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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 9, 2007
For more information contact:
Teresa de Groh, WCWI Chair, tdegroh@bresnan.net
Pamela Downing, WCWI Member, pdowni@state.wy.us
Powell Valley Healthcare receives 2007 Wyoming Summit Award
POWELL - The Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues (WCWI) will present the 2007 Wyoming Summit Award to Powell Valley Healthcare (PVHC) at the Wyoming Business Alliance Fall Forum Nov. 16-17 in Casper.
The Summit Award recognizes businesses that have successfully instituted programs or policies that broaden, strengthen and support their workforce.
Powell Valley Healthcare is a community provider of healthcare services with several components including: Powell Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital; Powell Valley Care Center, an intermediate long-term care center; and Powell Valley Clinic, a multi-specialty ambulatory care clinic. PVHC offers competitive wages and benefits, promotes continuing education and training among staff and places a high importance on work/life balance.
“As an organization, we are very employee-friendly and we do a lot to support our employees,” said Jim Cannon, Director of Public Relations and Marketing and a member of the Employee Committee. “We have such a great group of people here at Powell Valley Healthcare. We realize that we are people taking care of our community.”
PVHC offers employees flexible scheduling, varying shifts and the ability to choose full- or part-time or a working as needed status. Additionally, PVHC hosts numerous employee activities, recognizes staff, assigns mentors to new employees, offers personal assistance and free counseling to staff and their dependents as well as partnering with local childcare facilities.
PVHC has career ladders and other educational programs in place to assist employees in advancing their healthcare careers. The PVHC staff is also encouraged to attend seminars, workshops, certification opportunities and to complete higher education.
Employees are encouraged and trained to become mentors and enhance their leadership skills. PVHC also has a non-negotiable wage structure that is based on wage grades and years of experience regardless of gender. Several comprehensive salary surveys are conducted annually to ensure that PVHC offers the most competitive wages and benefits in the region; adjustments are made accordingly.
“I’ve been here for 11 years and they had these programs in place before I started. But, our program keeps growing and expanding,” said Cannon. “Right now, we’re working on starting a life coach program to offer free massages for staff to help manage stress.” Cannon said that the programs help reduce employee turnover and aid in recruitment efforts.
The Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues in partnership with the Wyoming Business Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation, the Wyoming Department of Family Services, the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and the Wyoming Business Council sponsor the award. The Summit Award is given annually with nominations opening on Jan. 1 and closing on July 31 of each year.
The Carbon County Higher Education Kid’s Campus Child Care Center received the 2006 Award and Edeen Homes of Cheyenne received the 2005 Award. The WCWI is a 13-member council with representation from each of the nine Judicial Districts in addition to four at-large members and one ex-officio member from the Wyoming Business Council. The WCWI is a Governor appointed council. Visit www.wyomingwomenscouncil.org.
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