WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
KPCA provides training and technical assistance in workforce development to Kentucky’s Community Health Centers. Our Workforce Program Manager links our health centers to resources that assist in the recruitment, retention, and development of staff. Additionally, to meet the future needs of the primary care workforce KPCA encourages and facilitates health professional education and training (HP-ET) in our community health centers.
KPCA WORKFORCE RESOURCES
HR/Workforce Peer Learning Collaborative
Our Human Resources and Workforce teams have joined forces to provide the HR and workforce staff at our health centers the opportunity to learn, share and develop professionally together. This collaborative facilitates conversations between health centers on relevant topics and provides resources to support the workforce of today while preparing for the needs of tomorrow.
Job Board
Our members post open positions including administrative, clinical, and clerical at their health centers in our Job Board. Additionally, if you are a physician, dentist, or behavioral health professional seeking a position at a community health center, click here (can you hyperlink an email to be sent to me?) to be connected to our Workforce Program Manager.
Workforce Action Plans
The Workforce Program Manager offers technical assistance through strategic workforce planning to our community health centers. Workforce action plans provide a framework for thinking strategically about the present and future workforce needs by identifying goals, assessing challenges and opportunities, analyzing the workforce environment then developing a road map to meet the workforce needs of the future.
Additional Resources
Kentucky Area Health Education Center Program
AHEC works to support, train, recruit and retain the best health care professionals in our region. The University of Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program is a collaborative effort with the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville Health Science Center, and eight regional centers to positively affect the distribution of health professionals throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
