1. Maine Health Workforce Forum Health Sector Partnership Update
Lisa McIlwain
October 10, 2017

2. Participating Healthcare Sector Leaders – Talent Acquisition
Meeting Facilitator
Lisa McIlwain,
MaineHealth
Sr. Director Talent Management
York Hospital
Olivia Chayer
Mid Coast Hospital
Colleen Farrell
MaineGeneral Health
Doris Cohen
Eastern Maine Health System
Catherin MacLaren
Covenant Health
Paige Hagerstrom
Central Maine Healthcare
Beth Bowie
MaineHealth
Lisa McIlwain

3. Meeting with Sector Partners Portland, Maine Summer, 2017
Topics
Our Shared Workforce Challenges
How Sector Partners can collaborate with MHWF to support recruitment (inside and outside of Maine) and career development initiatives

4. Shared Workforce Challenges
Critical Positions (identified by Sector Partners)
C.N.A.s, RNs, Medical Assistants, Pharmacy, Surgical Techs, Behavioral Health workers, APPs (Mid Level Practitioners),Respiratory Techs, I.S., Entry Level (EVS, Dietary), Patient Service Reps, Practice Managers, Clinical Leaders, Allied Health
First and second year turnover
Professional development opportunities; building culture of support for career advancement
Non robust succession plans
Insufficient programs to help us fast track/map Veterans and immigrants into Medical Assistant and ED Tech positions, etc.
Paying for education up front in lieu of traditional tuition reimbursement models

5. Opportunities for Collaboration with MHWF
Formalize a state-wide program to educate high school students about various careers in the healthcare environment. E.g. What is a med tech and what education is needed? What healthcare careers have growth/promotional opportunities?
Help fund educational programs to train nurses for faculty positions
Continue to work with Joan Dolan on apprentice opportunities across the State
Help fund programs that offer financial assistance to healthcare employees who need to complete degrees and have been identified as high potentials
Create a training program for Patient Service Reps to include Microsoft and spreadsheets. PRS jobs are much more complicated and technology- heavy now, requiring more than entry level skills.

6. Next Steps/Recommendations
Talent Acquisition Sector Partners are interested in continuing small group, 2-hour meetings (maybe quarterly) in lieu of full day summits
Recommendation: Invite guests/Subject Matter Experts to quarterly meetings and develop plans. Topics to include
Pipeline Programs in Maine (Maine AHEC Network)
Apprentice programs
JMG
Fame
Working with the immigrant and Veteran populations on transferable skills
Grant opportunities
Other
Thank you for your partnership!