Workforce Nurse engagement specialist - Mental health & Learning disability

Workforce Nurse Engagement Specialist

Thornbury Community Services

Woodstock, Cape Town

Permanent, Full Time

z360K – z420K per annum dependent on experience + 5% annual bonus

Unlock Your Potential:

Are you a Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse looking for an office-based role where you can still use your clinical expertise to make a positive difference?

We're looking for a Nurse to join our Workforce Engagement Team to play a pivotal role in creating a nurturing and supportive environment for our agency nurses and support workers, who are essential in delivering care to our clients.

In this role, you will foster engagement, retention, and professional development within our workforce, directly contributing to their well-being and effectiveness. Additionally, you will collaborate with our Governance Team to ensure that practices and support are safe, caring, effective, responsive, and well-led, driving accountability, change, and clinical excellence within the workforce.

By integrating workforce engagement with clinical governance, you will help drive best practices and high standards, ensuring that our care services are exemplary and our workforce is well-supported, motivated, and developed!

Part of Acacium Group, Xyla is an integrated healthcare solution that improves people’s lives and alleviates the demands of the UK healthcare system. Thornbury Community Services, rated outstanding in our most recent CQC inspection, provides complex care in the community. We have an outstanding, high-quality reputation of being able to stabilize highly complex packages of care quickly and with the ability to minimize risk, whilst keeping the client and their families at the center of what we do. We offer a fantastic company culture in such a rewarding environment, where everyone works towards a common goal, all teams working collaboratively and putting our clients' needs at the heart of our business!

Every Day You Will…

• Create a supportive environment for nurses and support workers to enhance engagement and retention.
• Foster professional development opportunities for the workforce, signposting to training and upskilling opportunities that align with career aspirations of the workforce and care delivery needed for our clients.
• Assist in delivering the clinical training strategy including induction training and remote delivery of skills training.
• Conduct clinical skills discussions for registered nurses at recruitment and as part of ongoing compliance.
• Review and sign off digital Nurse interviews for new candidates, ensuring recruitment standards are consistently met.
• Help triage clinical support in real-time so that our workforce can always speak to a clinician and signpost to the various support services or UK-based teams for further assistance.

What’s in It for You?

• Dedication to developing you and your career - we can give you the tools, guidance, and support you need to be successful in your career.
• Opportunities to enhance your experience and skillset by moving across the global organization.
• Regular events and incentives.
• Competitive salary and bonus and benefits including medical aid.

Join Us and Make a Difference:

If you want to join a global, market-leading organization that is committed to the human side of business, then look no further. Acacium Group is a global healthcare solutions partner offering staffing, managed services, and innovative delivery models to health and social care systems and the life sciences industry. We are a business with scale, leading digital capabilities, and a strong financial profile, with a vision to be the leading global healthcare solutions partner.

We are powered by the best people and have an unrivaled and diverse range of capabilities, all while incorporating our company values into everything we do - Putting People First, Always by Your Side, Driven by Excellence.

Join us and play a key part in shaping the future of society and improving people’s lives!

To Thrive in This Role, You Must...

• Be a Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse with an active SANC number.
• Have experience in working with people who present with behaviors that challenge and have complex support needs.
• Have confidence in delivering training around different diagnoses within this field.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills.

Our Inclusion Commitment:

We are passionately committed to being a truly inclusive and diverse company - it is at the heart of our core value of Putting People First. We continue to enhance our culture of inclusion and diversity across all of our roles and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.