Welcome to Career Focus, pointing you to prospects and building your career.
If you're looking to make a difference in the lives of people in your community, being
a Mission Partner with OSF HealthCare might be the perfect place to start.
At OSF HealthCare, our Mission is to care for our patients with the greatest care and
love, and we don't just have "employees" at OSF - we have Mission Partners, and today
we're going to share several stories of our Mission Partners' journeys in their careers
at OSF.
My name's Carli Light.
I'm a Patient Care Technician at OSF Saint Francis, and this is my story.
I take care of patients, I help them do daily activities such as going to the bathroom,
taking baths, walking - anything pretty much that would be involved in someone's daily
routine that they need help with.
First of all, I always wanted to work at OSF just because the Mission - I love that we're
trying to provide everyone with the greatest love and compassion.
I've always wanted to work here since I was little because OSF has such a great reputation
for high-quality healthcare.
I think that working as a tech in the hospital is a very good learning opportunity if you
want to go on to become a nurse or go on in your career path.
We are a huge advocate of working as a team and working as a whole unit - working as a
family.
Everyone has great attitudes.
I feel like if I need anything, I could ask any of my co-workers, and I know I could depend
on them.
I love that aspect of working here.
You have to be kind and compassionate and very caring, willing to do whatever and whenever
for your patients.
You have to have a lot of energy - it's a high-energy job.
You're going to be put in a lot of stressful situations, but you just have to really know
how to balance being stressed out with trying to stay calm.
It's something that you learn, and I think that's a very good quality about this job.
It teaches you to really have great patience in life.
The best part is probably getting told, "Thank you so much" by a patient.
That means a lot for me.
I love the patient interactions that I get, I love making someone's day just a little
bit better just from doing - you know - the small tasks.
It's really rewarding.
It's a great feeling to get at work.
We've just shared with you Carli's story, and it doesn't end there.
Carli has completed the Registered Nurse program, and she's now working as a Registered Nurse
at Saint Francis Medical Center.
And we have many other stories about career advancement at OSF that we'd like to share
with you.
My journey with OSF started in the housekeeping department, and I moved on from there into
HR, where I spent a little bit of time, and then I moved into credentialing, and I was
brought back into HR, where I then became a Recruitment Specialist, and I started recruiting
for housekeeping, where I originally started from, and I also recruit for entry-level career
positions.
One of the things that always stands out to me is when a candidate does mention that they
would like to come to OSF because they have heard that there's opportunities for growth,
and they kind of discuss those opportunities with me, and I'm able to share my story with
them.
My husband also moved up in his career.
He started in the catering department, and now he is the manager over Food Services.
We have opportunities across all the communities we serve in Illinois and Michigan, and thousands
of opportunities from entry-level opportunities to get your career started all the way up
through leadership positions and really evoking innovation and change in healthcare.
There really is a culture of accountability, and I think that really ties into our growth
opportunities.
Each and every one of our Mission Partners takes responsibility for caring for patients,
regardless if they are actually caring for that patient directly.
I know everything that I do at OSF directly impacts that patient experience, and I'm very
proud of that.
To learn more about career opportunities at OSF, visit us at osfcareers-dot-o-r-g.
I'm Lesley Van Ness.
Thanks for watching your Career Focus, and good luck job hunting!