LSSH Named to 100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare – Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Contact: Amanda Le-Roy, LSSH
(337) 769-4194 or aleroy@lafayettesurgical.com
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Contact: Molly GambleEditor, Becker’s Hospital Review
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Becker’s Healthcare Names LSSH 100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare
LAFAYETTE, LA — Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital was recently named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s annual list of 100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare. The hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and physician groups included in this list offer robust benefit packages, positive work environments, excellent employee recognition programs and opportunities for professional development and continuing education.The Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review editorial teams accepted nominations for the 2013 list and selected recipients based on nominations and thorough editorial research.
Retention is a strong point for nurses at physician-owned Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital (LSSH), evidenced by its low turnover rates and an average of 16 years of experience. The hospital’s 190 employees can earn generous bonuses for meeting annual performance benchmarks, with added incentives for length of tenure and attendance for scheduled shifts. The hospital frequently provides meals when caseloads are heavy to make sure all the employees are fueled for their busy schedules. Employees can earn $100 just for being nominated as employee of the year or nurse of the year, while the winners take home $1,000 each. The hospital also offers tuition reimbursement, fitness challenges, wellness support groups, monthly birthday luncheons and 401(k) matching plans.
LSSH is amongst only 2 hospitals in Louisiana to be listed and the only hospital in its network of National Surgical Hospitals to be honored.
The full list can be read here.
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, located at 1101 Kaliste Saloom Road, is a patient focused and physician directed hospital specializing in orthopedic, neurological, ear, nose & throat, urological, gynecological, plastics, and general surgical procedures and pain management.
Note: This list is not an endorsement of included hospitals or associated healthcare providers. Hospitals cannot pay to be included on this list. The following content should be used for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute professional medical advice. Hospitals are presented in alphabetical order.
About Becker’s Hospital ReviewBecker’s Hospital Review is a monthly publication offering up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating tohospitals and health systems. Our content is geared toward high level hospital leaders, and we work to provide valuablecontent, including hospital and health system news, best practices and legal guidance specifically for these decisionmakers. Each issue of Becker’s Hospital Review reaches more than 18,000 people, primarily acute-care hospital CEOsand CFOs.
About Becker’s ASC ReviewBecker’s ASC Review features general business, legal and clinical guidance on topics including joint-ventures,development and expansion, and regulatory and compliance issues. Each of the nine annual issues of the publicationreaches a qualified audience of more than 25,000 key business decision-holders, including surgeons, medical directors,directors of surgery, ASC administrators and others involved in the rapidly growing field of outpatient surgery. Further,every ASC in the nation receives Becker’s ASC Review.