Scott Helm
Vice President, Talent Management Children's Mercy Kansas City
Scott Helm is Vice President of Talent Management at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, where he leads talent acquisition and workforce development with a focus on building sustainable healthcare pipelines. With a background spanning organisation development, executive education and nonprofit leadership, Scott brings a systems‑level perspective to the future of healthcare work. He is a key architect of Children’s Mercy’s “grow your own” workforce model, including grant‑funded programmes that remove barriers to employment and dramatically improve retention in hard‑to‑fill roles. Scott holds a PhD in Public Administration and is passionate about partnerships that help organisations not just hire talent, but keep and grow it.
Seminars
- Discover how breaking down silos between workforce planning, talent acquisition and workforce development enabled Children’s Mercy to prioritize the right roles while scaling regionally
- Learn how a “grow your own” model for entry‑level and hard‑to‑fill roles cut 12‑month attrition dramatically and created clear progression pathways into critical clinical careers
- Explore how proving an internal model unlocked external funding, reduced barriers to employment, and created a sustainable, repeatable approach to building and retaining talent
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