Regional-level workforce planning and capacity-building in times of health workforce scarcity
Organisations responsible for allied health service provision and health workforce resource allocation are increasingly feeling the pressure to do more with less due to:
- Shortages of skilled professionals, exacerbated in rural, regional and under-served areas leading to extensive service gaps;
- Staff recruitment and retention issues, caused by stress, burnout and fatigue, and loss of faith in organisational supports;
- Difficulties innovating and adapting to new ways of working, like telehealth, expansion of delegated workforces, new roles and evolving professional scopes of practice, despite success stories from other regions and organisations; and
- Challenges building and managing the interdisciplinary healthcare teams required to deliver more person-centred care.
Sound familiar? You are not alone.
In this free one hour webinar facilitated by Dr Susan Nancarrow—CEO and founder of AHP Workforce and an allied health researcher and consultant with more than 20 years’ allied health workforce planning, strategy and capacity-building experience—you will:
- Explore the employee lifecycle – with a focus on essential aspects to target to support ongoing workforce sustainability at the individual level;
- Consider the ‘new’ fundamentals of Workforce Planning, in an age of evolving scopes of practice and ways of working, and rapid changes to technology;
- Learn the pros and cons of different approaches to Workforce Planning, to select the right path for your organisation; and
- Rethink the question, in an age of resource scarcity, of how to do more with the resources you have available.
- You will leave this session with a fillable action plan and the knowledge to empower you to identify the areas of most need and largest gains for your organisation and your community.
Who will get the most out of this webinar?
This webinar has been designed to support workforce planning staff, and their managers, in large organisations responsible for health workforce planning, capacity-building and resource allocation at regional levels. However, anyone involved in allied health workforce planning will find value in the session, getting to the heart of how to do more with less in an age of workforce scarcity.
Key webinar takeaways include:
- Explore the employee lifecycle – with a focus on essential aspects to target to support ongoing workforce sustainability at the individual level;
- Consider the ‘new’ fundamentals of Workforce Planning, in an age of evolving scopes of practice and ways of working, and rapid changes to technology;
- Learn the pros and cons of different approaches to Workforce Planning and needs analysis, to select the right path for your organisation;
- Rethink the question, in an age of resource scarcity, of how to do more with the resources you have available; and
- Leave this session with a fillable action plan and the knowledge to empower you to identify the areas of most need and largest gains for your organisation and your community.
This webinar will include a presentation with Q&A and discussion.
