Celebrating first anniversary of Trust’s new overseas nurses
It’s one year since the first cohort of six overseas nurses joined Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) to open-up new careers in the NHS.
Since then there has been a steady flow of new arrivals eager to join them, through the NHS’s international recruitment programme.
Trust Pastoral Support Officer Louise Hathaway said: “By the end of December we will have 60 overseas nurses either qualified, or in training, to take on mental or general health roles in Doncaster, North Lincolnshire and Rotherham.
“Everyone who has come over has stayed and made their home here with our support and their families have joined them, providing welcome extra nursing capacity to the services we provide in those areas.”
Nurses from as far afield as Egypt, Iran, Kenya, Jamaica, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe, have re-trained to recognised UK nursing standards before starting work on the Trust’s wards.
RDaSH has converted two former wards on its Tickhill Road, Balby, site into single-rooms, each with an en-suite, to provide training and living accommodation for the new arrivals until they are ready to set up their own homes.
International recruitment of nurses will continue at the Trust, with a new campaign underway alongside to encourage podiatrists and occupational therapists to join them in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Last month, the recruitment programme was shortlisted in this year’s national Nursing Times Summit Awards, in the Best International Experience category.
Pictured are the latest arrivals: Danisa Chinga, from Botswana; Mohamed Abdelrhman, from Egypt; Abbas Farajollahi from Iran; Tasha-Gaye Crystal Myrie, from Jamaica; Henry Were, from Kenya; Victor Adegbaye, Adetutu Adewole, Adetola Ajibade, Helen Inoh , Chima Blessing Kelechi, Loveth Nwankwo, Augustina Nzeukwu, Emelda Okeagu, and Lilian Imwonghomwen Salubi from Nigeria; Sithabile Ranthokoane, from South Africa; Ndoniya Jangia, from Zambia; Sophia Mangwiza and Tariro Muchakazi, from Zimbabwe.
