St. Francis Medical Center

St. Francis Medical Center is seeking talented and compassionate people to be part of our ever-growing and evolving team of healthcare and human care professionals. To learn more, join us at our Walk-in Wednesday hiring events on July 26 and August 9 & 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., for same-day interviews and offers! We're hiring RNs (up to $20K sign-on bonus - restrictions apply), LVNs, Rad & CT Techs, and more! Ready to apply now? Visit https://lnkd.in/gmeEpNuT to explore all of our career opportunities. #InPrimeHealth

Saint Francis Medical Center recently broke ground on a New 23 Bed Sub-Acute Unit, New 45 Bed Behavioral Health Unit, and Site Improvements great job PENTA Builders and CA Architects. PHM is committed to our communities.

Help with Finding Patient's Family - We are seeking the community's help with locating the family of one of our patients. She is female, about 98 years old. We believe her name is Maria Perez. She has gray hair and dark brown eyes. She is approximately 4'9" and 85 lbs. She speaks Spanish but is not able to convey information that would assist us with finding her family. If you are a family member of this patient or know how we can reach her next-of-kin, please contact our Social Services Department at (310) 900-8630. After hours and weekends call (310) 900-7586 and ask for Social Services. We hope to connect her to her loved ones soon.

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy 4th of July! Today, we celebrate the spirit of freedom and unity that defines our nation. At St. Francis Medical Center, we honor the dedication and sacrifices of our healthcare heroes who work tirelessly to keep our community safe. Whether you're enjoying fireworks with loved ones or reflecting on our nation's history, take a moment to cherish the freedoms we hold dear. Thank you for being a part of our community.

Our Summer Barbecue was a celebration of our healthcare team's spirit and the collaboration and connections we share together. Like the fireworks we will enjoy tomorrow, may we always be that spark of hope and healing for the patients and families we serve. Happy 4th of July!

Our summer Career Exploration Program included high school-aged family members of our own employees and physicians. Similar to our spring and fall sessions for local high schoolers, this session gave students an interactive introduction to healthcare careers. Students ran through a mock trauma; reviewed Imaging technologies available for diagnosing and treating health issues and experienced procedures from a provider's and patient's perspective; observed firsthand our Laboratory services comprising chemistry, hematology, microbiology, pathology, blood bank, phlebotomy, and more; learned the important role of public safety at a hospital; and gained insights into patient care delivery and hospital operations. The students return in July for session 2 when they will visit four more vital departments at the hospital. Family members and staff enjoyed sharing knowledge and inspiring our future family of healthcare professionals.

Thank you, Talking Angels, for donating beautiful keepsake blankets for our Family Life Center patients. The blankets give a "warm" welcome to the babies born at St. Francis. Chandra Heyman, Talking Angels founder, has donated more than 5,000 blankets in the past six years to hospitals throughout the Southland, as well as across the country and globally. Her blankets have been gifted to the families of newborns and NICU babies, and to cancer patients. She was inspired by two very personal experiences – illnesses suffered by her stepfather and later her mother. Chandra witnessed how compassion and kindness brought comfort to her loved ones. As her website states, "The mission of Talking Angels is not to take away the emotional pain during the medical treatment and/or chronic illness of a loved one, but to ease it." Thank you, Chandra and to your team at Talking Angels, for the comforting touch your blankets bring to patients and families. We feel the loving care you wrap in each gift.

St. Francis Medical Center enjoys giving our maternity patients a special greeting and introduction to our hospital at our monthly Welcome Sessions. Hosted in English and Spanish, our sessions offer moms-to-be and their support person the opportunity to learn about our full range of maternity services. These include prenatal, childbirth and postpartum care, a level III NICU, high-risk maternal-fetal medicine, a laborist panel for onsite 24/7 OB/GYN availability, and a dedicated OB Emergency Department. Moms are also connected to resources available through First 5 LA's Welcome Baby program, WIC, Mother's Nutritional Center, and our Health Benefits Resource Center. The sessions conclude with a tour of our state-of-the-art Family Life Center, where moms can meet members of our healthcare team. We feel privileged to share this joyous occasion with expectant parents. Congratulations to the families!

St. Francis Medical Center was awarded the Maternal Data Center Superstar Award by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC). The award recognizes our high degree of consistency and compliance with providing maternity care data to improve maternal and infant outcomes. Our participation contributes to the development of performance metrics, statewide benchmarks, and evidence-based quality improvement initiatives to reduce preventable morbidity, mortality, and racial disparities in California maternity care. Thank you to our Family Life Center team for their dedication to excellence and commitment to providing the safest and highest quality care for maternity patients and their newborns. https://lnkd.in/gp-d9upE

In support of National CPR Week June 1-7, St. Francis Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, provided free "Hands-Only CPR" instruction today in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency. Nurses from our STEMI team demonstrated the proper techniques of hands-only CPR, comprising strong, fast, rhythmic chest compressions without the rescue breaths. The session gave participants the opportunity to practice the technique on CPR simulator mannequins and provided information on additional resources. According to research reported by the American Heart Association (AHA), hands-only CPR can be as effective as traditional CPR with rescue breaths when it is performed in the first critical minutes of an adult experiencing cardiac arrest outside the hospital. 70% of cardiac arrests occur at home. Knowing hands-only CPR could save the life of a loved one.