Northeast Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Survey

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* 4. Please describe the health facility for which you work:

Hospital

Clinic

Outpatient
Therapy

Independent
Laboratory

Private
Practice Medical Office

Nursing Home

Home Health Care

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please describe your position within the
organization:

President/CEO

Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operations Officer

Human Resources Director / HR Staff

Office Manager

Chief Nursing Officer

Education/Training Director

Public/Community Relations

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How satisfied are you with your
organization’s current ability to recruit and
retain the trained health care professionals
necessary to effectively complete your
mission?

Completely Unsatisfied

Somewhat Unsatisfied

Satisfied

Somewhat Satisfied

Completely Satisfied

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* 7. What challenges do you face in
recruiting staff? (check all that apply)

None. We regularly recruit enough highly qualified candidates.

Not enough trained professionals for the fields we recruit

Limited experience of applicants

Lose qualified applicants to other local providers.

Lose qualified applicants to positions in larger cities.

Need to recruit from outside the local area.

Other providers pay more.

Too few applicants have the soft-skills to fit in well in our organizational culture.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Of the challenges you checked, which two are the most significant?

Challenge 1:

Challenge 2:

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* 9. Which of the following hinders hiring? (check all that apply)

Drug test results

Poor work history

lack of soft skills

lack of transportation

Inadequate child care options

Scheduling

Criminal record

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What challenges do you face in retaining employees? (Check all that apply)

Refusal to follow rules and policies of organization.

Poor communication skills.

Poor work ethic.

Employees take positions with other local providers.

Retirement.

Once hired, it becomes clear that employee training was inadequate to meet our needs.

Other organizations offer better compensation packages.

Employees take positions with other non-local providers.

Poor attitude.

Employees are released for lack of soft-skills.

None. Once hired, our employees tend to stay with us.

Employees choose to leave the health field completely.

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Of these retention challenges, which two are most significant for your organization?

Challenge 1:

Challenge 2:

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* 12. Currently, what are your most difficult to fill positions?

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* 13. What contributes to making these positions difficult to fill?

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* 14. Looking forward, what (if any) additional or new recruitment challenges do you anticipate? (New offerings being added, etc.)

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* 15. Does your organization currently offer clinical opportunities for schools / students?

Yes

Used to offer opportunities, but no longer do.

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* 16. In what fields/departments do you offer clinical opportunities?

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* 17. How satisfied are you with hosting the clinical experiences?

Completely Unsatisfied

Somewhat Unsatisfied

Satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Completely satisfied

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* 18. Do the clinical experiences offer a meaningful pipeline for recruitment of new employees?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What (if any) suggestions do you have for schools / training programs to improve the clinical experience for your organization?

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* 20. Do you currently have a preceptor training program?

Yes

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* 21. Do you currently offer an externship or other school-to-work program?

Yes

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* 22. Do you offer scholarships or other education assistance for current employees to attend school to advance their education / career?

Yes

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* 23. Does your organization offer internal training programs?

Yes

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* 24. Please estimate the annual turnover rate in entry-level skills jobs at your organization.

0 - 10 percent

10-25 percent

25 - 50 percent

More than 50 percent

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* 25. How many job openings do you anticipate in the next 12 -24 months?

0 - 5 openings

6 - 15 openings

16 - 25 openings

26 - 50 openings

50 - 100 openings

More than 100 openings

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* 26. Does your company utilize the public workforce programs for recruitment and screening?

Yes

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* 27. Do you have restrictions on hiring some targeted populations, such as ex-offenders?

Yes

If yes, please explain.

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* 28. What percentage of your workers do not have a high school equivalency?

All employees must have at least a high school equivalency.

1 - 10 percent

11 - 20 percent

More than 20 percent

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* 29. What percent of your workers have a declared disability?

0 - 5 percent

6 - 10 percent

11- 20 percent

More than 20 percent

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* 30. What (if any) educational programs would you like to see created or expanded locally by colleges, universities or Career Tech centers?

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* 31. Would your organization be interested in local education providers offering continuing education programs that your employees could attend?

Yes

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* 32. Beyond workforce development, what other major issues concern your organization? (Please list all that apply)

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* 33. Would your organization be interested in participating in regional collaborative lobbying or advocacy efforts to address these concerns?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Company/Organization Name

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* 2. Your Name

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* 3. Email address

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* 4. Please describe the health facility for which you work:

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* 5. Please describe your position within theorganization:

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* 6. How satisfied are you with yourorganization’s current ability to recruit andretain the trained health care professionalsnecessary to effectively complete yourmission?

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* 7. What challenges do you face inrecruiting staff? (check all that apply)

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* 8. Of the challenges you checked, which two are the most significant?

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* 9. Which of the following hinders hiring? (check all that apply)

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* 10. What challenges do you face in retaining employees? (Check all that apply)

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* 11. Of these retention challenges, which two are most significant for your organization?

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* 12. Currently, what are your most difficult to fill positions?

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* 13. What contributes to making these positions difficult to fill?

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* 14. Looking forward, what (if any) additional or new recruitment challenges do you anticipate? (New offerings being added, etc.)

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* 15. Does your organization currently offer clinical opportunities for schools / students?

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* 16. In what fields/departments do you offer clinical opportunities?

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* 17. How satisfied are you with hosting the clinical experiences?

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* 18. Do the clinical experiences offer a meaningful pipeline for recruitment of new employees?

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* 19. What (if any) suggestions do you have for schools / training programs to improve the clinical experience for your organization?

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* 20. Do you currently have a preceptor training program?

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* 21. Do you currently offer an externship or other school-to-work program?

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* 22. Do you offer scholarships or other education assistance for current employees to attend school to advance their education / career?

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* 23. Does your organization offer internal training programs?

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* 24. Please estimate the annual turnover rate in entry-level skills jobs at your organization.

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* 25. How many job openings do you anticipate in the next 12 -24 months?

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* 26. Does your company utilize the public workforce programs for recruitment and screening?

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* 27. Do you have restrictions on hiring some targeted populations, such as ex-offenders?

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* 28. What percentage of your workers do not have a high school equivalency?

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* 29. What percent of your workers have a declared disability?

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* 30. What (if any) educational programs would you like to see created or expanded locally by colleges, universities or Career Tech centers?

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* 31. Would your organization be interested in local education providers offering continuing education programs that your employees could attend?

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* 32. Beyond workforce development, what other major issues concern your organization? (Please list all that apply)

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* 33. Would your organization be interested in participating in regional collaborative lobbying or advocacy efforts to address these concerns?

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* 34. Please list any other thought, concern or suggestion you may have regarding health field workforce development.

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* 35. What industry associations do you belong to? (Please list all that apply.)

* 5. Please describe your position within the
organization:

* 6. How satisfied are you with your
organization’s current ability to recruit and
retain the trained health care professionals
necessary to effectively complete your
mission?

* 7. What challenges do you face in
recruiting staff? (check all that apply)