Intermountain Health Receives Colorado Grant to Hire Frontline Healthcare Job Seekers and Guide Them to Higher-Level Jobs and Provide Upfront Tuition
Summary
Jared Polis that were awarded in 17 industries and is provided through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.The grants from Opportunity Now are designed to spur innovation in education for employment and workforce development through new partnerships and solutions.Intermountain Health will use the grant to launch Pathfinders: an AI-supported fully connected talent pipeline to engage, hire and provide upfront tuition coverage for entry-level frontline healthcare job seekers. By staying true to our values and embracing new ways to reach future employees, we can build the kind of diverse talent pipeline that ensures Intermountain Health will continue to innovate, adapt, and succeed. Additionally, learners receive career and financial coaching and language skills support.Job applicants who are hired and accepted into the Pathfinders pilot project can start in roles as certified nursing assistants, medical assistants, or sterile processing technicians which lead to careers in nursing, imaging, and behavioral health.Through a series of specific career steps and completion of a corresponding higher education degree, the employee can become a nurse (RN and/or BSN) radiology tech, or licensed clinical social worker. Participants will have ready access to financial coaching, transportation, nutrition support, medical premium assistance, and education funding as an employee.Pathfinders participants will be hired as an Intermountain caregiver and immediately begin on-the-job training in departments led by managers who are specially trained to support their success. Once matched, they can begin their training to advance within the health career pathways included in the program.The program will provide on-ramps into healthcare careers based on skills, not degrees, for 30 Coloradans each year of the pilot project, for a total of 60 people.Employees hired by Intermountain for Pathfinders are eligible for no-cost education during the pilot project.