Be a Community
Deliberately develop our expertise and culture through engagement of our staff and providers, development of our workforce and leadership, and living our values in a diverse and inclusive environment. Enhance organizational resiliency and create a positive environment that fosters well-being, equity, collaboration and trust.
Key objective: Build our culture
Deliberately develop a DIRECT, values-based culture
Strategies
Physician and APP engagement: Develop, support and encourage an environment where a focus on well-being, equity, collaboration and trust enables providers to improve patient care and further the
UK HealthCare mission.
Staff engagement: Create a culture where unity, passion, and commitment drive UK HealthCare to be a highly engaged workforce among our academic peers.
Values: Inspire behaviors throughout UK HealthCare that embody our DIRECT culture in order to achieve our 2025 vision.
Key objective: Invest in our people
Intentionally recruit, develop and retain expertise and talent
Strategies
Integrated medical group: Better integrate the faculty’s clinical practices with advanced practice providers, future community practices and ambulatory operations in order to position clinicians to enable enterprisewide goals.
Workforce development: Proactively recruit and retain high-impact individuals aligned to UK HealthCare values, particularly in critical-to-fill areas. Develop a systematic workforce planning structure, identifying progress toward benchmark goals and anticipating staffing needs against market shifts and expansion efforts.