The Challenge:
Staffing Decisions are Getting Harder to Make
Healthcare organizations are managing more staffing models than ever, permanent, locum tenens, PRN, RPO and contingency, often without a clear strategy tying them together. Budgets are tighter, patient demand fluctuates, and every headcount decision carries financial and operational weight. Without a deliberate healthcare workforce strategy, organizations end up reactive, scrambling to fill gaps instead of building a workforce built to flex with what's ahead.
Are you:
- Relying on one staffing model out of habit rather than strategy?
- Struggling to forecast headcount needs as demand shifts?
- Unsure how to structure your workforce for both stability and flexibility?
The Optigy Solution
A Personalized End-to-End Talent Management Strategy
How We Work
Optigy Group blends consulting, facilitation and hands-on support in order to deliver a strategy that is realistic and executable within your organization. Our collaborative, partnership approach includes:
Assessment
We start each engagement with a deep dive into your current talent systems, identifying gaps and pain points.
Alignment
Once we have a thorough understanding of your current state, we work with you to connect your workforce goals with business and care delivery priorities, developing the business case for your strategies.
Design
Now we get down to business, building custom tools, processes and communication plans to execute on our shared plans.
Implementation
Unlike some consultancies, Optigy offers full participation in execution, supporting rollout, training and feedback cycles.
Evolution
Our commitment to partnership doesn’t end after rollout - we work with you to put metrics and reporting in place to continuously assess your program and provide ongoing guidance and optimization as your organization changes and grows.
Assessment
We start each engagement with a deep dive into your current talent systems, identifying gaps and pain points.
Alignment
Once we have a thorough understanding of your current state, we work with you to connect your workforce goals with business and care delivery priorities, developing the business case for your strategies.
Design
Now we get down to business, building custom tools, processes and communication plans to execute on our shared plans.
Implementation
Unlike some consultancies, Optigy offers full participation in execution, supporting rollout, training and feedback cycles.
Evolution
Our commitment to partnership doesn’t end after rollout - we work with you to put metrics and reporting in place to continuously assess your program and provide ongoing guidance and optimization as your organization changes and grows.
FAQs
A healthcare workforce strategy is a plan for how an organization structures, staffs and budgets its workforce, including the right blend of permanent, locum tenens, PRN, RPO and other support to match patient demand and financial goals.
Workforce strategy focuses on how a healthcare organization is structured and staffed, including staffing mix, headcount planning and budget alignment. Talent management strategy focuses on the people already on the team, including onboarding, performance, engagement and succession planning. Optigy offers both as distinct services.
Most workforce strategy engagements are about 30 to 60 days from initial assessment to a finalized plan, though ongoing calibration continues as an organization's needs evolve. Timelines vary based on internal resource availability, organizational size, and complexity.
No. Optigy's workforce strategy recommendations are built around what's right for the organization, not around funneling business into any one staffing model. Organizations can implement the strategy with Optigy, internally or through other partners.
A typical engagement includes an assessment of current staffing model and org structure, headcount and budget alignment, labor cost and utilization analysis and a scalable staffing plan built around the organization's real demand and goals.
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