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dc.contributor.authorHughes, Roger
dc.contributor.authorOdgers-Jewell, Kate
dc.contributor.authorVivanti, Angela
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Maree
dc.contributor.authorLeveritt, Michael
dc.contributor.editorLinda Tapsell
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:16:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:16:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:54:36Z
dc.identifier.issn14466368
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01493.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41638
dc.description.abstractAims: The aim of the present study was to investigate factors influencing the recruitment and retention of the clinical dietetics workforce in metropolitan practice, with a focus on Queensland Health. Methods: A qualitative study using semistructured telephone and face-to-face interviews among a purposively recruited sample of 28 Queensland clinical dietitians. The interviews explored factors affecting recruitment and retention, job satisfaction and possible strategies for the recruitment and retention of hospital-based dietitians within Queensland Health was conducted. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and content analysed by two researchers (authors 1 & 2) before comparing, confirming, describing and interpreting themes identified. Results: All but two of the interviewees (26/28) were either existing (n = 16) or previous (n = 10) employees of Queensland Health. The demographic attributes of the sample reflected the broader Australian dietetic workforce. Factors effecting recruitment to current positions were the position itself, the closeness of the position to home and job security associated with Queensland Health positions. The most common factors assisting retention in Queensland Health were the team collegiality, opportunities, and the closeness to home of the workplace and professional development opportunities. The negatives of employment were high work demands or workload and bureaucratic frustrations within Queensland Health. Increasing remuneration rates, career pathways and increasing the flexibility of work hours were strategies considered as most important for Queensland Health to enhance clinician recruitment and retention. Conclusion: Factors effecting recruitment and retention of clinical dietitians are largely amenable to human resource and organisational management strategies that address these determinants of staff turnover.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom70
dc.relation.ispartofpageto76
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNutrition & Dietetics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume68
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFood Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNutrition and Dietetics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0908
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1111
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleA study of clinical dietetic workforce recruitment and retention in Queensland
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHughes, Roger M.
gro.griffith.authorOdgers-Jewell, Kate
gro.griffith.authorLeveritt, Michael


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