Bank staff are an invaluable resource for your care home, residents, and full-time staffers. We often talk about how important it is to have an engaged group of bank staff and how it is crucial that they feel as much part of the home as the full-time team.

This helps to encourage temporary staff retention which ultimately reduces your reliance on agency staff and consequently the cost associated with this. But how do you retain temporary staff at your care home? Keep reading to find out.

Challenges finding compliant staff who fit in quickly with your team

Often when using agency staff you are unsure of who will be covering the shifts at your care home. Having a new temporary member of staff for every shift can be disruptive to your residents and full-time team. By being able to build an engaged pool of bank staff with our platform you will be able to temporary staff turnover This allows staff and residents to develop rapport and trust, which leads to a positive and caring environment.

Financial benefits of retaining bank staff

According to a recent study, the cost of replacing one employee is £2,697 for a company size of 1-50 employees, and this cost doubles to over £4,000 for a company size of over 500 employees. This highlights the importance of creating an environment where bank staff want to stay which will benefit and support the care home, especially in monetary terms.

In addition to this, our bank management system allows you to streamline your payments to these temporary staff. They will receive their wages accurately and on time, thus adding to their satisfaction.

How to recruit and retain bank staff

There are various strategies that can be used to recruit and retain bank staff. From the get-go, it's important to ensure they are compliant to work in your care home. With our platform, all temporary staff have to upload essential documents to become registered. As an employer, you are able to view these documents to ensure they are both in date and valid.

Now that you’re sure your bank staff are compliant you can make them feel like part of the team from the beginning. It’s best to keep staff up to date with the latest news and changes that occur in the care home. By keeping both bank and full-time staff informed you are increasing the chances of their engagement with the latest developments and the wider team.

Put emphasis on staff development and training, people like to feel that you value their skillset and that you are committed to developing them both professionally and personally. Increasingly, Generation Z and Millennials expect employers to provide upskilling opportunities as part of their company offering. In addition, research has found that 91% of companies saw an overall increase in productivity as a result of investing in the right employees.

Get in contact

To find out more about how the team at Locate a Locum can help you attract and retain staff get in contact with us here. We’ll be able to show you the platform in action and how you will receive a bespoke branded landing page for your care home. You can also view what our current clients have said about the platform and how our platform has solved “many of the challenges that have existed for decades.”