Recruitment and Retention Best Practice Model
In 2005, a quad-state partnership, which included Debra Welborn with the Arizona Association of Community Health Centers, Kena R. Norris with the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, Alvin Harrion with the Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, and Karin Guye with the Virginia Primary Care Association was federally funded by HRSA to develop a Best Practice Recruitment and Retention Model.  This manual was intended to be a guide for best practices relating to clinician recruitment and retention efforts, particularly as they pertain to community health centers nationwide.

LPCA Request for Recruitment Assistance Form
LA FQHCs can download the LPCA Request for Recruitment Assistance Form and submit to the Workforce Development Coordinator for assistance in recruiting primary care providers such as Internists, Family Practitioners, Obstetricians/Gynecologists, Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, and Physician Assistants.  Other clinical, oral health and behavioral health providers include Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Psychologists.  Recruitment assistance cannot began until a request has been submitted to our office.  FQHCs are requested to submit this form to the PCA on a monthly basis in order to ensure appropriate assistance is maintained.


Greater New Orleans Health Service Corps
The purpose of the Greater New Orleans Area – Health Service Corps (GNO Health Corps) is to sustain and increase access to health care services in the Greater New Orleans Area by reducing the shortage of critical health care professionals through targeted recruitment and retention strategies. The GNO Health Corps offers a variety of incentive programs including: loan repayment, sign-on bonus, malpractice premium payment, relocation expenses and income guarantee in order to attract and retain eligible health care professionals. The $50 million program offers funds to recruit and retain nurses, allied health professionals, as well as doctors and other providers in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines or St. Bernard parishes for three years.

Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program

The purpose of the Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program is to encourage primary care practitioners to serve in health professional shortage areas.  For the purpose of recruitment under this program, eligible primary care practitioners include those who are specialty board certified or have completed a residency in family practice, osteopathic general practice, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, or dentistry.  Mid-levels include physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives.  www.dhh.state.la.us/pcrh

The State Nursing Loan Repayment Program (SNLRP) is offered to registered nurses for assistance to repay educational loans in exchange for service in a rural health professional shortage area, federally qualified health center (FQHC), or rural health clinic (RHC).   www.dhh.state.la.us/pcrh

Louisiana NLRP Cover Letter
Louisiana NLRP Guidance 2005
Louisiana NLRP Application
2005 Fact Sheet
Louisiana NLRP Priority

Job seekers interested in National Health Service Corps (NHSC) placement opportunities in Louisiana should utilize the NHSC website at http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/jobs.  This website provides two distinct listings:  the Health Professional Shortage Area Placement Opportunity List for NHSC Scholars and the NHSC Vacancy List for NHSC Loan Repayors.  

HPSA Database

 

J-1 Visa employment opportunities in rural areas nationwide are maintained on website for the National Recruitment and Retention Program at www.3rnet.org/index.asp. J1 Visa job seekers interested in urban placements should utilize the Bureau of Primary Health Care database cited above to determine if openings posted on the LPCA job vacancy list are in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

 

The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) is offered to registered nurses to enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary, under which the Secretary agrees to repay up to 85 percent of their qualifying balance of nursing education loans. In exchange, the nurses agree to serve for a specified period of time in a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses.  The NELRP website is http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanrepay.htm.  CFDA: 93.908 - Public Health Service (PHS) Act, Title VIII, Section 846, 42 U.S.C. 297n.

Med Job Louisiana will offer statewide recruitment services to all health professional shortage areas in the state through a partnership between the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Louisiana Area Health Education Centers and the Louisiana Rural Health Access Program.  The Med Job Louisiana website is http://www.medjoblouisiana.com/.

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