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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

[email protected]

4 Helse Finnmark Health Trust, Norway

Andreas

Hellesø

[email protected]

5 County Council of Vasterbotten, Sweden

Roland

Gustafsson

[email protected]

6 Centre for Rural Health, Inverness, Scotland

David Heaney

[email protected]

7 Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada

Roger Strasser

[email protected]

8 Cooperation & Working Together, Ireland

Linda

Saunderson

[email protected]

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