Workforce

As COVID-19 surges are seen across the country, many health systems are struggling to recruit employees and sustain adequate staffing.

Premier Health said it is outsourcing about 700 employees across the Dayton, Ohio-based health system as it transitions environmental services and nutritional services departments to an external partner.

The following hospitals and health systems are hiring workers:

Intermountain Healthcare is ramping up its nursing workforce as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in Utah, the Salt Lake City-based health system said Nov. 11. 

A sampling of U.S. hospitals and healthcare sites where employees have tested positive for COVID-19, as reported in November: 

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City is increasing the number of nonclinical front-line staff working from home to reduce the number of on-site hospital staff and to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection and boost environmental safety for…

Auburn (Wash.) Medical Center, part of Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System, is battling a COVID-19 outbreak that has been linked to at least five employee cases, one patient death and eight additional patient cases, MultiCare said Nov. 10.

Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kan., has closed its child care center through at least Nov. 23 after 18 of 44 employees there tested positive for COVID-19, the health system said Nov. 9. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Phoenix -based Banner Health are seeking to hire thousands of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health is seeking to hire 350 nurses to fill staffing needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a series of tweets from the health system.