Workforce Development Councils:

Workforce Development Councils:

Local Resources for Hospital Work Force Needs

Local Resources for Hospital Work Force Needs

PresentersPresenters

Scott Bond Administrator, Providence St. Peter HospitalBoard Chair, WSHAPanel Member, Pacific Mountain Health Care Partnership

Ellen O’Brien Saunders Executive Director, Washington State Workforce Training & Education Coordinating BoardBoard Member, Health Work Force Institute

Ed Phippen Program Director, Health Work Force Institute

Webcast OverviewWebcast Overview

• Why you should care

• Workforce Development Councils (WDCs)

• Health skill panels

• Hospital efforts and accomplishments

• State structure

• How you can get involved

Why You Should CareWhy You Should Care

How do personnel shortages affect our margins?

How do personnel shortages affect our margins?

• Increased recruiting costs

• Increased wages and benefits

• Contract staffing – est. $100 million annually by Washington State hospitals

Shortages? What shortages?Shortages? What shortages?

• Current hospital RN vacancy rate: 6.2%

But!• 66% of RNs hired between 2001 & 2002

were over the age of 50 (Buerhaus, Staiger and Auerbach. Is the Current Shortage of

Hospital Nurses Ending? Health Affairs, 22(6): 191-198, 2003.)

• Personnel shortage for Washington State– 8,800 new RN graduates by 2010– 26,000 new RN graduates by 2020 (U.S. Health Resources Services Administration)

Demand for Washington Healthcare Personnel

Demand for Washington Healthcare Personnel

Occupation Annual Openings

Job growth between 2002

& 2012

Registered nurses 2,000 20%

Radiological technologist 120 20%

Pharmacists 195 18%

Medical lab technicians 163 21%

Physical therapists 126 22%

Occupational therapist 78 22%

(www.WorkforceExplorer.com, January 26, 2005)

What Are Workforce Development Councils?

What Are Workforce Development Councils?

• Composed of your region’s key business, government, education and labor leaders

• Councils meet regularly to discuss local work force challenges and create solutions

• Develop strategic plans for regional work force development that align with state strategic plan

• Manage the region’s WorkSource system

• Administer state & federal funds

Council MembershipCouncil Membership

• Councils– Council members are appointed by chief local

elected officials

– A majority of board members must be from local businesses

– All board members must have optimum policy making authority within their organizations

Where Are Workforce Development Councils?Where Are Workforce

Development Councils?

Workforce Investment Act: $70 Million Allocated in 2004

Amount in Millions WDC Region Counties

$2.8 Benton-Franklin Benton and Franklin

$2.1 Eastern Washington Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Columbia and Walla Walla

$5.2 North Central Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Adams

$3.5 Northwest Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and San Juan

$2.8 Olympic Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap

$5.0 Pacific Mountain Grays Harbor, Mason, Pacific, Thurston and Lewis

Workforce Investment Act: $70 Million Allocated in 2004

Amount in Millions WDC Region Counties

$17.4 Seattle-King King

$6.5 Snohomish Snohomish

$4.6 Spokane Spokane

$6.0 Southwest Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, and Clark

$7.1 Tacoma-Pierce Pierce

$6.5 Tri-County Kittitas, Yakima, and Klickitat

What Are Industry Skill Panels?What Are Industry Skill Panels?

• Responsible for closing skill gaps

• Partnerships of businesses, labor, and educators

• Often, advisory panels to WDCs but not required

• Seed funding from the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board

Industry Panel Goals Industry Panel Goals

• Employers with more efficiency, less turnover, and higher profits.

• Workers with better skills, jobs, and career opportunities.

• Educational programs that address key economic clusters and on-the-job learning strategies.

What Have the Industry Panels Achieved?

What Have the Industry Panels Achieved?

• Focused interest from local media on workforce and economic development topics.

• Developed curricula, skill standards, assessment tools, and new apprenticeship programs

What Have the Industry Panels Achieved? (cont’d)

What Have the Industry Panels Achieved? (cont’d)

• Industrial or regionally centered research to find solutions for skill gaps.

• Shared instructional design and curricula, resulting in the ability of industries with multiple locations to use courses that are consistent throughout the state.

What Are Health Care Skill Panels?What Are Health Care Skill Panels?

• Assess needs, create strategies, implement innovations

• Panels advise WDCs and the state on health care work force issues

• Include representatives from labor, hospitals, other health care organizations, post-secondary education, and K-12 school districts

• All 12 WDCs have health care skills panels

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished?

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished?

The panels have leveraged almost $36 million for health care work force

development since their inception.

