1 / 6

NSW Rural Health & Research Congress – Emer O’Callaghan

NSW Rural Health & Research Congress – Emer O’Callaghan. Rural Health Professionals Program: Assisting in building a sustainable rural workforce. Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia. RHPP Overview.

cicada
Download Presentation

NSW Rural Health & Research Congress – Emer O’Callaghan

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. NSW Rural Health & Research Congress – Emer O’Callaghan Rural Health Professionals Program: Assisting in building a sustainable rural workforce Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

  2. RHPP Overview • New, federally funded program by Health Workforce Australia to recruit and retain nurses and allied health professionals in rural Australia • Rural Workforce Agencies work in collaboration with rural employers to link applicants to jobs and enhance primary health care services • Case management provided & generous financial support for relocation to ‘more rural’ areas Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

  3. How does it work? • 44 Offers to Nurses and Allied Health Professionals since January • Variety of locations and positions • Collaboration between RDN, Employers, Town Stakeholders and Applicants • Funds along with case management assist overcome ‘barriers’ to recruitment and retention • FREE service to employers Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

  4. A Successful Example • Collaboration between HNE Mental Health and RDN to recruit 5 Mental Health Professionals to Moree, Narrabri and Inverell. • Highly competitive market place for health professionals • Proactive and engaged manager • 5 Clinicians all at different stages of life and career all with different needs • Vacancies gone from 48% to NO vacancies Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

  5. Health Workforce Australia This program is funded by Health Workforce Australia Growing and supporting a nursing and allied health workforce for rural Australia Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

  6. Q&A Rural Health Professionals Program – Assisting in building a sustainable rural workforce Supporting rural health in New South Wales, Australia

More Related