New website to recruit health professionals for Virginia hospitals

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia’s hospitals and well being care services proceed to face a scarcity of staff. And now, the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Affiliation is launching a brand new web site to carry extra well being care staff to the Commonwealth.

Hospitals throughout the nation had been coping with a workforce scarcity earlier than COVID 19, and the pandemic has solely made issues worse.

The VHHA has launched ‘On Board Virginia,’ to assist fill greater than 11,000 open positions at hospitals and well being techniques within the state.

Julian Walker is the group’s Vice President of Communications.

“It is a critical problem,” Walker informed WDBJ7 in an interview Monday morning. “It’s one our members have contended with and proceed to take care of, however it’s additionally one which we now have to be clear-eyed about and work on options and techniques to deal with it.”

The web site is directed towards youthful healthcare professionals, with the aim of retaining people who’re educated in Virginia, and persuading others to construct their careers right here.

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