MANAGEMENT at College Hospital Kerry have launched an pressing enchantment searching for employees lodging in Tralee.
he hospital’s administration say {that a} extreme lack of housing within the Tralee space is having a severe impression on its capacity to seek out and recruit new employees.
In consequence the hospital has launched a brand new on-line portal that it hopes will assist hint appropriate lodging for UHK employees.
The portal is geared toward encouraging owners and landlords in Tralee and across the county to register their properties with UHK to help them in filling vacant positions within the hospital.
UHK administration mentioned that the acute lack of housing has led to a priority that the shortage of lodging might stop potential candidates taking over roles on the hospital.
Spokesperson for UHK Dr Martin Boyd mentioned the hospital is “very actively searching for to fill roles throughout many Departments at UHK together with nursing, medical and lab scientists.
Lodging can also be wanted for NCHD Junior Docs who’re because of start placements within the hospital.
In a bid to draw extra Nurses and Midwives to the hospital, UHK have additionally not too long ago launched an in depth marketing campaign, not solely trying to recruit from Eire, but additionally from overseas.
“Workers shortages have positioned high-demand on our crew right here within the hospital, and one of many key issues in having the ability to recruit extra employees, is the restricted provide of housing in Kerry for the time being,” mentioned Dr Boyd.
Whereas searching for properties of all types in Tralee is the important thing precedence for UHK, the hospital is involved in sourcing rental properties all through the county.
“Now we have a variety of wants for rental properties for present and future employees within the hospital, the whole lot from one-bedroom bedsits and home shares, as much as whole household properties. These additionally differ from short-term six month lets to extra longer-term properties.” Dr Boyd mentioned.
The Lodging Registration portal is situated beneath the Profession’s web page of the UHK web site and may be discovered atwww.uhk.ie/careers.
Landlords, are being inspired to login on to www.uhk.ie/careers to register their properties and are suggested that the small print of any properties registered will probably be offered solely to current UHK employees and potential candidates.
