The healthcare industry has been experiencing great employee shortages in the nearest past and present. This trend’s main consequence is a downfall in performance of hospitals and insufficient healthcare services for the uninsured, homeless, and migrating individuals (Medical Staffing Shortages). Also, because of the shortage, the need for medical service becomes partially unmet and thus the prices for healthcare services increase every day. This tendency forces some people to reject sufficient medical service because it becomes too expensive for them to afford. The challenges we face are the shortage staffed 400-positions.15% of employees are paid overtime. Staff turnover is at an all time high of 30%. Accounts Receivable are 120 days past due instead of 45 days. Patient Satisfaction is at 65% instead of 80%. Expenses are up 2 million over budget.
The first steps we are going to address is the staff turnover is at an all time high at 30%, you should be at 8% To solve the problem with the high staff turnover rate we will implement the following: We will hire the right people for the job. Hire people that have the same values and goals that match that of the organization. Next, Provide career developing opportunities so that they would know that we are interested in their career development. This will help the organizations in a long term. We will develop a career development program or skills training program, or even offer a tuition reimbursement for those who would like a more professional learning environment. When we are hiring for the vacant position, the organizations will make it a habit to always look to promote within if and when