Healthcare Recruitment Strategies

Paper Summary:

The paper explores why staff shortages exist in the healthcare industry and discusses recruitment strategies and the rationale behind them. The paper shows the importance of management and staff continually performing to industry benchmarks. The paper concludes that only through ongoing training initiatives can a hospital truly align its staff with its corporate strategy.

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Abstract
Introduction
Employee Shortages
Recruitment Strategies
Rationale
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Human Resources (HR) is extremely important to maintain not only effective and profitable healthcare operations but also to ensure safe delivery of healthcare services in a highly regulated environment. HR solutions such as selecting and hiring as well as motivating and retaining healthcare staff should ensure that the healthcare operation is aligned with the overall business strategy as defined by the organization's leadership: "Staffing strategies guide the recruitment, utilization, development, movement, and attrition of talent in ways that support long-term business requirements" (Bechet & Walker, 1993, para.3)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bechet, T. P. (2000). Developing Staffing Strategies That Work: Implementing Pragmatic, Nontraditional Approaches. Public Personnel Management, 29(4), 466.
• Bechet, T. P., & Walker, J. W. (1993). Aligning Staffing with Business Strategy. Human Resource Planning, 16(2), 1+.
• Harris L., Cumming S. & Campbell A. (2006). Stress and psychological well-being among allied health professionals. Journal of Allied Health, 35(4), 198-207.
• Hebda T., Czar P. & Mascara C. (2005). Handbook of informatics for nurses and health care professionals. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall.
• Kulma, M. (2006). Easing the bottom-line impact of staffing shortages: A case study in shift bidding. Healthcare Financial Management, 60/4, pp.92-97.

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