Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth seeks to fill about 240 positions to staff Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital, scheduled to open in the spring, the nonprofit health system announced.
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After an internal investigation, Regional One Health in Memphis, Tenn., has fired a Mississippi voter who wore an offensive T-shirt to the polls, The Commercial Appeal reported.
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is letting go 244 workers after losing a Veterans Administration Choice contract, according to The Post and Courier.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston said it will hold job fairs to fill positions at the newly named UTMB Clear Lake Campus Hospital, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
The American Nurses Association and the union behind a ballot initiative to implement mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in Massachusetts are responding to the measure's defeat.
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Pharmacist and physician assistant were two of the healthcare jobs listed among high-paying, high-level jobs with part-time schedules, according to a report from job seeker website FlexJobs.
A majority of Massachusetts residents polled say they are voting against a ballot measure calling for mandated nurse staffing ratios at hospitals, The Boston Globe reported.
Arkansas Children's, which includes Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock and Arkansas Children's Northwest in Springdale, is increasing its lowest wage earners from $10.10 an hour to $14 an hour, the system confirmed.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he would request a $24 million capital investment into the state's nursing education programs if re-elected, calling it "the most robust investment ever" in alleviating a nursing shortage, according to the Concord Monitor.
On Nov. 6, Massachusetts voters will decide whether nurse staffing ratios will be required at hospitals.