What’s your next step?

The answer to those questions and more can be found in the culture of the workplace at Benedictine Hospital. We say that with confidence because the hallmark of this 225-bed acute care rural campus is its nursing staff. It is the patient care we provide; the attitude with which we work; and the expertise we demand that keeps our turnover well below national averages and our staff looking forward to coming to work, everyday.

Our Centers of Excellence include:

• Our Cancer Center, offering the latest in diagnostic treatment;
• The Cardiac Center affiliated with St. Peter’s Cardiac Center in Albany (60 miles north);
• Senior care initiatives with the nation’s only
  Senior ER coordinator;
• Our Emergency Room, where last year we treated 25,000 persons;
• The Restorative Living program, where we combine a continuum of care for stroke and trauma victims with our Communication Disorders program, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit, Occupational and Physical therapy units, Audiology department and social work;
• Complementary Medicine, where we combine ancient wisdoms of massage, aromatherapy, acupuncture, pet therapy, and more.

With 35 medical specialties, Benedictine Hospital is where nurses go. And they come here because we are a faith-based hospital, where everyone is treated with respect and caring. Read what some of our nurses have said.

At Benedictine we offer:

• Individualized orientation and self- development programs emphasizing our mission and core values through mentorship and stewardship
• Tuition/seminar reimbursement
• Cross-training
• Career ladders
• 401k and pension plan
• Flexible health care benefits
• Employee recognition programs
• Relocation bonus
• Financial recognition for national certification
• Shared governance councils

In addition to our Centers of Excellence, you can serve in the following areas:

• A medical oncology unit consisting of 17 private rooms, including a designated hospice/palliative care unit, as well as an outpatient transfusion/chemotherapy room.
• A 31-bed acute care medical geriatric unit that accommodates patients requiring diagnostic or therapeutic interventions, and hemodynamically stable patients requiring telemetry monitoring.
• CCU, a 10-bed unit specializing in the care of the critically ill adult.
• A 25-bed progressive care unit comprised of patients transferring from CCU and those admitted for cardiac monitoring.
• Pediatric and adult surgical unit.
• A 16-bed OB services unit, promoting
  the mother-baby dyad.
• ASU, for preoperative, postoperative and
  pre-procedural to post-procedural care.
• A level 2 Emergency Department with 11 acute and 3 fast track beds capable of handling more than 24,000 patients per year.
• A 10-bed Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit for acute rehabilitation, consisting of patients with severe functional limitations of recent onset, regression, or progression.
• Both acute and progressive Mental Health units with 37 beds.
• Operating Room, from pediatrics to geriatrics.
• PACU, for postoperative care.