What makes it great: Stonegate Surgery Center executive director Jared Leger asked employees to share why the center “really is a great place to work”:
” I have am really impressed with how supportive the management is and how well the staff works together; the doctors are extremely generous to the staff and they make work fun,” says Heidi Walker, RN. “This is the first job that I have been at that I have really enjoyed in my eight years as a nurse. I live in the neighborhood and turned in a resume one day after seeing the center on my way home from the grocery store it was the best move that I have made in my career, and I consider myself lucky to be part of the staff here. All the stress that I had while working at the hospital is now gone, and even the hardest day here is still a good day.”
“Each employee has a common goal and that is for our patients to have a great experience here at the surgery center,” says Trish Howell, RN. “If we are running behind our physicians will buy the employees’ lunch to help keep our patient flow going, and to help us with our daily stresses we are rewarded with massages. One thing that stands out for me is that, at the end of the day when we are ready to go home, we are being thanked for the work we have done.”
Jan Walters, RN, BSN, notes the fairness and attention to staff of management as highlights of working at Stonegate. She also appreciates that “There is a core of staff who have worked together for a long time and there is a genuine effort to hire new people who fit the work culture. The result of this is a group of people who work together from helping to start IVs to changing linen of a gurney.” But actions speak louder than words: “I left SSC for one year and came back because of the above reasons,” says Ms. Walters. “I plan and hope to retire from this facility.”
