Why Should I attend…

The key ingredient to a quality health service is quality staff. Yet Australia is facing a national staffing shortage despite having higher numbers of professionals working currently than ever before. Demographic changes are literally changing the way the Australian health system must run. These changes include:

• An ageing population and the gradual retirement of the baby boomer generation who have tended to work longer hours;
• reduction in average hours worked by the age groups approaching retirement and the Younger age-groups; and
• increasing female participation of the medical workforce

According to Health Workforce Australia:

Profession	Shortage	Source
Nursing	Short fall of 40,000 by 2010	Karmel and Li 2002
Nursing	2003-2012 average annual shortfall of 6,100	Access Economics 2004
Midwifery workforce	1847 nationally	AHMAC Report 2002.2
Critical care nurse workforce	527 nationally	AHMAC Report 2002.1
Anaesthesia	Undersupply of 1.1% (2011)	AMWAC 2001.5
Radiology	37 shortage (2001)	AMWAC 2001.5
Medical and Haemtological Oncology	40 shortage (2001)	AMWAC 2001.5
Pathology	72 nationally	AMWAC 2003.5

IQPC’s Inaugural Redesigning the Healthcare Workforce conference will show you how to not only cope but excel in the face of such unnerving statistics. The event will provide you with innovative and effective ways to improve recruitment, retention and workforce strategies in your health service. This conference is essential for all HR/workforce and health professionals.

You will learn how to:

• Become a true employer of choice for all health professionals
• Promote incentives and develop a brand for your organisation
• Utilise an increasing casual workforce
• Develop role-redesign strategies to boost numbers
• Implement technology solutions that will positively enhance your recruitment and retention initiatives
• Create links with universities and develop student partnerships
• Improve your overseas recruitment and attraction strategies
• Engage current employees to improve the workplace environment
• Recruit and utilise the current ageing population

Who will you meet and who should attend?

Who should attend…

Directors of Workforce Development Nursing Directors Workforce Development Managers Clinical Directors Human Resources Managers Directors of Human Resources Recruitment Coordinators Workforce Planning Managers Recruitment Directors

Recruitment Managers Workforce Education Managers Clinical Redesign Directors Nurse Educators Organisational Development Directors Clinical Redesign Managers Workforce Policy Directors CEOs HR Consultants

And many other individuals who will enhance your conference experience!

Meet key speakers from Australia and abroad

With support of the Australian Nursing Federation:

Chair: Jill Iliffe Federal Secretary Australian Nursing Federation

Hear from our keynote speakers:

Howard Catton
Head of Policy
ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING, UK

Howard qualified as a RN in 1988 then worked as a Staff Nurse at the Bristol Oncology Centre, followed by a nursing post in the USA. On returning to the UK he studied Social Policy and Industrial Relations at Cardiff University and completed an MA in Industrial Relations at Warwick University. Howard worked as personnel manager in NHS before joining the RCN as a regional officer in the South West of England. During this time he spent 6 months in New Zealand working for the NZ Nursing Organisation. Howard moved to RCN Headquarters in 2000 and held a variety of posts with leads that included workforce research, devolution and NHS modernisation. In 2005 he was appointed Head of Policy Development and Implementation. His team lead on health, social and nursing policy reform and closely support RCN Council and the Executive team. Howard has also served as a local Government Councillor for seven years, for four of which he was a cabinet member with lead responsibility for corporate and customer services.

Cathy Cooney
Chief Executive Officer, LAKES DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
NZ & FUTURE WORKFORCE

Cathy holds the position of Lead Chief Executive for Workforce on behalf of the 21 New Zealand District Health Boards. The Future Workforce programme provides overall strategic leadership and coordination of a wide range of collaborative workforce activities including linking the key priorities of the DHBs – across the primary, secondary, tertiary, disability and NGO sectors with the Ministry of Health led workforce developments.Cathy is the CE of Lakes DHB, and has a broad background in the New Zealand health sector in public health, community development and a range of health management and professional leadership roles.

Dr. Warwick Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Christine Fitzherbert
Executive Director Human Resources and Workforce Development
MELBOURNE HEALTH

Hear outstanding presentations from industry experts:

• Bronwyn Nardi, Director Workforce Planning, QUEENSLAND HEALTH
• Chris Kewley, Director Nursing & Midwifery, HUNTER NEW ENGLAND AREA HEALTH SERVICE
• Jenny McParlane, Director Workforce Development, GREATER WESTERN AREA HEALTH SERVICE
• Frank Rog, Executive Director Human Resources, THE ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, VIC
• Wayne Weaire, Chairperson for the Central Hume Primary Care Partnership Allied Health Recruitment & Retention Project & Director, DELATITE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, VIC
• David Hammer, Learning and Development Manager, RAMSAY HEALTH
• Kelvin Jakes, Executive Director Human Resources, RSL CARE
• Asadah Sidon, Education & Training Officer, ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL, WA

And many more!

Why this conference is different

• Learn how to recruit and retain more quality staff members through uniquely branding your organisation
• See innovative ways to utilise your own workforce and improve service delivery
• Learn how to generate numerous opportunities for staff development
• Learn how to target challenges in rural health services and metropolitan health services

Don’t miss this event… IQPC created Redesigning the Healthcare Workforce 2008 because hundreds of health professionals told us that this was the biggest problem facing the health industry. Every presentation is filled with practical tools and lessons that can be adopted in every health organisation. Now is the time to try and overcome the biggest challenge in your health service: Not enough staff.

P.S. Australia is facing a national staff shortage in health… Sign up today to ensure your organisation attracts more quality staff and utilises its own workforce.

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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[ Register Now] · [ Next: Conference Day One: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 ]