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Category: Healthcare

  • Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Texas Tech University

    Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Texas Tech University

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Texas Tech University’s Accelerated BSN program, who hosted a Mental Health Stimulation Day in May.

    “This year, we incorporated a brief Wellness Station into our Simulation Day. This station included activities which explored time management, test anxiety, sleep issues, and perfectionism,” Kara Moellenberg (MSN, CPNP, RN), Program Instructor and Austin Clinical Site Coordinator, said. “Students were able to listen to music, dim the lights and take some time to rest and reflect during this very busy semester of our program. It is important to remind students (and faculty) to take care of themselves!”

    Texas Tech University is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare. Learn more about how the CTHP is leading workforce development in the Central Texas healthcare industry.

  • Local organizations, schools work to combat nursing shortages in Central Texas

    Local organizations, schools work to combat nursing shortages in Central Texas

    A handful of Austin-area organizations and educational institutions are working to combat projected nursing shortages with special programs, partnerships and scholarships.

    Ashley King, WSCA’s director of healthcare partnerships, said that in Austin:

    • 16,000 nurses are currently employed
    • An additional 4,000 will be needed in the next 10 years

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  • Training Austinites for Roles in Healthcare & Tech with QS Academy

    Training Austinites for Roles in Healthcare & Tech with QS Academy

    QS Academy is a premier provider of workforce development training throughout the United States, specializing in serving job seekers, military personnel, government employees, and professionals in the healthcare and IT industries. Their fundamental mission is to empower individuals to achieve their career ambitions through outstanding education and training programs. QS Academy and Workforce Solutions Capital Area have collaborated successfully for over three years due to our shared objectives. Together, we are dedicated to ensuring the success of participants interested in training, thereby enhancing their families’ financial prospects. Here’s a concise overview of QS Academy’s offerings:
    • QS Academy offers short-term, online career training programs leading to national certifications in Information Technology and Healthcare fields.
    • Our programs feature flexible start dates and utilize Bootcamp models, ensuring adaptability to individual schedules.
    • We prioritize equipping students with the skills and knowledge necessary to pass National Credential Exams within a structured learning environment.
    • Students commit 16-20 hours per week to coursework, supported by monitored training and consistent outreach from our dedicated team.
    • One-on-one mentoring sessions are provided to enhance student learning and overall success.
    • Our Career Service team offers comprehensive job placement assistance, aiding students in securing employment upon program completion.
    • To facilitate learning, training materials include laptops (if needed), physical and/or electronic books, practice exams, and exam fees.
    QS Academy is deeply committed to providing top-tier education and support to our students, ensuring they are well-prepared to excel in their chosen field.    
  • Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Texas A&M

    Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Spotlight on Texas A&M

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Texas A&M’s School of Nursing. Here, in their own words, are how they are creating positive community impact locally.

    Katie Bailey graduated with a BSN from the Texas A&M School of Nursing in 2019. Nursing was her second career and a melding of her two lifelong passions: people and science.

    After becoming a parent to two children with a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease, her passion for delivering patient and family-centered care grew. She saw the impact nurses made on her children’s care, and her passion for the healthcare field was reignited.

    Katie is currently a clinical supervisor with an education focus at Dell Children’s. She cares for patients part-time while also working with a phenomenal leadership team and staff, and she feels incredibly lucky to get to do both. She loves continuing to care for patients and enjoys working collaboratively to assess education needs and facilitating growth to promote staff confidence and patient safety.

    Texas A&M is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare. Learn more about how the CTHP is leading workforce development in the Central Texas healthcare industry.

  • Huge Growth Brings Huge Opportunity | Healthcare Industry Snapshot (Feb 2024)

    Huge Growth Brings Huge Opportunity | Healthcare Industry Snapshot (Feb 2024)

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area (WFS) regularly analyzes the regional labor market to identify the most in-demand industries and occupations.

    Our new white paper gives a healthcare industry snapshot so that Austin area companies and organizations can better understand the local business climate. This report offers data and innovative solutions to meet talent demand through our region’s industry sector partnership (the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership or CTHP, convened by WFS).

    Read the white paper for more on the competition for talent in Austin’s fast-growing healthcare industry and where to look for strategies to attract and retain that talent.

