Head of Nursing Recruitment

Sunway Healthcare Group; Selangor; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Malaysia is seeking a qualified professional to lead recruitment strategies, manage talent acquisition processes, and oversee the hiring of locum and foreign nurses. The ideal candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Human Resource Management and have over 5 years of experience in the recruitment and selection field. Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills are essential. Join our team to make a significant impact in our organization’s workforce development.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with valid nursing license required.
• Over 5 years of related experience in recruitment or industrial relations preferred.
• Experience in a hospital setting is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop recruitment plan to maintain approved headcount.
• Oversee talent acquisition processes and strategies.
• Manage recruitment for locum and foreign nurses.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Integrity

Education

Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Human Resource Management, Psychology

Job description

Develop recruitment plan to ensure that headcount is maintained according to approved manpower plan. and aligned with business plan.

Track to ensure that vacancies / request for headcount has been fully approved by management before activation.

Work with Head of Department on optimal use of manpower by developing workforce productivity indicators with them.

Maintain optimal use of labor and minimize unnecessary manpower cost

Talent Acquisition

Oversee and participate in the end to end talent acquisition process, while supporting the organization’s diversity initiatives and strategy to attract, hire, and retain good talent.

Understand staffing needs, prospective openings, and position requirements; forecast changes in staffing, plan recruiting strategies in advance, and maintain movement in the talent pipeline to maximize long-term productivity.

Develop and implement initiatives across a full spectrum of SHG nursing talent management to include talent assessments, on-boarding, succession planning, competence modeling, career development and employee engagement.

Implement policies and practices to ensure that selected candidate meet the minimum job requirements and suitability for the job. This may include matters relating to pre-employment checkup, reference check, police check and disclaimer policies.

Complete hiring process within defined metrics to minimize overall time-to-start. Develop appropriate marketing strategies, define roles and responsibilities of hiring team, and develop service-level agreements to ensure an effective and efficient recruitment lifecycle while minimizing cost-per-hire.

Manage recruitment of locum and foreign nurses and their welfare.

Implement policies for the effective recruitment, management and termination of locum and foreign nurses.

Administer the process to issue locum contracts to all locum nurses.

Administer the process to obtain the required permits/pass/approvals from the relevant authorities, with regards to the stay and work of all foreign nurses.

Manage issues / grievances relating to locum nurses & foreign nurses

Manage matters relating to hostel for foreign employees including tenancy, furnishing, maintenance, key management and safety & health issues.

Sourcing – work with student coordinator to identify the best candidate for the nursing sponsorship.

To oversee student recruitment activities and implement innovative sourcing strategies and techniques to build a pipeline of qualified candidates for the Sunway Nursing sponsorship.

Support talent acquisition through organizing college recruitment, career fairs or road shows. Build rapport with local colleges and keep abreast with quality and suitability of students passing out from identified training institutions.

Market benchmarking and analysis

Engage in job evaluation, design and build pay structures for new roles and career frameworks and review existing structures for relevance.

Conduct research, evaluation and analyzes internal and external market data and trends and makes recommendations for salary structure adjustments.

Lead the annual budget planning exercise on salary and manpower budget proposals.

General

Overall people management of direct reports including setting performance standards, guiding, coaching, supervising and reviewing of performance.

Set and report quality indicators and/or administer continuous process improvement for recruitment function.

Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to upper management.

Requirements:

Bachelor Degree in Nursing, Human Resource Management, Psychology or its equivalent from a recognized institution.

Registered nurse who has valid nursing annual practicing license.

More than 5 years of related working experience in recruitment & selection and/or industrial relations preferred. Working experience in Hospital setting is advantageous.

Good analytical thinking, high in integrity and takes initiative.

Excellent interpersonal, communication skills and maintained confidentiality.