Public Health Human Resource Planning and Workforce

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Context

• National PHHR Task Group
• PHAC HR Strategies, National PH Competency project
• National HHR activities
• National Aboriginal HHR activities
• National Public Health Collaborating Centres
• Western provinces collaborative on HHR planning
• Canadian Nurses Association – Public Health Nurse certification and competency development
• Environmental Health Officer competency development
• Epidemiologists competency development
• MoH HHR Annual Plan
• MoH HHR Special Advisor being hired
• UBC and SFU Schools of Public Health developing
• BCIT – Environmental Health Officer program development
• RHA Gap Analyses
• PHABC Public Health Capacity Assessment
• PHW initiatives to develop workers e.g. Tobacco Officer and Licensing Officer professional development
• Core Public Health Programs – Provincial Services initiative

Activity Areas

1. Planning the workforce
2. Developing the workforce
3. Organizing the workforce
4. Recruitment and retention

Planning for the workforce

• Define and monitor the workforce
• Develop a database public health workers and needs
• Develop planning strategies, tools, and models, including emergency planning for surge capacity needs
• Contribute to annual MoH HHR plan
• Liaise with other HHR planning initiatives and other PHHR planners
• Evaluate progress