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HealthKick

HealthKick. A community approach to Health Human Resources. The need for the right human resources at the right time to provide the right services. Need to develop strategy with rural focus. Attract youth to healthcare careers

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HealthKick

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  1. HealthKick A community approach to Health Human Resources

  2. The need for the right human resources at the right time to provide the right services

  3. Need to develop strategy with rural focus • Attract youth to healthcare careers • Create access to training for current healthcare workforce & adults seeking new careers • Support training/mentoring culture • Support • Recruitment of qualified professionals • Retention of current professionals

  4. Delivery Partnerships are Key • Education: • Georgian College • UWO Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry • Fanshawe College • Healthcare: (various) • Long Term Care facilities • Hospitals • Private Practice & Primary Care • Community & Public Health Organizations • Recruitment & Retention • Community Recruitment Committees • BIA, Chambers of Commerce • Huron Perth Heath Providers Council

  5. Youth Engagement Community Engagement Skill Development Healthcare Experience Centre HealthKick Recruitment & Retention Events Collaborative Learning Events MedQUEST Spectrum Career Symposiums Food Service Worker Post Grad RN, RPN Practical Nurse Training Program II Registered Pharm Tech site Work Placements Coop & Clinical Placements

  6. Why Is This Initiative Important? • Economic Development and Healthcare go hand-in-hand • Innovation is attractive for recruitment • HealthKick benefits: • Youth • Existing Workforce • Healthcare Employers • Communities • Model is recognized as a unique and innovative approach to Healthcare HR issues

  7. 2007 Spectrum 2011 2006 6 MedQUEST Camps & 1 Spectrum Forum With 170 Participants 2010 2008 2011 2009

  8. 2006 2008 26 Medical and Allied Health Students in 6-14 week placements 2009 2007 2010 2011

  9. Class of 2005-2009 Class of 2009-2013 2 Classes of Practical Nurses 20 per class = 40 Graduate Nurses

  10. 2 classes Food Service Worker Program 18 +15 = 33 Students

  11. Rural Work Experience Placements 86 placements in rural healthcare settings since 2005

  12. Community Engagement in Recruitment and Retention • June 2007 R & R Learning Event – 22 participants • Career Events & School Presentations – 4739 participants • Health Human Resources Kiosk for the Four County Labour Market Planning Board - Skills Opportunities Showcase Trailer • 3 Healthcare Inspiration Events – over 140 nominations • “What Keeps You Awake at Night” event – 46 Paticipated

  13. Economic Implications ofHealthKick • 20 Practical Nurses (PN) graduated 2009 - 20 x $21 - $25 = average $23.00 per hr 40/hr $956,800/year • 20 PN graduates in 2013 - $1 million • 33 Food Service Workers - $19.00- $21.00 per hour ( hospital) - $45,760 x 33 $1.51 million • 14 Registered Pharm Techs - average $14.00/hr $349,000 • 18 Personal Support Workers –average $14.00/hr $534,160 • 123 participants in Continuing Education Courses i.e. IV Therapy, etc. • Instructors – 2623 instructional hrs = $143,226 • 76 Rural Work placements = $108,697 • 18 Med Students = $43,000 • 6 HealthKick Summer Students = $32,760

  14. Health Human Resources Study • for Huron & Perth • Purpose: • identify the current picture of HHR • Identify the needs to be addressed • Recommend actions Looking to the Future

  15. HealthKick Phase IIIbeyond December 2011 Build on the success of HealthKick • Opportunity for healthcare community to shape the future of HealthKick • Evolve HealthKick to meet the challenges in the rural Healthcare Human Resources by utilizing the best of the program • Respond to needs of the healthcare community in ways that support their mandates

  16. HealthKick Phase IIIbeyond December 2011 • During 2012 HealthKick will develop a sustainability plan which will explore options for continued operation while activities may be based on funding sources • Sustainability planning will require involvement from the Healthcare sector in the form of partnerships • The level of partnership commitment & involvement will determine the level of HealthKick mandated activities

  17. HealthKick Phase IIIbeyond December 2011 • HealthKick Priorities and Areas of Interest • Training and Development of a Training Site • Career Exploration/MedQUEST • Healthcare Rural Work Placements • Human Resources Research and Data Maintenance • Healthcare Human Resources Coordination

  18. HealthKick has been:model has acted as • innovator • mentor • developer • facilitator • coordinator • instigator • supporter • investigator • partner • financial infuser • researcher

  19. No one else has HealthKick • How can we most effectively use this model to our advantage?

  20. Contact Us Laura Overholt HealthKick Project Manager www.healthkickhuron.ca PO Box 32, 32B Centennial Drive Seaforth, ON N0K 1W0 519-600-2273 ext. 261 loverholt@smallbusinesshuron.ca

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