A recent blog post by Select International discusses navigating the unique challenges of opening a new facility in healthcare.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Select International's website.
In many industries, opening a new facility is relatively common. Manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies are familiar with the start-up process. Our team has a pretty well-oiled approach to building a high volume selection system for a new facility. It starts more than two years in advance and we know exactly how it will work.
The exciting part of these projects is the opportunity to define, and build a culture, and a selection system to support it, from the ground up. Trying to change a culture and implement new processes in the face of history, tradition, and the politics of an existing organization can be painful, but setting these standards and expectations, before you open the doors, is a bit easier. But – it doesn’t mean there won’t be issues that arise and you should anticipate as many of these as possible.
What’s often missing is expertise in how to efficiently and effectively staff the new hospital and to define and build new cultural expectations into an on-going selection system and other talent strategies. For instance, the number of job titles, job families, and important hiring considerations in a hospital are significantly higher than a manufacturing or distribution facility. Fortunately, we’ve been able to combine our start-up expertise, with our healthcare selection expertise, to build selection systems for several new hospitals and the lessons we’ve learned can be applied to existing hospitals, too.
Here are a few things you can learn from those who’ve been through this process before. Click here to continue>>
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