5 healthcare organizations adding jobs

The following healthcare organizations shared plans to hire workers so far in November, starting with the most recent.

1. Pennsylvania healthcare organizations look to fill staffing needs
Job openings in the healthcare field are plentiful in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania., according to a Standard-Speaker report. Christine Jensen, Pennsylvania CareerLink administrator in Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre, told the publication that of 134 occupations on Pennsylvania's High Priority Occupation list for Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, 20 percent of them are in the healthcare field.

2. Plaza Medical Center to build $64M ED
Fort Worth, Texas-based Plaza Medical Center will construct a $64 million facility, nearly doubling its emergency and intensive care capacity to meet increasing demand, reports Star-Telegram. Overall, the expansion will add 130 full-time jobs to Plaza Medical Center, which currently employs more than 1,100, according to the report.

3. Va. community group, hospitals work to connect people with hospital jobs Richmond, Va.-based Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities is teaming up with VCU Health System and HCA Virginia Health System, also in Richmond, to help local residents in "distressed neighborhoods" land healthcare jobs, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch report. RISC — an interracial, interfaith, nonpartisan organization — and the two healthcare providers will partner for the employment initiative, which seeks to help unemployed or underemployed people find entry-level jobs in healthcare, according to the article

4. 133 new behavioral health jobs coming to Sussex County, Del.
A new psychiatric hospital in Delaware is expected to bring 133 jobs and crisis care to Sussex County in 2018, according to The News Journal. The 90-bed, 93,000-square-foot psychiatric hospital and treatment center is being built in Georgetown across from Delaware Technical Community College.

5. CarePoint Health seeks New Jersey approval to open 9 satellite EDs: 3 things to know
Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health plans to open nine satellite emergency departments throughout New Jersey, according to a report on NJ.com. CarePoint has applied with the New Jersey Department of Health to open facilities in Jersey City, Union City and North Bergen, according to the article. CarePoint also proposed facilities in Edgewater, Palisades Park, Carlstadt, Lodi and Clifton.

 

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