Careers
Is the nursing shortage over?
The recent report that thirty six percent of new nursing school graduates cannot find work has startled job-seekers and students across the country. After years of hiring bonuses and aggressive recruiting, is this the end of the nursing shortage? Barnes-Jewish Hospital senior talent acquisition specialist Julie Koonce says that nursing students and new registered nurses need to have realistic [...]
Pharmacy Program Helps Students Find "BESt" Careers
Along with a nursing shortage, the United States is also suffering a shortage of pharmacists. People are living longer and requiring more medications, which is increasing demands on the pharmacy industry. Steven Player and Isaac Butler are more aware of the problem than most because they’re working to fix it. Both are pharmacists themselves – [...]
Why? Because ICARE.
If you were at Barnes-Jewish Hospital last Wednesday or Thursday, you may have noticed what looked like a celebration for employees. And it was, in a way. This celebration was to kick off our ICARE campaign. This campaign is a way of making the hospital’s core values – Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – tangible for employees. Many of [...]
Reason #6,825 why I love working at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
The Shuttle Mantra I had to drop something off at another building this morning and ended up taking one of our hospital shuttles back to my building. We have the best shuttle drivers. What makes them the best is, anytime I’ve gotten on a shuttle I am greeted warmly, and when I reach my destination [...]
Coordinators talk about their career path, job
Yesterday we told you what the jobs of Barnes-Jewish Hospital kidney transplant coordinators Jean Bowe and Jennifer Colletta involve. Today, they tell us how they ended up in transplant. Working with living donor kidney transplant and paired kidney exchange is just the latest chapter in the careers of Barnes-Jewish Hospital transplant coordinators Jean Bowe, RN, [...]
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