Return to a Nursing and midwifery role within your organisation?
• In your experience what support do those returning to practice need as they begin to re-enter the profession?
• What more can we do to encourage and support nurses to return to the NMC register and the workforce

Ensuring diligent and efficient processes for the recruitment of international staff

Rafi Hattar, chief commercial officer, The DataFlow Group

Questions for the table:

• How does slow recruitment of staff impact your Trust?
• Which aspect(s) of the current recruitment process affect your ability to hire international healthcare staff quickly?
• How can we work together to make healthcare jobs in the UK more appealing to the international talent pool?

Growing the Healthcare Support Worker workforce through innovative and sustainable recruitment

Carolyn Fox, strategic nurse advisor, Nursing Directorate, NHSE

Questions for the table:

• How can recruitment colleagues support clinical leaders to recruit innovatively?
• What can we do to remove recruitment challenges?
• What can we do to support rapid Healthcare Support worker recruitment?