In healthcare, hiring used to be about credentials and clinical experience. Post-pandemic, it became a desperate race to fill open shifts.
Care delivery has exploded beyond hospital walls. It’s expanded into outpatient clinics, rural settings, and even tech-driven virtual care. The problem is, healthcare workforce pipelines haven’t caught up to this change.
If we don’t radically re-engineer how we bring in nursing talent, the system will buckle under the weight of an aging population, chronic illness, and burnout.
Recruiters play a huge role in this.
It’s not just about solving today’s vacancies; it’s about building a long-term talent engine that will serve the industry for generations to come.
How can we bring more people into healthcare? How can technology help the talent pipeline catch up? Are recruiters approaching healthcare hiring authorities the wrong way? In this episode, we’re joined by VP of the Cancer Service Line at The Nebraska Medical Center, and Clinical Lead for the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Theresa Franco.
We unpack how she’s reimagining workforce strategy in one of the most critical and complex areas of medicine – nursing.
Guest Bio
Theresa Franco, MSN, RN, is a retired Vice President of Cancer Center Clinical Operations at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center across the Nebraska Medicine NM) / University of Nebraska Medical Center(UNMC) enterprise. She was responsible for the comprehensive management of cancer care activities in the inpatient and ambulatory environments. She spearheaded strategic planning, workforce development, program creation, physician recruitment, and service partnerships. She served as Vice President of Pharmacy and Diagnostic Imaging for the health system. Theresa was volunteer faculty in the College of Nursing at UNMC, has published and presented on a variety of care topics, and served on national and regional advisory boards. She also accepted the role of clinical consultant for Project NExT, a transformational public-private partnership to create a federal, all-hazard health security disaster response space that extends UNMC /NM’s global leadership in infectious diseases and biopreparedness. Connect with Theresa on LinkedIn.
About Your Host
Vince Holt is the founder and CEO of Management Recruiters of Mercer Island. With 35+ years of industry experience, he is the only MRINetwork team member to win CSAM of the Year, Person of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Awards. In addition to spending time with his wife, children, and grandchildren, Vince has raced motorcycles for over 50 years, winning 5 National Championships.
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