Workforce

Healthcare added 32,100 jobs in November, with hospitals contributing 12,700 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System will raise its minimum wage from $8.10 per hour to $12 per hour.

One of the state's largest nonprofit health systems will increase its minimum wage for employees to $15.15 per hour. 

Family medicine is the most common and in-demand medical specialty for physicians, according to a study from Doximity, a social network for clinicians.

Tucson, Ariz., is the metropolitan area with the most physician job growth, according to a study from Doximity, a social network for clinicians.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is hiring in Urbana, Ohio, with open positions at McAuley Senior Living and Urbana Hospital, according to the system.

Panama City, Fla.-based Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, which has reopened since it sustained damage from Hurricane Michael, is looking to fill positions, according to WJHG/WECP.

Advocate Aurora Health — the health system formed through the recent merger of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Milwaukee-based Aurora Health — will incrementally increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour, according to a letter to team members from…

Home health and professional care aides are expected to see the most job growth by 2026, according to a study from global training and qualification provider TheKnowledgeAcademy.com.

Hospital workers often face violence from patients, particularly in psychiatric units and emergency departments, and it is critical for these workers to consider the options they have when responding to this violence, a physician wrote in The Washington Post.