Affinity Healthcare Group

💜 This International Women's Day, let's #AccelerateAction for gender equality. Affinity whole-heartedly supports the call for solidarity and the goal to reach full gender parity. 💛 To all the women in healthcare: we appreciate your dedication and thank you for the life-changing contributions you have made and will continue to make. 💙 Happy International Women's Day!

Important Update: Cyclone Alfred Impact Dear Affinity community, Due to Cyclone Alfred impacting Brisbane, where our office is located, our team will be working remotely on Thursday, March 6th and Friday, March 7th. During this time, there may be delays in our responses due to potential power outages or connection disruptions. During this time we will be prioritising critical tasks. We understand that extreme weather brings increased demand on healthcare services, and we will continue to provide support to nurses, midwives, and hospitals as best as we can. We appreciate your patience and understanding and expect to resume normal operations on Monday, March 10th. - If you're traveling through affected areas, please rest assured our team is here to support you wherever possible. If you are driving, please check your route and take any necessary precautions. - If flying through Brisbane airport, the airline will update you of any changes, but contact us if you have any concerns. - If you're working in the impacted areas, your safety is our priority - please ensure you have essential supplies and follow the advice of local authorities. In case of an emergency outside business hours, don’t hesitate to contact our team at (07) 3849 1100. We appreciate your understanding during this time and will provide updates as necessary. Stay safe!

A lovely gesture from one of our long-term nurses! One of Affinity's greatest strengths is our bond and trust between consultants and their candidates. "Dear Katie, A small gift to show appreciation for the amazing work you do, facilitating my working contracts. It may be sometimes forgotten from the nurses, on how much work you do behind the scenes. Enjoy this hamper, and thank you for the continued support. Regards, Selina" Well done to Katie for delivering fantastic outcomes. Great service begets incredible experiences!

Join the team, make a difference! Your support is needed for our fantastic cohort of midwives servicing rural and remote Australia! #NowHiring

Two things that might surprise you coming from a manager at a nursing/midwifery agency.   1. I am genuinely pleased when our rural & remote NUMs advise they have a full roster with brand new perm hires. It’s a big win. Too often, it also means this is the first time the NUM can finally stop working the floor in a very long time. How great for the local community, the team, and the facility’s bottom line. This means we’ve done our job, and time to focus on the next community that needs our help. There is always going to be need for agency nurses and midwives somewhere in Australia with the growing consumer demand for healthcare and aging population. If you’re in this industry for the right reasons, the short-term localised change of demand is a positive. 2. Systematic over-reliance on agency staff isn’t good for our own agency workforce retention in the long term. I won’t deny that periods of higher demand do bring more customer opportunity & business growth in the short term. This is never something to be ungrateful for as other industries aren’t so lucky. But from a workforce perspective this industry is never meant to replace the pivatol role that perm staff play in the sector for too long- we’re a supplementary end of line support. When facilities have a less stable permanent workforce there is a greater chance our agency nurses and midwives are walking into environments that are suffering chronic workforce challenges, heavy patient loads & tough rosters. This places more agency nurses at risk of leaving the profession too. Nursing is hard enough. Controlled growth is more beneficial to us in the long term and it shouldn’t be perceived as a threat. Retaining all valuable clinical knowledge in direct patient care roles with the global nursing/midwifery workforce crisis is important.

Meet some of Affinity's fluffy, scaly, and furry pawsonalities, who work hard day in day out to deliver optimal serotonin to the team 🐶😺🦎

You could say our team have an 'affinity' for their jobs, so it was only natural to ask them one thing they love about working at Affinity 🎤 Your next opportunity could be in our vacant roles below! 👇🏻 If you're interested and want to chat with someone before applying, reach out to Chelsea Barlow our National Manager for a confidential discussion: cbarlow@affinitynursing.com.au 📝 Customer Service - Onboarding: https://lnkd.in/girghUvF 📝 Payroll Officer: https://lnkd.in/gn6psgEy

We are well and truly in the holiday spirit of things now! Last week we donned our finest Christmas attire, and our aficionados ran for title of "Christmas Best Dressed", voted by our team 🎅🏻 Congratulations to Taylor! If you're trying to spot the difference between her and our Christmas tree, don't worry, we are too 🎄

Are you, or do you know, a nursing or midwifery student who is from a regional or remote area? Affinity is thrilled to partner with Charles Sturt University to launch the Affinity Nursing and Midwifery scholarship. We understand the unique challenges nurses and midwives face during clinical placement, so our scholarship will ease some of the financial burden to allow students to complete placement. This scholarship reflects our commitment to supporting rural and remote communities and empowering healthcare professionals. To learn more about this scholarship, visit https://lnkd.in/g_Wh53Un

Celebrating a great year with colleagues, family, and (furry) friends~ 🎄🎄🎄🎄 The year is drawing to a close, but that doesn't mean we stop working for our nurses and midwives! We'd like to thank the countless healthcare workers under the Affinity banner who are on contract in communities over this holiday period.