9 Strategies for Retaining Healthcare Employees
9 Strategies for Retaining Healthcare Employees
Paylocity’s guide links healthcare turnover to burnout, heavy workload, poor work-life balance, limited advancement, and inadequate pay. Retention is mission-critical: continuity of care improves outcomes, reduces errors, preserves expertise, and lowers costs (e.g., 16.4% RN turnover can top $250K yearly for a 25-RN team). To keep staff, leaders should pay competitively with strong benefits; enable self-scheduling and curb overtime; build clear career paths with training/mentorship; plan headcount for safe staffing; recognize and reward; foster inclusive, communicative cultures; boost engagement via updates and pulse surveys; run structured onboarding; and learn from exit feedback. Modern HCMs support this with comp tools, LMS, recognition, surveys, and collaboration hubs.
