Assessment Item 3 – STRATEGIC HEALTH WORKFORCE ISSUE PAPER

THE TASK

You have been seconded to the Health Workforce Unit of your health service by the Chief Executive Officer to assist with workforce planning efforts to improve retention and encourage recruitment of nurses in the aged care services provided by the health service. Your immediate supervisor has tasked you to write a paper for the Board and Health Service Executive Group relating to a strategic health workforce issue relating to aged care.

Select one of the health workforce issues listed below. When you have selected the workforce issue that you wish to explore in this assignment, research, analyses and produce an academic paper of 2,500 words on the health workforce issue. Your submission must aIDress the following:

Rationale for it being a strategic workforce issues
Goals or objectives for solving the workforce issue that you have selected
Evidence-based strategies that would aIDress the issue being explored
Consideration of the change management issues that will need to be aIDressed in order to implement EACH of the evidence-based strategies that you have decided to use in your plan

Strategic Workforce Issues (select only one of these for your assignment)

Reforms required in aged care workforce roles to improve productivity and support more effective and efficient service delivery.
Development of an adaptable aged care workforce that is equipped with the required competencies and support to provides a team-based and collaborative model of care.
Development of leadership capacity to support and lead the aged care workforce in innovation and reform.
Aged Care workforce planning to account for emerging health workforce configuration, technology and competencies
Development of employment arrangements that are supportive of health workforce reform

MARKING CRITERIA

Element Criterion Mark
Critical analysis, undemanding of relevant concepts and theories AIDresses the strategic issues selected 30
Demonstrates and appropriate level of understanding of the theoretical principles and concepts 10
Applies principles and relevant concepts with arguments supported from the literature. 10
Conclusions and recommendations are supported by evidence and argument. 20
Original, cohesive and quality analysis 10
Use of Resources Evidence of adequate, appropriate and critical reading of course materials as well as library and database resources. 10
Communication The paper is intellectually coherent with clarity of ideas and structured with a logical flow of ideas. 5
The paper is written in an acceptable academic format with accurate citation and referencing. 5

Only peer reviewed journal articles should be used.

Use APA 6th style referencing.

Mention the library data base resources.

Layout should be presentable and content must have a good quality.

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Posted on May 24, 2016Author TutorCategories Question, Questions