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  • 1Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust.

Community Practitioner : the Journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association
|May 27, 2006
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Recruiting and retaining health visitors presents challenges for primary care teams. This paper shares experiences and offers a process to address workforce needs and skill mix in health visiting services.

Area of Science:

  • Community Health Nursing
  • Healthcare Human Resources
  • Primary Care Workforce Development

Background:

  • Health visiting teams face evolving workforce demands in primary care.
  • Recruitment and retention are critical for maintaining service delivery.
  • Adapting team composition, or skill mix, is essential for meeting contemporary challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document the human resource experiences of a health visiting team.
  • To highlight specific recruitment and retention issues encountered.
  • To propose a practical working process for other health visiting teams.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of a recruitment attempt for a health visitor position.
  • Description of the recruitment of a staff nurse to alter the team's skill mix.

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  • Qualitative reflection on the human resource challenges and solutions.

    • Main Results:

    • A direct recruitment attempt for a health visitor was unsuccessful.
    • A staff nurse was recruited to enhance the team's skill mix.
    • Identified significant recruitment and retention challenges within the team.

    Conclusions:

    • Health visiting teams must navigate complex human resource issues.
    • Flexible recruitment strategies, including altering skill mix, are necessary.
    • The presented working process can guide other teams in addressing workforce needs.