Event details
This webinar will discuss how to overcome the NHS talent shortage, offering practical steps for HR, TA, and Recruitment leaders to follow.
As the NHS faces a critical talent shortage, with over 112,000 vacancies impacting patient care, HR and recruitment leaders are tasked with finding new ways to address these challenges. This webinar brings together industry experts to explore actionable solutions that NHS Trusts can implement to build a positive, diverse, and sustainable workforce.
Key discussion points will include strategies to reduce time to hire, leveraging talent pools, and developing a strong employer brand. Attendees will gain insights into targeting their recruitment messaging, improving onboarding processes, and broadening their candidate search to ensure they attract top talent.
The panel will also address ways to increase equality, diversity, and inclusivity within the NHS workforce while balancing recruitment speed, cost, and candidate experience. Additionally, the experts will explore the latest tools and technology available to support these objectives.
By attending, NHS HR and recruitment leaders will learn practical approaches to overcoming the workforce crisis and ensuring their Trusts can deliver the highest quality care to their communities.
Presenters
Samir Khelil
NHS Recruitment Expert
Oleeo
Samir is a public sector recruitment, workforce and DE&I expert and has worked in SaaS and HCM for over 20 years. He is passionate about innovating and pushing more of the diversity agenda into everyday recruitment using more big data and automation.
In recent years, Samir’s focus has been on the NHS, supporting Trusts to shape and get the absolute best out of their recruitment strategies and meet their recruitment and workforce goals. He understands the challenges NHS Trusts and organisations are facing when it comes to areas such as DE&I, talent shortages and the rate at which roles need to be filled, to name but a few.
As well as being a keen freerunner, Samir has an interest in psychology, looking at why people do what they do and how they make decisions. He has taken this passion and helped evolve Oleeo’s recruitment technology offering.
Penny Smee
Deputy Chief People Officer
Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
Penny has worked within the NHS for the past 7 years as an attraction, recruitment, and retention specialist. During this time, she has held roles in Mental Health and Community, an Acute hospital and now an Integrated Care Board. For a number of years, Penny has been working on increasing the diversity of the NHS's workforce. As part of this work, she was Chair for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight inclusive recruitment group. Penny currently leads the South West region on the reduction in agency spend, as well as overseeing 3 academies in India that are training nurses to work in mental health in the UK and leading work for Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire on workforce efficiencies.
Trisha Spruce MBE
Associate Director of Workforce Planning
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Productivity: Enhancing efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and streamlining processes through digital technology.
Person-Centered Recruitment: Tailoring onboarding processes to ensure new hires feel welcomed and valued.
Removing Barriers: Cutting red tape to recruit the best candidates for the NHS.
International Recruitment: Supporting colleagues in making life-changing decisions and aiding their transition from overseas to UK practice.
NHS Branding: Dispelling myths about the NHS to attract top talent.
Key Achievements
MBE Award 2024: Nominated by NHS England for exceptional support in international recruitment, establishing new pathways for specialist and hard-to-fill roles.
International Recruitment: Successfully supported Trusts and national programs with a people-focused approach, reducing agency spend, enhancing pastoral care, and improving retention. Recruited over 3500 international colleagues for partner Trusts.
New to Care Programme: Launched a program to support local people into local jobs, collaborating with training and education teams to develop necessary skills and knowledge.
Person-Centered Recruitment: Implemented this approach across various resourcing teams, emphasizing the importance of focusing on individuals rather than processes.
Leadership Award 2020: Recognised for outstanding team development and service improvements at Yeovil Hospital.
Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2020: Winners - Best International Recruitment Programme.
Collaborative Working: Partnering with people services and clinical teams to enhance the people experience and develop services.
Delivering Change Programs: Challenging the status quo through evidence-based decision making, leading changes that benefit services and people, and influencing teams to implement these changes.
Developing Networks: Building professional relationships with clinical teams, senior managers, executives, and national teams through expertise, project delivery, and a commitment to service improvement.
Compassionate Leadership: Fostering relationships by listening, understanding, and supporting individuals to perform their best. Emphasizing that everyone counts, everyone is valued, and leaders have a responsibility to cultivate and develop future talent.
“When we take care of our people, our people take care of our business.”
Davina White (Host-NHE)
Event Manager
National Health Executive
With over two decades of diverse experience in event management, media, and business development, I currently serve as Event Manager at Cognitive Publishing, delivering impactful conferences and events across various sectors. My career highlights include leadership roles at Cognitive Publishing, and other media organisations, where I managed high-profile events, developed strategic partnerships, and drove growth. My expertise spans public sector, defence, NHS, and the rail industry, developing relationships and partnerships whilst creating innovative business strategies that align with emerging market trends.