Improving Employee Retention- A Successful Program Through the Eyes of an Employee

Staffing shortages are prevalent in nearly every healthcare profession, but most notable are the vacancies within the nursing and EMS professions. Recruitment and retention is a hot-topic within the air medical industry and there is an ever decreasing pool at which to recruit nurses and medics from. But once hired, how does a flight service retain their nurses and paramedics for the "long-haul" in addition to fostering a culture of giving back to the organization and the community they serve? In this lecture hear from a current Flight Paramedic/ RN (not a supervisor or manager) of one such organization that has a successful track record of employee retention, low turnover, and how you can institute some of these practices in your flight service.