Allied Health and Workforce Wellbeing: A data-driven strategy for iterative improvement
Clare Ramsden1, Caroline Davis11Tasmanian Health Service Hospitals South, Hobart, Tas, Australia
Abstract
Workforce wellbeing is a topic of great interest at the moment, as nationally we encounter workforce shortages and reports of high rates of burnout. Workforce wellbeing is highly correlated with patient safety, and yet we often have limited ability to understand risks around workforce wellbeing in our services. At Tasmanian Health Service Hospitals South, Allied Health Services have been instrumental in establishing a number of workforce wellbeing strategies. These include establishing the Health Round Table Wellbeing Index (HRT WBI) to provide data to the organisation and resources and support to individuals, implementing Schwartz Rounds along with our nursing and medical colleagues, and establishing an Allied Health Wellbeing Working Group (AHWWG), with the aim of identifying and driving wellbeing initiatives across Allied Health. Acknowledging that staff wellbeing strategies require a multifaceted approach, these strategies have not only allowed for sharing of information and evidence-based resources within Allied Health to support our workforce wellbeing, but have highlighted in the organisation the skills that Allied Health bring to this area across the workforce. This presentation will discuss the strategies adopted so far, what we have learned from a data-driven approach, and plans for the future as we continue to use feedback to inform our future strategies.
Biography
Dr Clare Ramsden is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and currently the Acting Executive Director of Allied Health at the Tasmanian Health Service, Hospitals South. She completed her doctoral studies in Clinical Neuropsychology at La Trobe University before going on to work in clinical roles in acquired brain injury and rehabilitation services in the United Kingdom and New Zealand before returning to Tasmania in 2014. She is a committee member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) and the Organisation for Psychological Research in Stroke (OPsyRIS), and is a Fellow of the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists.