Creative Ways to Battle Staffing Shortages
Two Ways Can Be Alleviated - Academic Community and Open-House Recruiting
september 2021
By Jody Randall MSN, RN, CIC, HACP-CMS, HACP-PE
CEO and Founder
Pure exhaustion of healthcare workers is one of the major reasons that so many healthcare professionals are leaving the industry. The time has come to bring in the reinforcements! Two ways this can be alleviated are by involving the academic community and open house recruiting.
Many institutions of higher learning are desperately seeking clinical experiences for students who are interested in entering the healthcare field. Clinical experiences help students to gain the essential practical and critical thinking skills necessary to become competent in the profession. This is an ideal opportunity for all healthcare administrators to consider hosting clinical experiences for students. Despite the possibility of initial resistance and apprehension of your clinical team members who may be reluctant to precept students in the clinical environment; rest assured, the benefits will most certainly outweigh concerns. It is time to mold a new generation of healthcare professionals to support the tired and weary through these difficult times.
Open house recruiting is another opportunity to recruit a variety of talented and skilled healthcare workers. This is one method that many larger healthcare facilities have moved to but the size of the facility does not necessarily matter. The issue that most healthcare facilities are dealing with today is that despite applicants applying for positions, Human Resources personnel are not able to effectively manage the constant staff turnover as well as the onboarding of new staff members from day to day. Having a scheduled open house event to recruit new team members can be a much more efficient way to capture the interested of the many talented healthcare workers seeking a new opportunity in what has become a very competitive healthcare market. Additionally, this will enable organizations the opportunity to fill vacancies in a much more efficient and timely manner.
