HR Strategy and Workforce Planning for Healthcare
How many people, in which roles, by when — and what they will cost.
What this looks like in healthcare
The parts of hr strategy and workforce planning that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Hospital Workforce Planning
The right number of people, across departments, shifts and locations.
What this coversHide
Hospital Workforce Planning
The right number of people, across departments, shifts and locations.
What this coversHideWorkforce plans are built from how the hospital actually runs:
- Department requirements
- Bed capacity
- Patient volumes
- Operational hours
- Shift requirements
- Critical roles
- Skill requirements
- Expansion plans
- New departments
- New hospital locations
The plan exists to answer five questions:
- How many people do we need?
- Where do we need them?
- When do we need them?
- What skills should they have?
- What will the workforce cost?
The general method — what hr strategy and workforce planning covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the hr strategy and workforce planning page. What is above is the part that differs for healthcare.
Other HR topics for healthcare
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.