Attracting And Retaining Staff

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ATTRACTING AND RETAINING STAFF

Attracting And Retaining Staff
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Contemporary issue in HRM...........................................................................................................3
Lack of employee retention and productivity..................................................................................3
Lack of talent management in the healthcare sector........................................................................4
Work-life balance issue among nurses............................................................................................6
Recruitment issue in the healthcare sector.......................................................................................7
Lack of teamwork in healthcare care setting...................................................................................9
Impact of HRM issue on patient's health.......................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................12

Attracting And Retaining Staff
Introduction
Human resource management controls many issues like employee relation, staff retention
and recruitment, legal matters. In this essay, the healthcare industry is chosen. The human
resource practices improve the overall patient health delivery and outcomes of healthcare
services. The HR department gains profit by overcoming all the challenges such as health care
regulation, economic instabilities. In this essay various healthcare related issues such as
employee retention issues due to job dissatisfaction, stress and other contemporary issues in
HRM are going to discuss. Proper management in human resource provides a high-quality
service to the patient whereas poor management causes life and death factor for the patient.
Contemporary issue in HRM
Lack of employee retention and productivity
The human resource is significantly important in any healthcare industry to run smoothly.
The human resource department depends on the ability of the employees like nurses and other
staffs to provide the patient with the best services in an efficient manner. According to Asegid,
Belachew & Yimam (2014) in the healthcare industry, the anticipated turnover and job
satisfaction among the nurses are great factors.
Employee retention
The qualified nurses are not retained and separated from the health industry and as a
result, there is a significant vacancy in the operation which effects in providing the service to the
customer.

Attracting And Retaining Staff
Thus the turnover of the nursing workforce occurs in the healthcare system. The causes of
turnover in the workforce are the environment in the working area and the group cohesion with
other major factors such as recognition of the work, professional training.
Employee retention is concerned in all healthcare industry as the employee turnover is disruptive
and costly. In order to mitigate the turnover problem in the organization, the manager needs to
focus on the implementation of the working environment rather than trying to improve the
retention policy of the nursing experience. Along with the increasing number of patient, the
nurse retention is also increasing and it is a big factor in the healthcare industry (Kossivi, Xu, &
Kalgora 2016).
Job satisfaction
In the healthcare industry, the quality of services and productivity depend on the
organisation’s ability to manage the human resource. Job satisfaction refers to the individual's
positive and negative feeling regarding their jobs. Job satisfaction is motivational and also it
increases the job performance. Obedgiu (2017) stated that there are various factors which are
responsible to influence the nurses to leave their jobs such as reward, recognition, compensation,
work-life balance and working environment. The population is increasing rapidly so there is a
high demand in healthcare service. In order to serve better, the healthcare organisation must have
efficient and sufficient staffs. The wage is also an important factor in nurse retention. Due to the
lack of organisation culture all the nurses are facing challenges which cause job satisfaction.
Lack of talent management in the healthcare sector
One of the fastest growing industries is healthcare. Baker (2014) asserted that the
healthcare industry provides the best and quality care to the patient. It requires well trained
medical professionals, doctors, nurses, medical residents the healthcare organisation also needs