Here’s how to develop a more robust future workforce…
By Marie Stromme – Business Architect, Clinician Nexus
Building a strong pipeline of clinical talent is crucial for health care organizations, especially as workforce shortages and competition for qualified clinicians continue to increase. With Clinician Nexus’ powerful offboarding and evaluation capabilities, you can gain the insights needed to transform today’s student rotation experiences into tomorrow’s hiring advantages.
One of the features in our Student Management solution enables your organization to survey students at the end of their clinical experiences – allowing you to capture valuable feedback directly from those who have trained within your system. These surveys can help you understand how your organization is perceived by tomorrow’s workforce and identify what might drive students to return as future employees.
Our software offers three strategic opportunities to enhance your recruitment efforts:
1. Student Experience Surveys
Create a survey for students to complete during offboarding to help evaluate their experience overall. What makes your organization stand out to learners who will soon be looking for employment post-graduation? What opportunities are there to improve the experience that learners have when they come on site?
The answers to these questions can help you leverage and expand upon what the future workforce values in potential employers. It can also help to drive change that will better position you to recruit graduating students.
Use these surveys to:
- Capture valuable feedback about your organization’s strengths
- Identify what attracts future health care professionals
- Gather actionable insights to improve student rotations
- Understand what emerging clinicians value in potential employers
2. Career Interest Surveys
Measure every student’s interest in being contacted about future employment. Are they planning to stay in the area post-graduation? Would they consider joining your organization? Are there certain locations/areas that they are most interested in? When do they plan to start seeking employment?
Understanding their preferences – such as desired roles, departments, or locations – can help you build a proactive recruitment strategy that aligns with student interests and anticipated availability.
Use these surveys to:
- Track post-graduation plans and location preferences
- Gauge interest in future employment opportunities
- Identify preferred practice areas and timing for job searches
- Build targeted recruitment strategies based on direct feedback
3. Preceptor Evaluation Surveys
Evaluate clinicians who supervised students during their rotations to assess whether those students would be a good fit for your organization. Did the students adhere to expectations and policies? Did they demonstrate the appropriate level of competence and skill for their level of education? Would you recommend them for hire upon graduation – and why?
These evaluations can help you gain a valuable internal perspective on which students might be strong candidates for future employment.
Use these surveys to:
- Collect assessments from supervising clinicians
- Evaluate student competency and cultural fit
- Identify top candidates for future recruitment
- Generate reliable internal recommendations
Turn Insights Into Action
Through surveys like these, you can equip your talent acquisition and human resources teams with valuable data that helps to:
- Enhance your brand as an employer
- Improve student experiences
- Identify promising candidates early
- Make informed hiring decisions
- Strengthen your recruitment pipeline
These insights provide comprehensive information to better understand how your organization is perceived by the next generation of clinicians, as well as identify areas to capitalize on and areas for improvement. You’ll gain both student and preceptor perspectives that can inform recruitment strategies, highlight promising candidates, and help shape an exceptional learning environment that inspires students to return as employees.
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