When you want to address a critical health issue, you go where the experts are. The medical staff at Exeter Health Resources facilities is always standing by to diagnose problems and seek solutions. So it should be no surprise that when you need to address a critical workforce issue, the same people at these facilities are also looking for ways to address this problem.
New Hampshire’s workforce development challenges are affecting all employment sectors, including health care. When critical labor needs arise, partnerships with post-secondary educational institutions can often help provide solutions.
Exeter Health Resources, which includes Exeter Hospital, Core Physicians and Rockingham Visiting Nurse and Hospice, has been involved in efforts to strengthen the state’s workforce for years. Tuition reimbursement for employees enrolled in college courses, traditional clinical rotation training for nurses, radiology technicians and other therapists, as well as a healthy relationship with the local high school Career and Technical Education center, are well established within the health system. More recently, a critical shortage of medical assistants led Core Physicians to partner with Great Bay Community College in a new and unique way.
When Physicians first approached the Community College System, it had a two-year Medical Assistant program in place. The need for assistants was crucial, though, so the college worked with the hospital to create a 12-week certificate program that paid students a training wage while enrolled in the program full-time. The program has been in place for two years, and has expanded to help other area hospitals train their employees as well.
Great Bay and Core Physicians recently launched a Medical Office Specialist Training Program based on the same model. The program started with three trainees, employed by Core Physicians, and is looking to expand further at Great Bay’s Portsmouth campus and its new location in Rochester.
Creating pathways to receive proper training is the prescription for long-term workforce health.
For more information, please contact Chris Callahan, VP Human Resources.
New Hampshire’s workforce development challenges are affecting all employment sectors, including health care. When critical labor needs arise, partnerships with post-secondary educational institutions can often help provide solutions.
Exeter Health Resources, which includes Exeter Hospital, Core Physicians and Rockingham Visiting Nurse and Hospice, has been involved in efforts to strengthen the state’s workforce for years. Tuition reimbursement for employees enrolled in college courses, traditional clinical rotation training for nurses, radiology technicians and other therapists, as well as a healthy relationship with the local high school Career and Technical Education center, are well established within the health system. More recently, a critical shortage of medical assistants led Core Physicians to partner with Great Bay Community College in a new and unique way.
When Physicians first approached the Community College System, it had a two-year Medical Assistant program in place. The need for assistants was crucial, though, so the college worked with the hospital to create a 12-week certificate program that paid students a training wage while enrolled in the program full-time. The program has been in place for two years, and has expanded to help other area hospitals train their employees as well.
Great Bay and Core Physicians recently launched a Medical Office Specialist Training Program based on the same model. The program started with three trainees, employed by Core Physicians, and is looking to expand further at Great Bay’s Portsmouth campus and its new location in Rochester.
Creating pathways to receive proper training is the prescription for long-term workforce health.
For more information, please contact Chris Callahan, VP Human Resources.