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

• Northwest Washington: Increased nurse training capacity by 75 percent

• Pierce County: Led a 6 county application for a $2.4 million federal grant aimed at expanding capacity in local 2- and 4-year colleges’ programs

• Benton-Franklin: www.healthcareworx.org provides career information for high school students

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

• Olympic: Health care career workshops for K-12 math and science teachers

• Pacific Mountain: Working with the state and military to recognize military training in the civilian health care work force

• Tacoma-Pierce: Created a satellite training program in invasive cardiovascular technology

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

What Have the Health Panels Accomplished? (cont’d)

• Tacoma-Pierce: Developed first-in-the-nation apprenticeship programs for health unit coordinator, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

• Seattle-King: Developed a workplace literacy program customized to meet health care employer needs

Why Participate on Skills Panels?Why Participate on Skills Panels?

• Promote industry awareness to students and jobseekers

• Collaborate to leverage funds that create or expand training opportunities

• Deploy options to increase clinical capacity

• Bring attention to health care workforce skills gap

How Do These Local Projects Fit Together?

How Do These Local Projects Fit Together?

• Washington State Healthcare Personnel Shortage Task Force

• Composed of representatives from 2- and 4-year colleges, labor, and industry associations (including WSHA)

• Sets goals, measures progress, and reports to the Legislature

• www.wtb.wa.gov/HCPUBS.HTML

Task Force GoalsTask Force Goals

1. Increase educational capacity

2. Recruit more health care workers & students

3. Develop data system to assess supply & demand

Task Force Goals (cont’d)Task Force Goals (cont’d)

4. Retain current workers

5. Enable local communities to implement their own strategies

6. Ensure continued collaboration and progress on resolving shortages

State Funds for Work Force Development

State Funds for Work Force Development

Approximately $880 million is spent annually in Washington State, including:– High school career & technical education:

$252 million– Community & technical college work force

education: $359 million– Apprenticeship: $1 million– WorkSource/employment service: $16 million– Adult literacy: $86 million– Vocational rehabilitation: $54 million– Workforce Investment Act: $108 million

State StructureState Structure

• Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board

• Employment Security Department

• Community & Technical Colleges

• Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

How Can You Get Involved?How Can You Get Involved?

• Make sure whoever participates from your institution in the skill panel is familiar with your work force objectives

• Consider collaborating with your regional hospital council

WDC and Health Skills Panel ContactsWDC and Health Skills Panel ContactsOlympic (Clallum, Jefferson, Kitsap)• Steve Frazier, Executive Director, 360-337-7185 x 3526• Lief Bentson, Panel Coordinator, 360-337-4883

Pacific Mountain (Grays Harbor, Mason, Lewis, Thurston, Pacific)• John Loyle, Acting Director, 360-754-4113 x 109• Jamie Krause, Panel Coordinator, 360-754-4113 x 118

Northwest (Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan)• Gay Dubigk, Executive Director, 360-676-3206• Alex Kosmides, Panel Coordinator, 360-671-1660

Snohomish• Rin Causey, Executive Director, 425-921-3491• Kristen Gillisse, Panel Coordinator, 425-921-3498

Seattle-King• Kris Stadelman, CEO, 206-448-0474• Sandy Clark, Panel Coordinator, 206-448-0474

Tacoma/Pierce• Colin Conant, Executive Director, 253-591-5450• La Shemia Hanebutte, Panel Coordinator, 253-594-7940

WDC and Health Skills Panel ContactsWDC and Health Skills Panel ContactsSouthwest (Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Skamania, Clark)• Lisa Nisenfeld, Director, 360-567-1073• Nuala Davies-Shoman, 360-567-1076

North-Central (Chelan, Okanogan, Grant, Douglas, Adams)• Dave Petersen, Executive Director, 509-663-3091 x 228• Ken Kelnhofer, Panel Coordinator, 509-663-3091

Tri-Counties (Yakima, Kittitas, Klickitat)• Patrick Baldoz, Executive Director, 509-574-1950 x 1964• David Gonzales, Panel Coordinator, 509-574-1950

Eastern (Ferry, Pend Oreille, Garfield, Stevens, Columbia, Lincoln, Whitman, Asotin, Walla Walla)

• Tom O’Brien, Executive Director, 509-684-8421• Nancy Macduff, Panel Coordinator, 509-529-0244

Benton-Franklin• Michelle Mann, Executive Director, 509-734-5984• Brooke DuBois, Panel Coordinator, 509-735-2988

Spokane• John Baumhofer, Executive Director, 509-625-6210• Lewis Rumpler, Panel Coordinator, 509-444-6832

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