QPHCN Workforce and Industry Business Development Event
Description
“The providers winning the workforce challenge aren’t finding better candidates — they’re building better workplaces.”
Come and hear from CheckUP’s workforce experts about what’s working to design practical, tailored solutions that strengthen your team, improve retention, and deliver real business outcomes.
Gain practical insights and support to move beyond recruitment challenges and build a workforce that is capable, sustainable and ready to perform through our free, independent and confidential service.
Participants may join in person or virtually. Lunch will be provided for all in‑person participants.
Please advise any dietary and accessibility requirements during event registration.
This event will be streamed online, please advise CheckUP staff if you do not wish to have your image featured online.
Lineup
Alina Khalid, Health Industry Workforce Advisor
Your Practice. Your People. Your Plan. Hear from Alina as she shares practical insights on workforce planning for general practice and other health services. Drawing on real-world experience working alongside practices, Alina will explore how workforce planning can move beyond a compliance task to become a practical tool for strengthening teams, improving retention, and supporting sustainable service delivery. The session will highlight clear, achievable steps, practical tools and tailored approaches that practices can apply immediately, helping to build a capable, stable workforce, improve patient access, and free up time to focus on quality care. The Industry Workforce Advisor program is proudly supported and funded by the Queensland Government.
Carissa McAllister, First Nations Industry Workforce Advisor
Strong Futures Start Here: First Nations Health and Community Services Workforce Planning Hear from Carissa as she shares Strong Futures Start Here, a practical, culturally responsive and meaningful workforce planning tool and approach designed specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and community services. Informed by national and Queensland workforce frameworks and shaped through real-world advisory experience and partnerships, this approach translates complex workforce planning into clear, actionable steps that organisations can apply immediately. The session will explore how workforce planning can be positioned as a strategic lever to strengthen teams, improve retention, support self-determination, and ensure services remain sustainable, community-led and responsive to local priorities now and into the future. Testimonial: "As Workforce Lead, I am genuinely excited about how this guide will shape the way we plan, grow and support our workforce moving forward. What stands out for me is how practical and adaptable it is. We will use it to strengthen our pathways, deepen our engagement with our employees, and build leadership at every level." Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Psychology service (Central Queensland based, and servicing Queensland). The Industry Workforce Advisor program is proudly supported and funded by the Queensland Government.
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