Employees can also advance through the nursing clinical ladder, take advantage of tuition assistance and continuing education, and explore new career paths through SPARK, a program that provides job shadowing opportunities to employees in support roles.
HH Health also offers paid training programs for patient care aides, pharmacy technicians, surgical technologists and perioperative nurses, as well as an accredited School of Radiologic Technology, providing multiple entry points into in-demand healthcare careers.
For longtime employees like Eileen Jenkins, RN, BSN, those opportunities to grow and build a career can span decades. Jenkins began with the health system as a high school student in Huntsville Hospital’s teen volunteer program. She later worked as a nurse tech while attending nursing school and has spent more than 40 years in the Huntsville Hospital Emergency Department, where she now serves as a pod leader and member of the Trauma Team.
“My journey at Huntsville Hospital has been a lot like the journey of life. So many wonderful people have come into my life here, and each of them has helped make me who I am,” Jenkins said. “I love being a nurse, and I’ve always had opportunities to get involved, make a difference and do things that are meaningful to me. Now I get to give that back, whether it’s making a patient or family feel special or helping the next generation succeed. I hope I can make the same kind of difference in their lives that so many people here have made in mine.”
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