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Recruitment:<br />

Establish a Coast-wide recruitment agency for primary care to support all<br />

practices/IFHCs, recruiting in the first instance all new permanent and locum primary<br />

care nurses and GPs for the West Coast.<br />

Work with practice owners to define what will be done by central agency, what<br />

processes they will need to manage, (eg. contracting).<br />

Develop a relationship with NZ locums to avoid duplication: subcontract what they do<br />

best.<br />

Establish fair processes for allocating available locums or new staff to IFHCs<br />

(distribute according to where recruits want to go and where the patient:GP/nurse ratio<br />

is highest).<br />

Plan, co-ordinate and support the orientation of all new doctors/nurses, working closely<br />

with the IFHC managers.<br />

Support recruitment for new pharmacists as required, and develop joint appointments<br />

between DHB and private pharmacies.<br />

Obtain feedback from all locums and new staff that can be used to improve recruitment<br />

processes.<br />

Develop a plan to increase the Māori health workforce.<br />

Create an atmosphere where Māori want to come and work because there is an<br />

organisational commitment to support the Māori workforce, ie. “Māori Friendly”.<br />

Retention:<br />

Provide central co-ordination to ensure all new recruits and their families receive the<br />

support they need to integrate into the community.<br />

Provide peer mentoring of new recruits by a peer in a different IFHC as required.<br />

Assist the mentors of GPs who are under Medical Council supervision.<br />

Support collegial relationships by providing an annual weekend getaway that combines<br />

educational and fun activities for clinical staff and their families. Invite house<br />

surgeons.<br />

As part of the development of new models of care, work with each practice/ IFHC to<br />

evaluate current job content and job satisfaction for each current staff member.<br />

Review job descriptions with regard to who is the most appropriative person to do each<br />

task.<br />

Provide practice workshops that facilitate the development of a team approach.<br />

Provide comprehensive career planning and education to support this.<br />

Ensure nurses feel supported in their clinical environment and receive training to meet<br />

role specific competency requirements.<br />

Retain Māori workforce by providing a culturally appropriate working environment thus<br />

showing a clear demonstration of organizational commitment to the Māori workforce,<br />

development.<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 114

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