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Workforce Development

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HASC Workforce Development

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.

 

Examples include the following targeted efforts:

HASC Workforce Program

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Employers: Do You have Operating Room or L&D Circulating Nurse Vacancies?
Prepare Your Nursing Staff in APU’s RN Perioperative Course this Summer

HASC’s workforce initiative partner, Azusa Pacific University (APU), is offering a perioperative RN specialty course this summer. New this semester, the course prepares labor and delivery nurses who need training to circulate for Cesarean deliveries. The APU RN Specialty course is available for any hospital in the region.

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2021 CDIP A Great Success – Seeking Hospitals for 2022

HASC would like to thank our College to Career Diversity Internship Program (CDIP) host sites, preceptors and interns for helping to make our 2021 CDIP program a great success!   

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Health Care Workforce Survey Update

Workforce challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact has prompted HASC to re-examine its workforce data collecting and reporting efforts. The availability of accurate workforce data is critical because it quantifies issues and allows for better decision making based on facts rather than anecdotes. Furthermore, this data is useful in identifying shortages and assists with analyzing workforce trends and anticipating changes.   

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Workforce Series Supports O.C. Hospitals

HASC invites you to attend a two-part O.C. Workforce Development Informational Webinar series featuring representatives from the Orange County Workforce Development Board (OCWDB) and Saddleback College’s Customized Training Program. 

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Clinical Lab Scientist 2020 Report Is Released

HASC is actively addressing the Clinical Laboratory Scientist shortage across the region and has released its 2020 Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) Program Summary Report. 

Working with California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), HASC seeks to fill hospitals’ critical workforce needs for Clinical Lab Scientists — known as CLS for short.  

Learn more about the program via the report, available below with a list of program training sites. 

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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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HASC Diversity Internship Seeks Hosts, Interns

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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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How to Meet Clinical Lab Scientist Demand Webinar — Learn How to Hire a CLS!

Dear Human Resources Executives and Laboratory Directors:

On Aug. 29, HASC Workforce Development held a 45-minute informational webinar – How to Meet Clinical Lab Scientist Demand. HASC is collaborating with Cal 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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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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About the Workforce Development Board

What Does the Workforce Development Board Do?

The City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board (WDB) oversees the expenditure of more than $50 million in public funds annually through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Board members are appointed by the Mayor from the leadership ranks of the education, economic development and organized labor fields as well as other key players in the Los Angeles economy.

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Workforce Development Board Contact Information

For more information about workforce development, use this listings here to contact the workforce investment board or workforce development board in your area. 

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Health Science Programs in Los Angeles & Orange Counties
Schools that offer training in health science

A number of schools in the Los Angeles / Orange County area provide training in health science. Use the comprehensive list of schools below  to find a comprehensive list of schools and their available programs. Click the school to see an overview of what is available, and where to find more information.