Lisa Jordan McLennan
Workforce Development Manager - Health and Well-being Workforce, New Zealand
Title: How the wellbeing of healthcare personel is impacted by their professional practice.
Biography
Biography: Lisa Jordan McLennan
Abstract
It is not a new concept for staff working in health fields to ‘care themselves into the ground’, however there is very limited information on the health outcomes for addiction practitioners specifically. Addiction practitioners often speak about feeling overworked, stressed and undervalued. At the same time, practitioners in these services speak about feeling rewarded by the meaning they glean from their work. This sense of meaning often does not provide the adhesive to be able to maintain a career in these fields. Delegates will learn the relationship between employment in addiction services and changes in health outcomes for practitioners. This presentation explains how addiction practitioners are impacted by their work – in terms of impacts on their connections with Whanau, culture, spirituality, self-identity and physical/mental wellbeing.
The audience will be presented with some striking data in terms of the coping mechanisms that practitioners develop to manage the mental load of their work. Recommendations to ensure their professional practice is sustainable, powerful and healthy will be provided, and the challenging data
will be balanced with inspiring opportunities for staff and services to support clients more effectively