Amid the nearly daily reports of layoffs--just yesterday, the Drake Center, a hospital in Hartwell, Ohio, announced that it would shed as many as 60 jobs--there are a few glimmers of light. Believe it or not, some hospitals are actually hiring.
Tift Regional Medical Center will add 66 jobs, WALB News reports. At the 191-bed nonprofit hospital in Tifton, Ga., hospital officials have seen patient admissions rise by 5 percent this year. They expect another 5 percent bump up next year, as well.
Nearly 3,000 more patients visited the ER this fiscal year than last. The new budget, which was approved Monday, calls for 28 new jobs for bedside nurses, due to a rise in not only inpatient volumes, but how sick patients are. Most of the nurses will be needed in med/surg and critical care areas. Tift also is looking to fill a lot of IT jobs related to regulatory compliance. The jobs will be posted on the hospital's website beginning Oct. 1.
In Cedar Falls, Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seeing patient admissions surge, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports. The growth in patient volume has pushed net revenue up by 14 percent, or $20 million over the same period last year, UI officials said.
The daily census was 633 patients one day last week, which is high for a 680-bed hospital, the Press-Citizen reports. According to UIHC CEO Ken Kates, it's one of the highest daily censuses UIHC has seen in a long time.
With a daily census that's about 50 patients higher than last year, UIHC has hired 50 new nurses over the past few months.
UI vice president for medical affairs Jean Robillard attributed the rise in patient admissions to declining unemployment rates.
To learn more:
- read the Cincinnati Business Journal story
- here is the WALB article
- see the Iowa City Press-Citizen story
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