Is Recruitment of Overseas Registered Nurses a Solution

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Is Recruitment of Overseas Registered Nurses a
Solution?

• Theresa Kramer
•  The Essence Consulting Group

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Solutions to the Nurse Shortage?

• Employ any RN alive?

• Re-register retired RNs ?

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Looking for Long-term
solutions that build strength in organizations
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The Overseas Recruitment Process

• From countries where nurses can immediately
  register as nurses in Australia
• English Speaking countries
• Utilize a Temporary Long-Stay Business Visa
• Valid for 4 years
• Linked to employer

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South Africa and Zimbabwe

• Personal interviews by Essence Consulting
  Directors
• Information about aged care, the visa and
  Australia
• Ongoing contact and support

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The Employer

• Gains Sponsorship Approval from DIMIA
• Selects from a range of CVs
• Match nurses to specific requirements
• Plan relocation support

A Long-term solution
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Issues for Providers

• High Nurse Agency costs
• High recruitment costs
• High and repetitive
• orientation training costs

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The Costs

• 4 year business Visa
• DIMIA fees Recruitment costsrelocation costs
• 1,976 hours 4 years 1.68 per hour

• Nurse Agency
• 50.00 per hour - 21.18 hrly rate - 5.34 on
  costs 23.48
  per hour

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Other impacts on Providers

• Advertising is expensive and often fruitless
• Training costs repetitive
• Skill loss due to turn-over
• Recruits will be bring
• new skills

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A Solution

• Overseas recruitment saves money
• Works for small operators with one facility
• and
• Large providers with multi-sited operations

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Issues for Directors of Nursingand their staff

• Inability to fill a roster
• Lack of people to take responsibility
• Junior staff working with irregular direction
• Responsible for everything
• Burn-out

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Solutions for Directors of Nursing

• Must be full-time employees
• Work any day, any shift
• Less stressed
• therefore more accepting of responsibility
• Recruits promoted to management
• Guide and direct care staff
• Allows for holiday and day-off relief

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Residents and Families

• Regular staff
• personal and health knowledge well known
• Consistent staff
• more capacity to build relationships with
  residents and families

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Overseas Nurse Recruits

• Clinical competency
• Acceptance by staff and residents
• Life in Australia

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Nurses Experiences

• Clinically competent
• -used to working hard
• Well accepted by residents and staff
• Australia and the communities have been welcoming

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Important detail

• Matching skills to employers requirements
• Matching location to nurses preference
• Recruit works as industrial equal

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It wont happen overnight

• DIMIA takes time
• Visa preparation takes time
• Travel takes time

Employers affect the timeline
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Yes! Overseas Recruitment is a Solution

• Saves money
• Improves quality of care
• Frees up the DONs time
• Residents health info well known
• Regular contact for families
• Gives a nurse an opportunity for a new life

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Providers cant all be wrong! The Essence
Consulting Group Recruitment Has been great for
them