Who comes when the world goes Code Blue? A novel method of exploring job advertisements for COVID‐19 in health care

Aim To explore the health workforce responses to COVID‐19. Design Analysis of job advertisements. Methods We collected advertisements for healthcare jobs which were caused by and in response to COVID‐19 between 4 March–17 April 2020 for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Ze...

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Published in:Nursing open 2021-05, Vol.8 (3), p.1108-1114
Main Authors: Watts, Rory D., Bowles, Devin C., Fisher, Colleen, Li, Ian W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical decision making
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decision making
Disease prevention
Economic conditions
Health care
job advertisements
Medical personnel
Nurses
nursing
Pandemics
Public health
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
supply and demand
Workforce
Workforce planning
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Summary:Aim To explore the health workforce responses to COVID‐19. Design Analysis of job advertisements. Methods We collected advertisements for healthcare jobs which were caused by and in response to COVID‐19 between 4 March–17 April 2020 for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. We collected information on the date of the advertisement, position advertised and location. We categorized job positions into three categories: frontline, coordination and decision support. Results We found 952 job advertisements, 72% of which were from the United States. There was a lag period between reported COVID‐19‐confirmed cases and job advertisements by several weeks. Nurses were the most advertised position in every country. Frontline workers were substantially more demanded than coordination or decision‐support roles. Job advertisements are a novel data source which leverages a readily available information about how workforces respond to a pandemic. The initial phases of the response emphasise the importance of frontline workers, especially nurses.
ISSN:2054-1058
2054-1058
DOI:10.1002/nop2.721