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Lisa Mitchell
Program Manager, Workforce Development

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Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion (DHEI) Resources

Teri Hollingsworth Lisa Mitchell

The recent protests related to racial inequality and social injustice juxtaposed with the pandemic and its disparate impact on minority communities has emphasized the need for hospitals to examine their commitment to diversity and inclusion to better serve patient populations. 

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Clinical Lab Scientists Program (CLS) 2019
2019 Update

Lisa Mitchell

HASC is collaborating with California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and Managed Career Solutions (MCS), a workforce system partner, to fill hospitals’ critical workforce needs for Clinical Lab Scientists (CLS).  

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Care for the Caregiver Resources

Teri Hollingsworth Lisa Mitchell

HASC is committed to the well-being of its member hospitals and recognizes that resilient, healthy employees are a workforce asset every day, especially during the current pandemic. During these challenging times, we realize that your health care workforce may be experiencing higher levels of stress, anxiety, grief, and other challenges as safe and reliable patient care continues to be provided to the communities that you serve. 

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Priority Workforce Job Portal
Positions Open for Immediate Hire

Teri Hollingsworth Lisa Mitchell

As Southern California hospitals and health systems closely monitor the development of COVID-19, the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) recognizes the economic impact this has had on the state as a whole and its local servicing region. HASC understands that recent conditions have altered the workforce landscape and intensified the need for health care professionals. That is why HASC created this website—to help Southern California hospitals fill positions essential to the fight against COVID-19.

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Workforce Issues White Paper
Workforce challenges, approaches and solutions

Lisa Mitchell

HASC in collaboration with FutureSense LLC has released Southern California’s Health Care Workforce: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions – which reviews data collected by HR leaders in area hospitals on trends in hiring, recruitment, workforce planning, turnover and retention, training, and the physician shortage. 

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SlingShot Initiative — Los Angeles County, Ventura County
Addressing skilled care coordination workforce needs

Lisa Mitchell

The Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Regional Health Care Coordination Project: C3 Skills Alliance Collaborative for Care Coordination was formed under the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) SlingShot Initiative, to address the increased need for a skilled care coordination workforce among hospital and clinic health systems.

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RN Specialty Pipeline Project
Providing clinical education to new and experienced RNs transitioning to new roles

Lisa Mitchell

HASC in association with HealthImpact is establishing academic-practice partnerships to develop nursing education courses in seven specialty areas — including perioperative, critical care, emergency, labor and delivery, neonatal ICU, case manager and care coordinator. 

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General Information

College to Career
Diversity Internship Program (CDIP)
Creating the next generation of health care leaders

Lisa Mitchell

[Photo] 2021 HASC CDIP Interns

Program Details

In 2018, HASC collaborated with Health Career Connection (HCC), a national internship program that connects talented and diverse undergraduate students and recent graduates — particularly those from under-represented backgrounds, to successfully pursue health care and public health careers.

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Overview

Targeted Efforts

Lisa Mitchell
HASC Workforce Development is a multi-pronged effort to support workforce needs across the region — especially in areas with a shortage of trained and qualified employees.