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Category: Healthcare

  • Healthcare Workforce Development: Vital Signs & Preventative Care (June 2023)

    Healthcare Workforce Development: Vital Signs & Preventative Care (June 2023)

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

    So that Austin area businesses and organizations can better understand the local business climate, WFS published a new report offering offers local healthcare employer perspectives, 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).

    What they’re saying:

    • Jay Huckabee, market chief HR executive at Ascension Seton and active member of the CTHP: “We’re all competitors, but at the end of the day, we’re here for the community and making sure we’re taking care of our patients… We have to solve the challenges of healthcare in this community as a team. We’re not going to do it individually.”

    Read the full report 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.

  • Austin Community College partnership aims to train nurses

    Austin Community College partnership aims to train nurses

     

    As the nursing shortage continues to grow, Austin Community College launched a program July 24 with Dwyer Workforce Development, a health care training nonprofit, to combat the issues.

    The new program from ACC and DWD offers an easier pathway for students who want to work in health care, with an opportunity to become certified nursing aides. The program is specifically designed to provide support services in and out of the classroom, often for underrepresented communities in health care.

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  • Austin Community College and Dwyer Workforce Development partner for innovative nurse-training program to address healthcare staffing crisis

    Austin Community College and Dwyer Workforce Development partner for innovative nurse-training program to address healthcare staffing crisis

     

    Austin Community College and Dwyer Workforce Development have teamed up to launch a new, innovative nurse-training program right here in Central Texas. The new partnership will bring together federal, state, and local resources to create new pathways for those looking to enter the healthcare industry. Organizers say the program will support scholars who lack opportunity, improve the healthcare staffing crisis, and therefore improve the lives of seniors.

    The program will launch with the college’s Continuing Education fast-track certified nurse aides (CNA) program, with additional support provided through Workforce Solutions Capital Area and other partners. The program intends to train 100 CNAs in the first part of the partnership.

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  • Austin Community College to launch partnership to train more nurses

    Austin Community College to launch partnership to train more nurses

     

    Austin Community College said it and a Maryland-based non-profit will launch a partnership Monday aiming to train more nurses to fill a gap in health care in Central Texas.

    According to the ACC announcement, the partnership between the college and Dwyer Workforce Development will begin with the school’s certified nurse aide (CNA) program.

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  • Dwyer Workforce Development partners with ACC to make nursing certification attainable for nontraditional students

    Dwyer Workforce Development partners with ACC to make nursing certification attainable for nontraditional students

     

    A nonprofit that is establishing roots in Austin will support 100 nontraditional students in their journey to become certified nurses at no tuition cost through a new partnership with Austin Community College.

    The two entities are being supported by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, which mediated the agreement and is financially backing the new program, with direct support for eligible program participants, including child care services.

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  • Healthcare apprenticeships available for graduating Austin teens

    Healthcare apprenticeships available for graduating Austin teens

     

    Workforce Solutions Capital Area and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area are partnering with major hospital groups and local clinics to provide on the job training and support classroom learning for Austin teens graduating high school.

    Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to apply for a health care apprenticeship; however, applicants must have a high school diploma or general education development certificate in order to sit for the certification exam at the end of the apprenticeship training.

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  • Opinion: Connecting workers to health care careers is critical

    Opinion: Connecting workers to health care careers is critical

    Coordinating among entities that supply workers can be daunting. However, Austin is one of the metropolitan areas that is doing this well – and the city’s success can be an example for other communities looking to shore up their economic futures in the heartland and beyond.

    Take for example Workforce Solutions Capital Area (WSCA), which helps fill entry-level positions and provides upskilling opportunities so that students can progress to nursing jobs.

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