Webinar: How to Hire for Hospital Expansion: Insights from Phoebe Putney Health System

Are you looking for innovative strategies to control talent acquisition (TA) costs and boost recruitment and retention efforts? Bruce Mattos, System Director of Talent Acquisition for Phoebe Putney Health System, offered insightful information during an exclusive interview with Adam Bindford, Vivian's Director of Client Development. Bruce has 29 years of recruitment expertise, including 20 in healthcare. During this webinar, Bruce and Adam discussed strategies to keep TA costs low on a per-hire basis. 

Phoebe Health is a non-profit network based in Albany, Georgia. Over 4,500 physicians, nurses, professional staff and volunteers comprise the network's health system, which boasts primary and urgent care centers, hospitals and specialty service centers to serve more than 500,000 residents in a 41-county region.

As Phoebe Health undergoes expansion, Bruce has taken on the challenge of hiring 25 nurses per month. Adam explored critical questions in Phoebe’s TA strategy to learn how Bruce’s team adapted to the current hiring marketplace.

During the webinar, Bruce discussed:

• Rural Recruiting: What innovations have been made to attract nurses to rural hospital locations?
• Internal Travel Agency: How did creating an internal travel agency help with employee retention?
• Innovative Training Program: How did Phoebe Health build and implement an innovative Nursing Simulation & Training Education Program (NSTEP) for new nursing graduates over the past four years?
• Simulation-Based Learning: What kinds of technology does Phoebe use, including for simulation-based learning programs?

We also covered broad trends in the nurse recruitment market, including:

• What are nurses seeking in new roles?
• What are common anti-burnout programs and how do they work?
• What hiring programs best promote diversity and inclusion?

Vivian empowers healthcare professionals to find jobs they love across many types of healthcare work, including staff roles, per-diem shifts, local contracts and travel positions. For employers, Vivian helps fill roles faster than traditional recruiting practices and at a fraction of the cost, saving them millions of dollars and helping alleviate labor shortages in healthcare.

You don't want to miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from one of the industry's leading experts. If you missed the initial webinar on October 10th or want to revisit what you heard, click the video above.