A career in healthcare means waking up each day excited to save lives, serve a diverse group of patients, build meaningful relationships, and change your community for the better. It means being a beacon of hope for families when they need it the most. For many, though, a career in healthcare means something different, especially since the onset of the pandemic: grueling schedules, burnout, overlooked mental health challenges, unaddressed occupational trauma, and stagnant career growth.

It’s no secret that clinical care teams everywhere are suffering and looking for that beacon of hope that they hoped to be to the patients they serve. ChenMed knows healthcare professionals—who also have families and personal lives—can’t pour from an empty cup. As a result, ChenMed does healthcare differently—not just for their patients but for their employees. From career development to building a positive, inclusive culture with a focus on improving patient care, ChenMed puts employees and patients first.

Career Growth at ChenMed

ChenMed recognizes that physicians are the future of healthcare, but medical school and residency fall short when it comes to developing future leaders. Employee development and training are proven strategies linked to successful companies. According to LinkedIn’s 2018 Workforce Learning Report, 94 percent of employees admitted they would stay at a company longer if it invested in their careers.

At ChenMed, physicians are offered a continuing medical education (CME) allowance and CME allotted days. Further, ChenMed has internal resources, such as ChenMed University, that enables physicians to expand their knowledge and skill set, at their own pace, on their own time.

ChenMed U is a beneficial resource for our team members. There is leadership coaching available that gives them exposure to other leaders, not only in the industry but internationally recognized leaders. ChenMed has a book club and speaker series, including fireside chats with great leaders such as Horst Schulze, President of Ritz Carlton, leadership guru John Maxwell, author and thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl, tribal leadership author Dave Logan, and so many more.

Company Culture That Counts

The culture of a company sets the tone for how happy, fulfilled, collaborative, and productive its teams are. When employees feel valued and respected for their unique talents and contributions, they bring their A-game to work each day. While many companies are grappling with high employee turnover and burnout, ChenMed continues to grow its diverse and dynamic teams in its over 100+ centers across the United States. And while healthcare has its challenges, ChenMed continues to disrupt the status quo and be the change we wish to see in healthcare—and our own communities.

ChenMed’s care delivery model and company culture go hand in hand. In the conventional fee-for-service payment model, where high patient rosters lead to overbooked schedules, rushed, transactional patient visits, and subsequent burnout for the care team, ChenMed gives physicians a fresh start—and that begins by reducing the number of patients they are assigned.

Smaller patient rosters create a more balanced workload and the ability to spend more time and build meaningful relationships with patients, which are key to positive outcomes. Further, with an internal network of specialists on the team, physicians in all of our centers can lean on them for real-time consults and guidance—versus referring the patient out as a first resort—in order to best serve the patient and improve the quality of care.

ChenMed recognizes that physicians are the future of healthcare delivery in America. Thus, fostering the growth of physician leaders is crucial, but also important is giving physicians the tools and resources to be a mentor and an inspiration to their peers.

Building relationships—in and out of the medical center—plays an important role for our team members at ChenMed.

Be part of something bigger. Learn more about ChenMed Careers and how you can become part of the family, too.

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