Vitalité Health Network and CCNB join forces to meet health challenges
Moncton, February 27, 2024 – In the face of the labour shortages impacting the health sector, Vitalité Health Network (the “Network”) and Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) are joining forces to make it easier for candidates to obtain employment – by enhancing recruitment, training, and access to health internships and professions. Members of the senior management teams of the Network and CCNB met earlier this February to explore possible collaboration.
“For Vitalité Health Network, collaboration with postsecondary educational institutions is essential to coordinate our efforts and put our collective intelligence to work in developing the training that will produce the workers best able to meet our needs, both today and into the future,”
—Dr. France Desrosiers, President and CEO of Vitalité Health Network.
The meeting identified candidate recruitment as a priority area. One of the improvements discussed was aligning international recruitment efforts to increase their effectiveness. This could involve things such as common strategies, joint attendance at job fairs, etc. There is also the possibility of coordinated efforts at the local recruitment level, including in secondary schools.
Identifying current and future needs will make it possible to tailor recruitment strategies and the promotion of health professions to meet those needs.
“We have already seen our collaboration produce results, such as the micro-certificate in phlebotomy, which was rolled out quickly to meet Vitalité Health Network’s need for qualified staff in our blood test clinics. We believe that this collaboration in training and innovation will continue meeting the growing needs of our learners, Vitalité Health Network, and our communities.
Initiatives will be introduced to offer candidates incentives or employment prior to their training. Offering internships within the Network – in health as well as other fields – also remains to be developed.
Finally, innovation and applied research constitute another priority area. The Network and CCNB are striving for openness and creativity in exploring new practices, new tools and new training to meet current and future needs. This approach could, for example, involve developing new professions within the Network and creating the CCNB training required to support them.
The partners agreed to pursue their discussions and collaborative work on their priority areas. Another meeting involving members of senior management of the Network and Université de Moncton will also take place within the coming months.
The photo shows members of the senior management teams of Vitalité Health Network and Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick attending the meeting.
