With supportive supervisors and valuable advancement programs, the Hospital encouraged and supported her and her family as she expanded her education and medical training into a healthcare career and her dream job.
I feel respected and appreciated in my roles here, Rhonda said. Ive been lucky to have managers who didnt box me in, but instead, looked at and valued my potential and gave me the opportunities for growth.
The opportunities included financial support and flexible hours that helped her earn a business administration degree, two nursing degrees and her obstetrics nursing certification, as well as in-house training for leadership and other Hospital skills.
Rhonda started at the Hospital in 1985 as an administrative assistant in the former Community Services Department which included public affairs, marketing and community health education. While there, she attended UNH classes and earned an Associate of Science degree in business administration.
Two nursing degrees later, she now is a Medical Home Nurse Navigator for Concord Hospital Medical Group (CHMG), coordinating complex care for high-risk obstetrical and gynecological patients while serving as an advocate and liaison for patients across the health system and with community partners.
In between, her jobs included executive assistant to a Hospital vice president, manager for a former Hospital weight loss clinic, licensed nursing assistant, 11 years as a registered nurse caring for mothers and newborns at The Family Place and clinical leader at Concord Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Through her journey, Rhondas managers supplied more than encouragement. With Hospital tuition support, they also offered flexible hours that enabled her to attend classes and tend to her daughters special food allergy needs.
During the project, I confessed that I had wanted to become a nurse and the director said Why arent you a nurse? Why arent you doing this? She gave me that push I needed to take the first step, Rhonda said.
Caity Casey has many responsibilities as the Clinical Lead Nurse at Concord Hospital - Franklin, including interviewing prospective nurses. During those conversations, she cautions nursing candidates that if they hope to be an invisible part of an impersonal organization, they are in the wrong place.
In addition to caring for patients in the Medical/Surgical Unit and Behavioral Health Services, Caity has administrative and leadership duties. Despite not being in an official management position, she feels valued that Hospital leadership seeks and considers her ideas.
In nursing school, Caity believed she would work with children or infants in pediatrics or a neo-natal intensive care unit. Instead, she now finds rewarding work with many behavioral health or geriatric patients some of who are receiving long-term care.
Since Concord Hospital purchased LRGHealthcare in May, Caity and her Franklin colleagues have been working closely with their counterparts in Concord to integrate operations. They feel fortunate they are able to continue serving their patients as part of the Concord Hospital health system.
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Concord Hospital has been verified as one of only three Level II Trauma Centers in New Hampshire. The verification by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recognizes that Concord Hospital can offer immediate, around-the-clock, emergency treatment for trauma patients.
Our Hospital has national accreditation from DNV Healthcare, the newest and first Medicare-approved hospital accreditation program that integrates the ISO 9001 quality management system with the Medicare hospital standards.
We are an affiliate of Capital Region Health Care which includes Granite VNA, Riverbend Community Mental Health and related affiliates. Partnerships Concord Orthopaedics, Concord Endoscopy Center, Concord Ambulatory Surgery Center, Concord Eye Surgery Center, Concord Imaging Center and others enhance our capability as a regionally integrated healthcare delivery system.
Applying the newest medical science and technology is essential to local community care and regional healthcare excellence. Improving medical science for our patients is a constant metric of our operations.
The latest issue of Advanceshighlights Concord Hospital Cardiovascular Institute's innovative technology and procedures, the experienced specialists who provide expert care and the grateful patients whose lives have been saved or changed because of that care.
The charitable achievements report represents investments in programs and services that reflect the essence of our mission: to meet the health needs of individuals within the communities we serve, including our less fortunate neighbors.