🚀 go-pugleaf

> How about offering a 'fast-track' nursing development programme to
> newly/newish qualified staff? Have all the ENB/WNB courses lined up and
> financial/study leave logistics covered to offer someone the opportunity
to
> upgrade themselves. I'm sure you could somehow dress this up as you doing
> them a real big favour without them second guessing the crisis behind it..
> or at least not for a few hours ;o)
>

The wife has just got a D in our local Neonatal unit and has been offered
the ENB 415 and then the RSCN after that. Pretty good i reckon.

> Hopefully this should resolve your need to:
> a) recruit staff.... offer it to 3 or 4 in staggered timescales

> b) retention ..... bind them to a 2-3 year contract following the courses
in
> repayment for the training and support

Ah. Problem there, this is not actually illegal but it borders on it. If you
are given one of these to sign, go ahead, but they are *not* legally
binding, you can still bugger off before the specified *contract* is up.

Paul