    Grow your business through talent: Workforce Solutions is uniquely positioned to help employers of all industries directly connect with local job seekers and talent. We’re collaborative and can tailor services based on your company’s needs. Get started.

  • Local high schoolers get hands-on nursing practice at Texas State University Round Rock

    Local high schoolers get hands-on nursing practice at Texas State University Round Rock

     

    Over 50 students from nine local school districts attended Workforce Solutions Capital Area’s biannual Nursing Academy on Feb. 21 for a day of interactive learning in Texas State University Round Rock’s five nursing simulation labs.

    The academy is put on twice a year through WSCA’s Central Texas Healthcare Partnership, which consists of Baylor Scott & White, Ascension Seton and St. David’s HealthCare.

    “There’s so much negative publicity in the news about nursing,” said Ashley King, WSCA director of health care partnerships. “We’re really trying to give a positive spin to a really great career opportunity and all of the different career options that they have—the different pathways, the different tracks that they could do.”

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  • Nursing academy aims to fill Central Texas nursing shortage

    Nursing academy aims to fill Central Texas nursing shortage

     

    Central Texas high school students filled the classrooms at Texas State University’s Round Rock campus on Wednesday.

    Health care professionals hope they may be a solution to a much larger problem.

    “Our shortage is pretty substantial,” said Ashley King, the director of health care partnerships with Workforce Solutions Capital Area. “Nursing is the larger shortage that we have in health care, and with an expected 6 percent increase in the next 10 years.”

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  • Concordia University’s Community Impact in 2023

    Concordia University’s Community Impact in 2023

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area partners with many local healthcare employers to train and hire the workforce for this key local industry. One of our partners is Concordia University in Austin. Here, in their own words, are how they are creating positive community impact this year.

    At Concordia, our nursing education goes beyond the classroom to provide real impact to the Austin area community – even as far as the Dominican Republic and Alaska. Here’s a look at our nursing student’s experiences this year using what they learned for good.

    We finalized a partnership with the United Way for our senior level nursing students to achieve certification for hearing and vision screening and are using that to provide hearing and vision screening to children in need across the Austin area. Our nursing students participated in medical mission trips this summer. We have more medical mission trips coming up in spring and summer 2024. Dominican Republic: April 29 – May 6
    • Nursing students and nursing faculty
    • At Mission of Hope campus
    • We visited Haitian schools to complete vision screenings, color-blind screenings for Haitian children and BP screenings and blood glucose screenings for students and teachers.
    Alaska: July 9 – 16
    • Nursing students and nursing faculty
    • Completed a community assessment in Chevak, AK, to design a future partnership with the public health nurses in the community to deliver health screenings, education, and vaccines.
      • Met with community leaders like Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Native Hospital and the public health department.
      • Nursing students worked on a needs assessment to determine access to vital resources that can influence health in the community. We did this to make connections in the village in hopes to return on future mission trips and serve the community

    Concordia University is a member of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. The partnership was founded in early 2018 under the leadership of three Central Texas healthcare industry leaders: Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton, and St. David’s HealthCare. Learn more about how the CTHP is leading workforce development in the Central Texas healthcare industry.

  • Workforce Solutions to Host Nursing Academy

    Workforce Solutions to Host Nursing Academy

     

    On Tuesday, September 26, Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, and the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership (represented by Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton and St. David’s HealthCare) will host a nursing academy for junior and high school students in the Central Texas area.

    This event will allow students from Austin, Del Valle, Dripping Springs, Elgin, Georgetown, Hays, Leander, Lockhart, Pflugerville and Round Rock ISDs, as well as local charter schools and American YouthWorks, to explore nursing career paths, along with hands-on opportunities in Austin Community College’s simulation labs to experience wound care, injections, and IV lines.

    The nursing shortage is the largest gap in employment for healthcare, and the event is designed to help inspire the next generation of skilled healthcare workers, as well as spotlight the value nurses provide to our community.

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  • Program seeks to increase job training for nurses

    Program seeks to increase job training for nurses

     

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area has partnered with Austin Community College and health care training nonprofit Dwyer Workforce Development to increase job training for nurses needed throughout Central Texas.

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area is covering tuition and some child care costs for students taking the training offered by Dwyer, with a personal case manager available to assist with the application process.

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