NYC Health + Hospitals received a two-year, $2.3 million grant to expand staff training.
Here are four things to know.
1. The grant is from the New York State Department of Health.
2. The grant will fund new and expanded staff training at various facilities to enhance clinical skills, cultural competency, leadership innovation, computer skills and behavioral healthcare, according to a news release.
3. As part of the grant, the health system's office of diversity and inclusion will offer staff trainings focused on the following three areas: interreligious awareness for patients and staff, strategies for fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and best practices in facilitating communication with disabled patients.
4. "This grant will help ensure that our staff receive necessary training and retraining in some very important areas across the system," Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano, assistant vice president of workforce development at NYC Health + Hospitals, said in the release. "Preparing our staff to provide the best patient care possible is at the core of what we do, and it's essential to improving the patient experience."
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