Kathryn Czaplinski
/ Categories: NEWS, 2024

Career Opportunities: Nursing Open House launches October 18, continues monthly

BENNINGTON, VT—September 30, 2024—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a member of Dartmouth Health, invites current registered nurses, nursing graduate students and soon-to-be graduates to explore current career opportunities at a monthly open house.

Starting on Oct. 18, and continuing the third Friday of each month, nursing leaders welcome RNs and students to tour SVMC’s units, to ask questions and learn about career and continuing education opportunities. The open houses will be held from 8:30-10:30 AM and will start in SVMC’s main vestibule at the front entrance, located at 100 Hospital Drive in Bennington.

SVMC’s nursing team is internationally ranked for excellence, having received five consecutive designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. In addition, SVMC’s Kendall Emergency Department was the first in Vermont and one of the 93 in the nation to be recognized with the Emergency Nursing Association’s Lantern Award for excellence this year.

SVMC offers a loan forgiveness program and continuing education and clinical advancement opportunities, including a free ADN to BSN program.

Click here for the Nursing Open House flyer. 

To explore nursing career opportunities, click here.

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Ways to Help

At this difficult time, leaders and staff at Southwestern Vermont Health Care appreciate support from our communities. There are three major ways for members of the community to help front-line staff in their efforts to save lives.


Donate Funds
If you are able, donating money to the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund is the most beneficial way to ensure staff have the vital equipment they need. The COVID-19 Relief Fund will be used to create additional negative pressure rooms; purchase life-saving supplies, such as ventilators, respirators, additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); implement a surge plan to expand patient care areas, including an off-site Respiratory Evaluation Center (REC); support of employees in distress; meet the need for assistance among patients and our communities. And now the CARES Act makes donating to non-profits more beneficial financially. Donations may be made online at svhealthcare.org/give-now.


Send Food to Staff
SVMC deployed an online tool to facilitate community members sending meals to front-line staff during the COVID-19 crisis. Community members can visit mealtrain.com/trains/v1w8yz and volunteer to purchase a meal for as few as two staff members or as many as 25. All recommended restaurants will make no-contact deliveries to SVMC in Bennington, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, and the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY.

 

Donate Personal Protective Equipment
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is requesting the community to assist with donations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The hospital currently needs the following PPE: N95 Masks, typically found in industrial businesses and home workshops; Nitrile gloves in all sizes; home-sewn cotton masks; and home-sewn cloth surgical caps, known also as scrub caps and skull caps. PPE donations are accepted through Catherine Hagadorn, program coordinator for the Quality, Safety, and Value Department, by e-mailing Catherine.Hagadorn@svhealthcare.org or calling 802-447-5600.

 

SVHC's medical team and essential staff are extremely grateful to the community for every contribution. Thank you! 

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