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St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
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St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Medical Center AZ's Most Admired Award - 2010 & 2011  Best Places to Work (2003-2010) 350 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013 602-406-3000 www.stjosephs-phx.org 5,000+ Healthcare http://www.maddash.net/videos/chw/stjoseph/ http://www.mydecisionmycareer.org/ http://twitter.com/StJosephs http://www.facebook.com/StJosephsHospital |
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Company Summary:
Located conveniently off the
Valley Metro Light Rail in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St.
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center is a 650+ bed,
not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health
social and support services with special advocacy for the poor
and underserved. As one of the Valley’s largest hospitals we are
extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality
tertiary care, medical education and research. It includes the
internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, the
Heart & Lung Institute, St. Joseph’s Children’s Health Center
and a Level 1 Trauma Center verified by the American College of
Surgeons. The hospital is also a respected center for maternity
care, orthopedics, oncology and many other medical services.
Names the #1 Best Place to Work (x-large employer) for the
second year in a row by the Phoenix Business Journal, St.
Joseph’s is also the only hospital to be named to the
prestigious list for seven consecutive years. St. Joseph’s has
also been named a Top 100 Best Place to Work in Healthcare by
Modern Healthcare, a Top 25 Workplace for Women by az magazine
and a top hospital in Ranking Arizona. U.S. News & World Report
routinely ranks St. Joseph’s among the best hospitals in the
United States for neurology and neurosurgery.
Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph’s was the
first hospital in the Phoenix area. The hospital is part of
Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), one of the largest healthcare
systems in the West with 40+ hospitals in Arizona, California
and Nevada.
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St. Joseph's is home to:
The internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St.
Joseph's Children's Health Center, which is the second largest
provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The
Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph's; and St. Joseph's Trauma
Center, which is the only Level 1 trauma center in Arizona
that's verified by the American College of Surgeons.
St. Joseph's continues to expand and enhance its services to
meet the growing needs of the community by providing
comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal,
cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital's nine critical
care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year. In 2006,
St. Joseph's opened a 144-bed tower, making it the largest
hospital in Arizona with 690 beds.
Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's continues
to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and
outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare
West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California
and Nevada.
Company Highlights:
The St. Joseph's leadership team is committed to its patients
and their family members, but more importantly, to its
employees. We are confident in our employees who make life and
death decisions every day, proud that they contribute to the
health and well-being of our community, and fulfilled that they
afford spiritual support while making everlasting
memories—whether at the beginning, middle or end of life. St.
Joseph's is pleased to return such outstanding care to each any
every employee of our organization. It is their "Mind", "Body"
and "Spirit" that has made St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical
Center a world-class organization and a "Best Place to Work"
eight years in a row.
Mind:
To further enhance the quality of patient care provided by our
employees, St. Joseph's takes great pride in offering our
employees unlimited educational opportunities throughout the
lifetime of their career. St. Joseph's Learning Institute is
proud to offer all employees, regardless of tenure or employment
status, Career Center services to assist in creating a
personalized career map that they can follow during their
employment at St. Joseph's. Services include professional and
personal growth courses, personal interest courses, a leadership
academy, university accredited programs, and a School of Nursing
on campus. Financial assistance is provided to aide employees in
their career map design. Where else can an employee enroll in a
free continuing education course to maintain their professional
certification (Professional Development), learn conflict
resolution (Personal Growth), and master Heart Health Cooking
(Personal Interest), while going for their graduate degree? All
these and more are available on-site at no cost or minimal cost
to the employee. It is also important to note that several of
the courses offered to our employees are also offered to our
employee's family members, i.e. Babysitting 101, Car Seat Safety
and CPR.
Body:
One is often asked "If your employees are caring for your
patients, who is caring for your employees?" At St. Joseph's, we
are proud to offer an Employee Health Program that includes an
on-site, full-service Employee Health Department. There, our
employees have access to healthcare providers that are
specifically trained to treat healthcare professionals for both
work and non-work related injuries and illnesses. Our Employee
Health Program also offers: blood-pressure and cholesterol check
programs, free flu shots for employees and their family members,
and on-site Weight Watchers, smoking cessation, child birth,
breastfeeding, aerobic, and tai chi classes, just to name a few.
We also have an on-site walking track and several partnerships
with local gyms and health clubs to provide discounts to our
employees.
Spirit:
As part of our Mission,
Vision and Values, St. Joseph's Hospital embraces the spiritual
dimension of life and is committed to providing Spiritual Care
Services to patients, families, and most importantly, our
employees. St. Joseph's promotes spirituality in the lives of
its employees and in the work(s) of the organization. Our
facility has a chapel and other designated space available where
patients, visitors and employees may go for reflection, prayer
and/or worship. Our Chapel also holds daily Catholic Mass
services that our employees are welcome to attend. We have also
cultivated an outside "Healing Garden" environment to help break
down the "barriers" our patients, visitors and employees
sometimes face during the day. We mark special occasions and
recognize heritage days with prayer and rituals that affirm the
spiritual dimension of our organization and our mission. We
begin each gathering and meeting with a prayer or inspirational
reflection and we encourage all managers and employees to
participate in education opportunities that explore ways to
integrate spirituality into the work environment.
Cool Perks:
One of the best work-life
benefits we provide to all St. Joseph's employees is an on-site
Concierge available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no charge.
The Concierge services range from planning vacations and
birthday parties to ordering flowers, from scheduling on-site
car detailing and oil changes to assisting with concert tickets
and tuxedo reservations. You name it, the Concierge is there!
Did you know that the St. Joseph's cafeteria is known to have
the best hospital food in The Valley? In fact, we have started
Catering by St. Joseph's, providing catering services around The
Valley for weddings, parties, etc. Where else can you focus on
your work while a Concierge plans your wedding and Catering by
St. Joseph's caters your special event? Once again, we take
pride in our ability to make everlasting memories, whether it’s
for our patients or our team members.
St. Joseph's is a place where you can work alongside individuals
who value their work and are among the most respected in their
fields. The St. Joseph's leadership team also believes in
providing the best facilities and amenities for our employees,
patients and visitors. We believe that perks should include free
covered parking, the Concierge, an on-site full-service
Starbucks, and Valet parking.
It's amazing! We even hold on-site special sales events offering
a variety of discount opportunities for our employees—tickets to
sporting events (Diamondbacks, Suns, Coyotes, and Cardinals),
family events (The Circus, Disney on Ice and others), cultural
events (The Nutcracker and the Moscow Ballet), scrubs, shoes,
jewelry, leather goods, books, and paintings. Most specialty
sales can be made through our convenient payroll deduction
process.
St. Joseph's balances
challenging work with lots of fun as evidenced by our full
Employee Events Calendar that includes Breakfasts with Santa
Claus and the Easter Bunny for the employees and their children
(and sometimes their pets), New Year's Eve celebrations, Super
Bowl Sunday festivities (complete with a big screen TV in the
cafeteria and "tailgate" food), and our salsa cook off to
celebrate Cinco de Mayo. From our autumn chili cook-off, pumpkin
carving competition and employee costume contest to Take Your
Child to Work Day, you just never know what to expect!
What else can we say?
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center...Special People, doing Special Things in a Special Place!
