Workforce

• Workforce Incentive Programs
• Data/Information
• Search Organizations
• College Recruitment
   

Workforce Incentive Programs 

• Arizona Department of Health Service, office of Health Systems Development, Workforce Programs include: Arizona Loan Repayment, Arizona State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver, Arizona National Interest Waiver and National Health Service Corps. Their webpage can be found at: http://www.azdhs.gov/hsd/index.htm
   

• Arizona Loan Repayment Program: To provide an incentive for primary care providers and dentists to provide services in the underserved areas of the State. Program funds are used to repay qualifying educational loans in return for primary care service provision in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).

• Arizona State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program: The office supports waivers for primary care physicians (family or general practice, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and general internal medicine) in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), Medically Underserved Areas (MUA), or Medically Underserved Populations (MUP), and for psychiatrists in mental health HPSAs.

• Arizona National Interest Waiver Program: The federal National Interest Waiver (NIW) program allows certain foreign workers with advanced degrees, including foreign physicians (MDs), or exceptional abilities to work in the United States. Under the federal NIW program, a state health department may support with an attestation letter a request for a national interest waiver for a foreign physician. The foreign physician must agree to provide primary care services full time in a federally designated primary health professional shortage area (HPSA), medically underserved area (MUA), medically underserved population (MUP), or mental health professional shortage area (MHPSA) for an aggregate of five years.

• National Health Service Corps (NHSC) (of Arizona): It recruits and places health professionals at eligible sites within federally designated HPSAs. NHSC recruits primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse-midwives, dentists, dental hygienists, and mental health professionals. These providers serve in community-based systems of care in return for scholarship or loan repayment assistance.

• The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is committed to increasing access to primary care services and reducing health disparities for people in health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) by assisting communities through recruitment and retention, site development, practice management, and quality assurance activities.

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Data/Information

• Arizona Workforce Informer
   
  The website is administrated by Arizona Department of Economic Security, Research Administration.  It has current and historic labor market data and statistics, along with the most current population data and analysis. 
   
• Arizona Department of Health Services, Health Systems Development has a Related Health Care Links page with information related to Workforce, Primary Care and Community Development for Primary Care.

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Search Organizations

• Arizona Rural Recruitment and Retention Resources
   
• AZ Med Jobs by Arizona Medical Association
   
• The National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3R Net)
   
  3R Net is made up of state organizations such as State Offices of Rural Health, Area Health Education Centers, Cooperative Agreement Agencies, and State Primary Care Associations. Rural practice sites can post job openings on 3R Net to be viewed by health care providers seeking jobs in rural areas. Providers seeking positions can also post their availability.
   
• The Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
   
  AHEC's mission is to improve access to quality healthcare for Arizona's rural and underserved communities through the improvement of the recruitment, retention and distribution of healthcare providers across the state.
   
• Health Careers for Arizonans
   
  It has many linkages for recruitment and other opportunities.

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College Recruitment

• Arizona Association of Community Health Center (AACHC), Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) Program
   
  Search program is designed to provide opportunities for health professions students and residents to serve in interdisciplinary primary health care teams at Community Health Centers.  The program encourages those same providers to work in underserved communities.
   
• The Association of American Medical Colleges, Diversity Initiatives
   
  Their target areas include Diversifying the Applicant Pool - Early enrichment and intervention programs for high school and college students considering medical school; Serving Applicants and Medical Students - Programs and services for students applying to and in medical school.
   
• Arizona State University, College of Nursing
   
  The College of Nursing is socially embedded in the community through its three academic nursing centers and established service programs with the homeless and other vulnerable populations. Nurses have the opportunity to providing services to the underserved and uninsured, and also educating ASU's nursing students. http://nursing.asu.edu/community/index.htm
   
• Arizona State University, Southwest Borderlands Nursing
   
  Its web site is dedicated to bringing together the Latino/a community and the Arizona State University College of Nursing to provide you with health information and resources.
   
• Indians into Medicine (INMED) Program
   
  It purpose is to help increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Native health professionals serving Indian communities by encouraging students to enter the health professions and by helping remove the multiple barriers to their entrance into these careers.
   
• National Health Services Corp (NHSC) Ambassadors
   
  NHSC Ambassadors blend their current professional responsibilities and passions with the Ambassador activities, focusing on the following four areas: Recruitment/Retention; Preparation/Training; Mentoring; Advocacy.
   
• University of Arizona, Diversity in Action Plan
   
  A plan for recruitment, retention, and promotion of staff representative of the populations served
   
• University of Arizona, Arizona Hispanic Center for Excellence  
   
  Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence, part of a national effort funded by the Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration. Part of the work addresses increasing the number of Hispanic physicians, enhancing health research on the Hispanic population in the Southwest, and improving the cultural competency of health care services for Hispanic communities.
   
• University of Arizona, Center For Health Equality, Training and Fellowship Program
   
  Their goal is to increase the number of under-represented minority health professional in targeted areas.
   
• University of Arizona, Office of Minority Affairs, Med-Start/Maricopa Med-Start (M2) Summer Program
   
  Med-Start is a summer academic enrichment program for any Arizona high school student interested in a health career. Two sites are available, one at The University of Arizona in Tucson and the other at Arizona State University in Phoenix (Maricopa Med-Start).
   
• University of Arizona, Fostering and Achieving Cultural Equity and Sensitivity (F.A.C.E.S.) Internship
   
  The F.A.C.E.S. Internship is an undergraduate course for students that are enrolled at either The University of Arizona or Pima Community College. The internship provides pre-health undergraduate students with valuable clinical experience, allows students to explore their career options, provides exposure to various cultural aspects in the health care system, and targets students who are interested in all allied health professions.

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