So, a lot has been going on and I have been neglecting my little corner of the blog world.
The hospital where I work announced they will undergo an urban realignment and trim down some 1500 jobs. This means the 167 year old hospital will be trimmed down to about 200 beds. Staying is OB and some minor peds beds, bariatric services and about 20 med/surg beds and rehab service. Everything else will go to the other hospital and the hobs will just go away.
They announced the changes in June and the plan is to shut down the ED in January and sometime in the first quarter move everything.
Funny thing is right after the plan was announced admissions went through the roof and the facility is busier than ever. Go figure!
Most people talk about resumes and interviews with other facilities and people are starting to leave. I imagine within a month or two there will be many vacant positions and the facility will be running short-staffed all the time. They will not be hiring into jobs at the dying facility and within the facility jobs are frozen. I think it is about eight weeks away from an ugly mess.
In the meetings since the announcement the administration fully admitted that they really do not have a firm plan on how this transition will take place. Well duh!
Anyway, I am here possibly til December unless my house sells earlier and after that I leave the burgh forever.
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