The goal at USC University Hospital is to become the local employer of choice and to provide our employees a rewarding work environment. As part of this goal, we are launching a new initiative – “Employer of Choice” which is a corporate-wide program focusing on improved workforce planning, recruitment and retention.

As part of our Employer of Choice program, you will receive the benefits of The Tenet Promise:

• We will ensure applicants have availability to a Tenet representative 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

• We mentor, develop and train our employees

• Our leaders are visible to the unit Teams, and respond to upward feedback

• We encourage all unit managers to have a balanced skill set to provide leadership. This may include non-RNs

• We recognize high performing services and strive to retain these employees

• We actively seek technology to reduce the work intensity of patient care delivery and administrative tasks

• All employees have the tools necessary to perform their tasks

• Our full time designations begin at 32 hours per week, new hire benefits commence after 30 days of employment and health and welfare benefits commence after 30 days of employment

• We encourage part time employment for regularly scheduled per diems, and strive to utilize the per diem status for 16 or less hours per week and irregularly scheduled employment options

• We strife to adhere to our staffing matrices, appropriately plan the core unit staff, referred to as Team Tenet, and try to allow flexing to be the choice of Team Tenet members

• Our unit managers are empowered to make employment offers on the spot

• We offer flexible scheduling options including self-scheduling, weekend plans, job sharing, and seasonal employment

• We designate hospital Retention Champions to implement employee satisfaction programs to build team spirit and commitment