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Broward Health Acquiring Talent

                      for One of the Largest

                   Workforces in the County


          For Broward Health,                            Broward Health’s Virtual
        investing in human cap-                        Hospital is designed to mir-
        ital is vital. The organi-                     ror the appearance of a                Specializing in Medically
        zation’s mission to pro-                       patient’s hospital room and
        vide high-quality care to                      can potentially provide edu-                  Complex Patients
        all they serve cannot be                       cation to 3,540 nurses and
        carried out without the                        other healthcare profession-                      Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred
        more    than    8,000                          als annually.                                  Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term
        employees who deliver                            “We strongly believe that                    Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's).
        that care.                                     an engaged workforce is
          Recruiting and retain-                       important,” O’Brien said.                         Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality
        ing one of the largest                         “Our system-wide initia-                       care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade,
        workforces in Broward                          tives promote diversity,                       we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care.

        County, while main-                            inclusion and mentorship.                         Our services range from complex catastrophic
        taining quality stan-       Eileen O’Brien     Our nursing residency pro-                     illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical
        dards to meet the needs                        gram has held a 90.4 per-    rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and
        of the community, involves talent acqui-  cent retention rate of new nurses for two   rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented
        sition strategies aimed at engaging   years.”                               cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of
        employee partners, sourcing qualified   Despite the challenge of the highly-  medical conditions.
        applicants in creative and innovative   transient South Florida market, Broward
        ways, and utilizing metrics and analytics   Health has also managed to maintain a          Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be
        to streamline the system’s processes and   five-year trend registered nurse turnover   recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals,
        outcomes.                            and registered nurse vacancy under the   rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case
          “Broward Health focuses on initiatives   Florida Hospital Association average.   management companies or by the patient’s family.
        involving technology, scholarship pro-  Attracting younger professionals and   In all cases family tours are encouraged.
        grams, internships, affiliations and com-  providing tools to help manage fatigue,
        munity relations,” said Eileen O’Brien,   which can be common among health-
        associate vice president of talent acquisi-  care workers, the system has seen signif-
        tion for Broward Health. “We are com-  icant improvement in retention of       Kindred Hospital                  Kindred Hospital             Kindred Hospital             Kindred Hospital
        mitted to developing and providing   employees with five or less years of         Fort Lauderdale                        Hollywood                     Coral Gables               The Palm Beaches
        pathways for our employee partners and   tenure.                              1516 East Las Olas Blvd.                         1859 Van Buren St.                 5190 Southwest Eighth St.          5555 West Blue Heron Blvd
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        work diligently to invest in our team   As Broward Health looks to the future,    954-764-8900, ext. 5136                    954-920-9000                       305-448-1585                       561-904-8451
        members.”                            it will continue to focus on attracting
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          In addition to offering a robust com-  new talent in the marketplace, working
        pensation package, including medical,   with system-wide leaders to continue to
        dental and vision plans, Broward Health   identify ways to maintain long-term,
        offers an Employee Assistance Program   experienced staff and to find ways to
        and regular wellness initiatives for bene-  respond to the needs of the community.
        fits-eligible  employees,  including  “We look for similar qualities that our
        Personal Leave Time (PL) to help pro-  patients and their families would seek,”
        mote work-life balance.              said O’Brien. “We strive to find health-
          Career development and comprehen-  care providers who are kind, caring,
        sive leadership development programs,   compassionate, knowledgeable and
        such as Broward Health Leadership    committed to growth and development.
        University (BHLU) and Charge Nurse   We are proud that our employee popula-
        Academy, are intended to attract and   tion is representative of the community
        retain talented team members.        we serve.”




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