health care workers

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Syracuse.com

Syracuse, NY — Alex Guerrero’s mom brought him to Syracuse as a teenager in hopes of a better life than in their native Cuba. She worked an unskilled manufacturing job while he honed science skills at Henninger High School…

…The need is pressing: Each year, there are nearly 5,000 regional job openings in the healthcare field, according to SUNY Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies. Those yearly openings include everything from 1,800 home health aides to 26 respiratory therapists.

That need is expected to expand, not only with Micron, but as the health care industry nationwide is expected to face a 100,000-person shortfall by 2028, fueled by pandemic burnout and an aging population.

 “There’s a huge shortage,” said Robert Martiniano, senior program manager at the health workforce institute.

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WRGB CBS 6 Albany

CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — New York State is saying thank you to front-line workers by giving upwards of three thousand dollars to individuals in the healthcare industry.

It’s part of the state’s Healthcare Worker Bonus program which started in 2022.

…While bonuses can be helpful, researchers at the Center for Healthcare Workforce Studies (CHWS) say they’ve seen recruitment bonuses help in the past.

“It’s potential to stabilize the workforce, it’s really important for the state to make these kinds of investments and make sure that the health workforce understands their values,” said Jean Moore, Director of CHWS…

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Democrat & Chronicle

We are still human, despite the high technology that increasingly shapes our lives and — we hope — our region’s economic development. So, even as photonics and other mind-blowing industries emerge, we go on aging, falling ill, getting injured, and requiring the kind of care only a human can provide. Health care workers, such as certified nursing assistants, will continue to be in high demand. In fact, the Center for Health Workforce Studies predicts New York will need more than 260,000 new nursing assistants between 2014 and 2024, and another 337,000 to fill existing positions as people leave for retirement or other reasons.

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Utica Observer-Dispatch

Help wanted: health care workers with a desire to provide critical information to aid patient diagnosis. Bachelor’s degree required. Average hourly wage of $28.30 in the Mohawk Valley. The position in question is a clinical laboratory technologist, and too few candidates are applying for the available jobs leaving the field with lots of vacancies and an aging workforce.

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