A hospital trust has been given an award for the way it treats the staff it brings in from overseas.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has achieved the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award.
Over the last three years, in excess of 780 internationally educated nurses have joined ULHT across 42 cohorts, ranging in size from five to 65 from countries around the world including India, Japan, Malta, Philippines, Jamaica and more.
The award was launched in 2022 to standardise the pastoral care provided by trusts and recognise commitment to high quality support. To achieve the award, trusts are assessed against a set of standards for pastoral care developed by international recruitment leads and international nursing and midwifery associations.
Simon Behan, head of recruitment at ULHT, said: “We’re incredibly proud to have our work to support our internationally educated nurses recognised by NHS England.
“Our international colleagues uproot their entire lives to bring their valuable experience and skills to the NHS for the benefit of our patients in Lincolnshire, and we aim to respect that life-changing decision by making the recruitment, induction and integration into life at ULHT as smooth and welcoming as possible.
“Great teamwork has been key to achieving this award, and I’d like to thank colleagues at regional NHSE, our external recruitment partners, and our amazing internal colleagues in clinical education, our international recruitment and onboarding team, our international nurses and colleagues from across the trust who have been key in us receiving this award.”
