Workforce Planning and Development

What sort of health workforce will Waikato need in five or 10 years’ time?

How can we make sure the right number of people with the right skills will be working in the right places?

The aim of workforce planning is to get on the front foot – identify trends and future needs for the health workforce, and respond in a way that meets challenges and positively shapes the future.

Waikato DHB board approved two major workforce plans during 2009.
A Workforce Development Programme team is actively working on projects that support the key objectives of these plans. The programme will fit with national and regional workforce planning strategies, but will focus on local initiatives needed to deliver local solutions to local issues.

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(Please indicate topics of particular interest) Sector-wide plan objectives:
Developing the care and support workforce DHB acting as a corporate citizen (sharing scalable resources) Positively branding the Waikato aged care sector Mâori health workforce Pacific health workforce Developing sustainable business and employment models Promoting health careers
Waikato DHB services plan objectives:
Strategies for an ageing workforce Working more effectively Effective attraction and recruitment processes Improving staff retention Integrating workforce planning and service planning
See the links below for more details about what these objectives cover.

 The workforce plans

	Waikato DHB's internal workforce plan (57 pages) focused on the workforce directly employed by the DHB (predominantly in Health Waikato, the DHB’s service provider arm) and covers five key objectives: Addressing our ageing workforce Staff retention Working more effectively Attraction and recruitment Integrating service and workforce planning within the DHB.	Waikato DHB's sector workforce plan (61 pages) involved representatives from private and contracted health providers. It covers six strategic objectives:  The care and support workforce DHB as corporate citizen (includes positively branding aged care sector) Maori health workforce Pacific health workforce New business and employment models Attracting people to health careers.
	Use the links to view a summary of the objectives and our projects.	Use the links to view a summary of the objectives and our projects.

 

Waikato DHB Workforce Development programme team

Programme sponsor: Fiona McCarthy, General Manager Human Resource.
Programme coordinator: Ruth Ross
Team members:
Marie Fullerton
Diane (Dinny) Oakley
Bee Pears
Anne Welsh
Colleen Mellsop

Programme Board:
Angela Neal, NZNO
Fiona McCarthy, General Manager Human Resources, Waikato DHB
Sue Hayward, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Waikato DHB
Jan Adams, Chief Operating Officer, Health Waikato
Further sector appointment: TBA

Inquiries by email to: ruth.ross@waikatodhb.health.nz

Address: Workforce Development Programme, Unit 1, 196 Pembroke Street, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton 3204, New Zealand.