{"id":78903,"date":"2023-09-25T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=78903"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:44:03","slug":"more-than-thank-you-messages-the-ottawa-hospital-goes-beyond-traditional-job-postings-to-offer-nurses-career-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/more-than-thank-you-messages-the-ottawa-hospital-goes-beyond-traditional-job-postings-to-offer-nurses-career-support\/","title":{"rendered":"More than \u201cthank you\u201d messages: The Ottawa Hospital goes beyond traditional job postings to offer nurses career support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The hospital\u2019s nursing recruitment campaign aims to provide solutions to nurses questioning their future and their options in the field<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OTTAWA \u2013 September 25, 2023 <\/strong>\u2013 As part of our ongoing recruitment efforts, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) launched a multi-platform nursing recruitment campaign \u2013 going beyond traditional job postings \u2013 to help nurses who are questioning their future in the profession rediscover their love of the field. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TOH\u2019s nursing recruitment campaign features Wild Poster ads, like the one below, in one location in Ottawa and two in Toronto, with the now crossed-out slogan <em>Thank You Nurse Heroes<\/em>. These billboards, along with a targeted digital ad campaign, direct nurses to call <em>Opportunity Calls<\/em>, a dedicated nursing recruitment phone line, or visit the website OpportunityCalls.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurses will then hear more about pathways and opportunities available to them as they move throughout their careers. This includes learning about the different roles they can choose within the nursing field and hearing real-life stories from nurses currently working in those areas. This also includes informing nursing students about their options in the field post-graduation and engaging internationally trained nurses eager to work in Ontario, and how The Ottawa Hospital can help guide the process. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a nurse for over three decades, I know first-hand how challenging, yet rewarding, this career can be,\u201d said Suzanne Madore, Chief Clinical Officer, and Chief Nursing Executive at The Ottawa Hospital. \u201cThis is why we\u2019re investing in our future workforce by hiring more nurses, supporting our existing nursing staff, and ensuring the profession is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that nurses are tired, undervalued, and leaving the field at an alarming rate. They are done with the \u201cthank you\u201d messages and want real solutions for their problems in the field. In this campaign, we go beyond telling nurses what makes TOH different. We want to support them by showing them pathways and real-world examples of how they can make nursing work for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOutreach is integral to engaging and supporting our current nursing workforce \u2013 and that is why we\u2019re going beyond traditional job postings and using strategic ways to reach people where they are\u201d, said Melanie Gruer, Chief Communications Officer at The Ottawa Hospital. \u201cWe want to help everyone who chose to go into nursing, whether they choose to work at TOH or elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster-1024x236.jpeg\" alt=\"Thank you nursing heroes poster\" class=\"wp-image-78913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster-1024x236.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster-600x138.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster-300x69.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster-768x177.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Before-Poster.jpeg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Before)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster-1024x238.jpeg\" alt=\"Thank you nursing heroes poster with phone number 1-833-758-0021\" class=\"wp-image-78916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster-1024x238.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster-600x140.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster-300x70.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster-768x179.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/After-Poster.jpeg 1479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(After)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Abelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rabelson@toh.ca\">rabelson@toh.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>343-576-0259<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Ottawa Hospital:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is one of Canada\u2019s top learning and research hospitals where we are guided by our vision to provide the world-class and compassionate care we would all want for our loved ones. Our multi-campus hospital, affiliated with the University of Ottawa, is home to the Regional Trauma Centre and Cancer Centre, and to discoveries that are adopted globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backed by generous support from the community, we are focused on reshaping the future of health care to improve the health of our diverse population of patients from Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, and Nunavut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about The Ottawa Hospital, visit&nbsp;OttawaHospital.on.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hospital\u2019s nursing recruitment campaign aims to provide solutions to nurses questioning their future and their options in the field OTTAWA \u2013 September 25, 2023 \u2013 As part of our ongoing recruitment efforts, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) launched a multi-platform nursing recruitment campaign \u2013 going beyond traditional job postings \u2013 to help nurses who are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}