Assignment 2 Research Project 1 
J/602/3499 - Undertake a research project within services for health and social care
Aim of Project: To find a reliable source of RGN’s. Also to minimise future recruitment struggles and consequently use less agency nurses.
Objectives of Project:
Understand if, and why there is a shortage of Nurses in the UK
Research different recruitment methods.
Understand the implications of using a recruitment agency.
Understand the implications and process of recruiting Nurses from overseas.
Research Question:
1. Is there a shortage of nurses?
2. If so, why is there a shortage of nurses?
3. How can this shortage be overcome? /What are the short and long term solutions to the nurse shortage?
Background:
I work in two Nursing Homes in Cheshire, hiring approximately 120 staff between them. In my job role as Administrator and Marketing Manager I help with the recruitment of nurses, care assistants, etc. This is usually done through the Governments job portal, which frequently supplies us with enough candidates for interview and eventually, after checks in line with our Employment Procedures, to hire. Unfortunately, this has not been the case recently and I had been tasked with researching new ways to recruit nurses for the Care Homes.
Analysis:
Recently, in our care setting we have found a severe shortage of Nurses. This is not just the case within our setting, but has been reported to be a problem across the UK within Private and Social care homes and also the NHS. This problem has got increasingly worse, so much so that in April 2014 the NHS made it mandatory that all hospitals have to “publish staffing levels on a ward-by-ward basis together with the percentage of shifts meeting safe staffing guidelines.” NHS (2014). This was done in order to find out the extent of the problem and will be continued for the next few years. Not only the NHS have reported Nurse shortages with the Care Industry News stating that there is a “growing crisis which is forcing
Aim of Project: To find a reliable source of RGN’s. Also to minimise future recruitment struggles and consequently use less agency nurses.
Objectives of Project:
Understand if, and why there is a shortage of Nurses in the UK
Research different recruitment methods.
Understand the implications of using a recruitment agency.
Understand the implications and process of recruiting Nurses from overseas.
Research Question:
1. Is there a shortage of nurses?
2. If so, why is there a shortage of nurses?
3. How can this shortage be overcome? /What are the short and long term solutions to the nurse shortage?
Background:
I work in two Nursing Homes in Cheshire, hiring approximately 120 staff between them. In my job role as Administrator and Marketing Manager I help with the recruitment of nurses, care assistants, etc. This is usually done through the Governments job portal, which frequently supplies us with enough candidates for interview and eventually, after checks in line with our Employment Procedures, to hire. Unfortunately, this has not been the case recently and I had been tasked with researching new ways to recruit nurses for the Care Homes.
Analysis:
Recently, in our care setting we have found a severe shortage of Nurses. This is not just the case within our setting, but has been reported to be a problem across the UK within Private and Social care homes and also the NHS. This problem has got increasingly worse, so much so that in April 2014 the NHS made it mandatory that all hospitals have to “publish staffing levels on a ward-by-ward basis together with the percentage of shifts meeting safe staffing guidelines.” NHS (2014). This was done in order to find out the extent of the problem and will be continued for the next few years. Not only the NHS have reported Nurse shortages with the Care Industry News stating that there is a “growing crisis which is forcing
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