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Recruit and Retain
Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Providers in Remote Rural Areas
Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Providers and Public Service Sector Workers in Remote Rural Areas
Objective
Recruit and Retain is a project which sets out to find solutions to the persistent problem of difficulties in recruiting and retaining high quality front line health care providers for the remote rural areas of Northern Europe
Recruit and Retain is a project which sets out to find solutions to the persistent problem of difficulties in recruiting and retaining high quality people to work in the public sector in the remote rural areas of Northern Europe
Partners
NHS Western Isles
Stornoway, Scotland
Agency for Health ProtectionNuuk, Greenland
FSA Akureyri HospitalAkureyri, Iceland
Helse Finnmark Health TrustFinnmark, Norway
County of VästerbottenUmeå, Sweden
PartnersNHS Western Isles
Stornoway, Scotland
Agency for Health ProtectionNuuk, Greenland
FSA Akureyri HospitalAkureyri, Iceland
Helse Finnmark Health TrustFinnmark, Norway
County of VästerbottenUmeå, Sweden
University of Aberdeen, Centre for Rural HealthInverness, Scotland
Northern Ontario School of MedicineSudbury, Canada
Cooperation and Working Together (CAWT)Ireland and Northern Ireland
Finance
Main Project
Total Project Budget
€ 1,752,691
ERDF Intervention Rate for EU Members 40:60
Strategic Project
Total Project Budget
€ 2,997,271
ERDF Intervention Rate for EU Members 25:75
To Pursue its Objective Recruit and Retain will obtain information on:
– why health care workers are reluctant to consider working in a remote rural area
– why health care workers are pleased to be working in a remote rural area
– what health care workers require to start working in a remote rural area
– what health care workers require to continue working in a remote rural area
– why health care workers leave a position in a remote rural area
Products and Services
advertise and promote the opportunities for health care workers in remote rural areas and emphasise positive aspects of working in this challenging environment
develop ways to reduce professional isolation by traditional and innovative methods
include a holistic perspective which incorporates “buddying” for new recruits and long term professional mentoring for established employees
generate urban rural partnerships, links with universities, professional training bodies and service providers to underpin the remote rural health care service
find ways to support spouses, social networks, housing, child care and schooling
encourage the development of systems which enable local remote rural populations and local authorities to support their health care service workers
Outcomes
The products and services described will be developed, tested, validated and implemented with health care workers, areas of applicability to the public service sector will be identified by the Strategic Management Group.
Business plans for private/public organisations to deliver a service package for the recruitment and retention of health care workers and public service sector workers will be developed.
Methods of Working Work Packages
1. Administration – NHS Western Isles
2. Questionnaire and Data analysis – Iceland
3. Professional solutions
a) Swedenb) Highland
4. Social, domestic and environmental solutions
a) Greenlandb) Ireland
5. a) Business plan (health care) – Scotland
b) Business plan (public service sector) – Strategic Management Group + NHS Western Isles
Methods of Working
• Workshops
– Scotland Autumn 2013– Iceland Spring 2012– Greenland Autumn 2012– Norway Spring 2013– Sweden Autumn 2013
• Mini workshop
– Canada January 2014
• Strategic Management Group
• Videoconferences
• e-mail contact
Strategic Management GroupPartner Person E-mail
1 NHS Western Isles, Scotland
Andrew Sim [email protected]
2 Agency for Health and Prevention, Greenland
3 FSA Akureyri Hospital, Iceland
Jon Helgi
Bjornsson
4 Helse Finnmark Health Trust, Norway
Andreas
Hellesø
5 County Council of Vasterbotten, Sweden
Roland
Gustafsson
6 Centre for Rural Health, Inverness, Scotland
David Heaney
7 Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada
Roger Strasser
8 Cooperation & Working Together, Ireland
Linda
Saunderson
Strategic Management Group
• Strategic Management Group Representatives
– Will meet at least twice a year at workshops
• Strategic Management Coordinator
– Reports to Recruit and Retain Steering Committee
• Strategic Management Remit
– Monitor the core work of Recruit and Retain– Indentify areas of synergy– Take products and services to the public service for evaluation
and piloting – Produce a business plan for public service sector workers
Final Conference
The Way Forward for Recruiting and Retaining Health Care Workers in
Remote Rural Areas
Sweden
Autumn 2013
Solutions to the Problems of Public Service Worker
Recruitment and Retention in Remote
Rural Areas
Venue to be decided
Spring 2014
