If you are interested in a career in health care, Washington Regional offers many pathways to success. Washington Regional is the only not-for-profit, community-owned and locally governed health care system in Northwest Arkansas.
Founded in 1950, the system includes a 366-bed medical center in Fayetteville as well as dozens of outpatient clinics, diagnostic centers and outreach programs throughout the region. The Springdale Center for Health, offering a number of medical services for the entire family in the Har-Ber Meadows neighborhood, is part of the system.
Washington Regional is adding 100 to 125 health care jobs in Northwest Arkansas with its new Women and Infants Center.
The center features a 34-bed Level 3A neonatal intensive care unit and the area’ s first Ronald McDonald House, which provides families with a place to stay while their children are in the hospital.
“ We have expanded so much, so quickly, that we have an overwhelming
need for nurses,” said Samantha 36
Bowman, Education Specialist.
“ We want to find quality people at all levels,” said Steve Percival, Vice President of Human Resources.“ We want to fit people into a role where they become passionate about their jobs.”
Washington Regional employs 2,400 people, Percival said, many of them in support staff which leads to additional careers.
“ Hospital work is not only taking care of patients at the bedside,” Percival said.“ We have a lot of skilled technologists who work in areas such as radiation, CT, lab and many others.”
Many people start their career in health care by becoming technologists or certified nursing assistants, also called CNAs, Bowman said.
“ A lot of them go to nursing school while they are working,” she explained.
That is similar to the path taken by Meredith Green, Director of Women and Infants Services.