Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Challenges- Grow Wisconsin Initiative

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Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Challenges-Grow
Wisconsin Initiative
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Why Wisconsin is Facing a Health Care Workforce
Shortage

• Record number of baby boomers retiring with more
  need for health care services as they age
• By 2020- one out of every six will be age 65.
• By 2030- one out of every five will be age 65.
• Inadequate supply of new and replacement workers
  entering the workforce
• Too few instructors to meet the need in high
  growth/demand health care occupations and
• Limited access to clinical sites to gain
  competency in the chosen health care field.

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Wisconsin Health Care Employment Projections by
2012

• Total growth in jobs will increase 13.3, while
  growth in health care will be 30.3 -over 10,000
  health care jobs needed EVERY YEAR for the next
  TEN years.
• 3 of the states 10 largest employing industries
  will be health care related- ambulatory health
  care services, hospitals, and nursing and
  residential care facilities.
• In addition, one out of every five Wisconsin jobs
  will be in one of these industries.
• In other words, Wisconsin not only needs to
  replace retiring workers, but also needs to fill
  newly created job due to increased demand.

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Select Committee on Healthcare Workforce
Development

• Created by the DWD in 2003
• 30 leaders in the healthcare industry, labor,
  education, and government
• Meets quarterly to develop collaborative
  approaches to healthcare workforce challenges

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Registered Nurses !

• Registered nurses will have the most total job
  openings and the greatest growth in new jobs over
  the next 10 years
• 14,600 new jobs
• 9,700 replacement jobs
• 2,400 RNs needed in each year for the next 10
  years
• An average of over 2000 RN graduates in
  Wisconsins 2 4 year schools per year, but not
  all stay in Wisconsin.
• Other states are actively recruiting and many are
  putting significant resources behind their efforts

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Additional Health Care Growth Areas

• Rad Techs and Surg Techs demand is expected
  to grow 27.7 and 35.7 respectively through
  2012.
• Need for 1,000 new Rad Techs by 2012.
• Over 600 new Surg Techs will be needed by 2012.
• Need for quality Long Term Care Workers, due to
  the aging population, and the trend for
  home-based care.
• Some estimates are that 2/3 of healthcare workers
  will be in Long Term Care in the future

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Department of Workforce Development Efforts

• In addition to convening the Select Committee,
  DWD has also implemented a number of efforts to
  address the coming health care workforce
  shortage
• Adult Apprenticeship in Allied Health Occupations
• Youth Apprenticeship in Health Services
• No-Lift or Safe Patient Lifting Initiative
• Statewide Job Service Health Care Liaisons
• New DWD Web Sites
• httpdwd.wisconsin.gov/healthcare/
• httpworknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/

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Regional Highlights- Innovative Approaches

• Northwest
• Northwest WDB received a 215,00 federal grant
  to pool human resources and address other needs
  of the health care community.
• Chippewa Valley Tech College 10.2 million
  expansion of the Health Education Center,
  graduating more health care workers.

• Northeast
• Bay Area WDB contracted for specialized LPN
  programs for dislocated workers.
• Fox Valley WDB created the Fox Valley Health
  Care Alliance seeking solutions to the shortage
  of nursing and other allied health care
  professionals.

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Regional Highlights- Innovative Approaches

• Southwest
• Southwest WDB created a bi-lingual CNA training
  program.
• South Central WDB received a 1.14 million grant
  to provide free training to workers in the area
  of health care.
• UW-Madison, School of Nursing increased
  undergraduate enrollment by more than 50.

• Southeast
• Waukesha County Technical College received a 2.3
  million grant to expand health programs
  partnering with WOW WDB, Alverno College, the VA
  Hospital, and the State Youth Apprenticeship
  Program.
• Concordia University offers a MA program that
  serves an underserved area and minority
  population.
• UW-Milwaukee received a 1.3 million grant to
  expand the nurse faculty program.

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Issues the Select Committee will Focus on in 2006

• Continue to seek funding to expand educational
  capacity.
• Address faculty shortages, develop alternative
  strategies for certifying educators, and increase
  capacity in graduate programs.
• Explore system change to redesign workplace,
  creating workplaces of choice, flexible
  scheduling, shared governance models, and expand
  career opportunities.
• Examine ways to make long term care careers more
  desirable wages, health care benefits, career
  ladders, better training, and increased respect.

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Thank You

• To view the Health Care Workforce Website
• Please Visit
• http//dwd.wisconsin.gov/healthcare/