This episode features Sobeida Santana-Joseph, Executive Director at Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care. Here, she discusses challenges surrounding current workforce shortages, the importance for healthcare leaders to stay creative & adaptable, plus a lot more. Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2023 here.
Summary
Valley-Mount Sinai Executive Director Sobeida Santana-Joseph Discusses Workforce Shortages and Healthcare Leadership
Sobeida Santana-Joseph, the Executive Director at Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care, recently joined a podcast to discuss challenges surrounding the current workforce shortage in healthcare. She emphasized the importance for healthcare leaders to remain creative, adaptable, flexible, and to lead by example.
The Need for Flexibility in Healthcare Leaders
Santana-Joseph states that the current workforce shortage highlights the need for healthcare leaders to be flexible, as well as to emulate self-care. This requires a new sense of flexibility that she believes is critical to success in the next few years.
Essential Qualities for Successful Healthcare Leaders
In order to be effective, healthcare leaders need to have qualities such as effective communication skills, problem-solving skills, empathy, and integrity at their disposal. The healthcare industry presents a highly competitive environment and these qualities are essential needs for success.
Opportunities to Connect with Peers in the Healthcare Industry
The conversation with Santana-Joseph offers a glimpse into the challenges facing healthcare leaders today. For those interested in networking with healthcare professionals and hearing more conversations like this, consider applying to be a complimentary guest reviewer at the upcoming Annual Meeting set for April 3-6, 2023.
It is clear that the healthcare industry is facing a tricky period with staffing shortages, but leaders like Santana-Joseph are demonstrating how to adapt, be flexible, and lead by example. These insights offer valuable lessons for health professionals attempting to navigate these uncertain times.
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This episode aired on 03/24/2023 and can be listened here.
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