WEBINAR ON-DEMAND
Enhancing Skills Transparency and Career Progression in the Clinical Setting with Digitized Competency Management
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Supporting career advancement and professional growth across your healthcare organization is vital for retaining and attracting talent, and ensuring your patients receive the highest quality of care.
Join Kahuna and VCA Animal Hospitals for a deep dive into how digitizing competency management has enabled them to provide a best-in-class career progression program across their hospitals. You'll learn:
- How digitizing competency management provides transparency for employee role requirements and expectations
- How leadership can leverage this data to have complete visibility into the talent landscape
- Why transparency builds trust between staff and leadership, and how this leads to more meaningful development conversations
- How this program helps manage staffing shortages, reduces turnover, and increases retention
- What best practices to employ when designing, implementing, and launching a digitized competency management program
Meet the Speakers
Jessica Sewell, MVCC, BAS, LVT, CVT, RVT, LVMT, CPhT
National Director of Career Progression, VCA Animal Hospitals
Jessica serves as the Director for Career Progression for VCA Animal Hospitals and has been with the company since 2005. She is particularly interested in emergency and critical care, career and leadership development, mentoring, public speaking, and teaching. Jessica graduated from Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia with her associate’s degree in veterinary technology in 2003. In 2011, she earned her bachelor’s in veterinary technology from Florida’s St. Petersburg College and, in December 2023, earned her master’s in veterinary clinical care from Lincoln Memorial University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a QPR-certified suicide gatekeeper and has previously held certification as a compassion fatigue professional. Jessica is deeply committed to veterinary medicine. In 2021, Jessica was selected to become the first veterinary technician to serve on the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine; in December 2023 she was elected to the Vice Chair. Among various other boards and committees, she sits on the executive board of the Georgia Veterinary Technician & Assistants Association (GVTAA) as their current President and has committee involvement with the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA). Previously, Jessica worked at Auburn University as an ICU Supervisor in the Small Animal Teaching Hospital. She has also taught as adjunct faculty in the Veterinary Technology Program of a local technical college in Georgia. Born and raised in Georgia, Jessica still resides there today with her cats and one dog, Andrew.
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Francis Xavier Barciak
Customer Success Manager, Kahuna Workforce Solutions
Francis Xavier Barciak is a seasoned professional in Customer Success at Kahuna Workforce Solutions. Joining the company in 2022 as a Customer Success Manager, he manages a portfolio of clients within the Energy and Healthcare verticals. With a background in team leadership, product management, and consulting, Francis contributes significantly to the success of his clients and Kahuna overall. His focus includes establishing impactful mentoring partnerships, providing strategic guidance, and allocating resources for optimal client success.