How Bon Secours Mercy Health is creating its future workforce through career pathways

Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems, needed to address acute talent shortages today while building the workforce of tomorrow. The solution? Tuition-free education aligned to career pathways that fill talent gaps while enabling career and economic mobility.

CASE STUDY

An innovative workforce supply strategy centered on education

To address the acute talent shortage in healthcare, Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) turned inward, tapping their existing workforce by creating new opportunities for education and skill-building aligned closely to career pathways in high demand. By funding tuition and providing robust guidance and support, BSMH is enabling its people to grow into new (often higher paying) roles.

PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE

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Payment

Policy

Learning providers

Payment

Policy

Payment

Policy

Learning providers

Technology and support

Measuring impact

"Our approach to educational assistance and career pathways gives us the ability to change people’s lives by providing access to education and upskilling, secure and future-proof careers, benefits, and the environment and support they need to unleash their full potential. It also creates a workforce supply for us, which is the biggest challenge in the healthcare industry as of today."

Joe Gage, CHRO, BSMH

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million new jobs in healthcare between 2020–2030

2.6+

of healthcare workers are considering leaving because of COVID’s impact

30%

associates across the BSMH health system

60,000

clinical certifications, undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, and nursing degrees available to BSMH employees

120

associates enrolled in the first few weeks of program launch, including more than 400 nurses

2,000

Challenges

Solutions

associates enrolled in the first few weeks of program launch, including more than 400 nurses

2,000