Employee Investment

  • For the second consecutive year, North Shore-LIJ is ranked as one of the nation’s Top 10 Hospital Systems for Diversity and Inclusion practices by DiversityInc. In addition, the VALOR (Veterans and Allies: Liaisons of Reintegration) business employee resource group is recognized for its patient-centered focus and mentoring of new veteran hires with its Navigator Program.
  • The health system’s Diversity & Inclusion efforts expand with the launch of BRIDGES, a new business employee resource group (BERG) with 300 members, formed to bridge the gaps in delivering culturally-sensitive patient care. The next BERG, EXPRESSIONS, will launch in early 2015 to promote awareness of LGBT patient care and community partnerships.
  • The health system partners with the 1199 National Benefit Fund (NBF) and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East labor union to promote healthy lifestyles in the workplace. For the second consecutive year, two North Shore-LIJ sites — Staten Island University Hospital and the North Shore-LIJ Medical Group business office — receive grants from the NBF for workplace wellness programs, with dollar-for-dollar matching funds provided by North Shore-LIJ Employee Wellness.
  • North Shore-LIJ is recognized by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership as one of the Best Organizations for Leadership Development with a BOLD Award. The honor acknowledges the health system’s initiatives to grow its current and future leaders with education, support and resources.
  • The health system hires nearly 200 veterans as part of its ongoing commitment to helping military veterans transition back into civilian life. The outreach campaign “Your Service Matters” launches featuring employed veterans and their success stories with a new dedicated section on the Careers website: www.nslijcareers.co
  • The health system launched its first-ever orientation program for leaders, Leadership Beginnings, bringing together the organization’s newly hired and promoted leaders to immerse in the organization’s behaviors and expectations.
  • North Shore-LIJ Wellness pilots employee fitness challenges built around activity goals that are tracked by participants for 8- and 12-week periods. Results demonstrated high participant engagement and satisfaction.
  • With North Shore-LIJ Foundation, Employee Wel l ness and CareConnect support, North Shore-LIJ sponsors the 2014 Marcum Workplace Challenge Wellness Pavilion. More than 150 employees participated in the run/walk which raised $95,000 for LI Cares: Harry Chapin Food Bank, Long Island Children’s Museum, and the Children’s Medical Fund of New York.
  • In collaboration with 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund, the Center for Learning and Innovation, and Forest Hills Hospital, North Shore-LIJ establishes the “Inclusion Academy” leadership development program, specifically designed to provide tools and enhance patient- centered care skills at local sites and facilities. A pilot care coordination cultural competency workshop was delivered as well as the Greater New York Hospital Association’s “Cultural Competency Training for Frontline Staff.”
  • The health system launched its first annual Nursing Scholarship Program through which six scholarships of $5,000 were awarded to nursing students who are either employed by the health system or a qualifying dependent of a health system employee.
  • North Shore University Hospital holds its first Bike Fest. Coinciding with National Bike Month, the event is part of a wellness effort to encourage the hospital’s employees to pursue an active lifestyle.