And the winner is…
Audrey Tapang, Senior Nurse for International Recruitment
Audrey joined our Newcastle Hospitals family in 2015 when she relocated from the Philippines to begin a nursing career in cardiothoracic intensive care.
Now our Senior Clinical Educator in International Recruitment, she has supported hundreds of nurses who have made the life-changing decision to move overseas to join us, taking them through the OSCE preparation process.
She is a leader… a mentor… and a friend to all and works tirelessly to ensure our new recruits have everything – and I mean everything – to get the best start they need.
Audrey was also a member of the International Recruitment Steering Group which won the Partnership Working Award.
Over the last two years, this group consisting of the International Recruitment nursing team, finance, HR, commercial enterprise and procurement, have supported over 500 overseas nurses in joining the trust.
The team has gone above and beyond their scope of work in welcoming our extended Newcastle Hospitals family who have made the life-changing decision to choose our organisation and the wider city as their new home.
From offering pastoral support to candidates before reaching the UK, to sorting out employment and health checks, accommodation, bank accounts, uniforms and taking nurses through the OSCE – as well as providing on-going aftercare – their ‘can do’ approach is now considered to be national best practice.
As well as sharing lessons learned and supporting other trusts on their journey in international recruitment, they have also helped to mitigate nursing vacancies in the organisation. Partnership working at its best!
