Hendrick Health

Congratulations to the Physician, Advanced Practice Provider and Employees of the First Quarter!

Congratulations to our employees for earning the 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for employee engagement. Hendrick Health is the only healthcare organization – and only one of two companies worldwide – to be recognized as one of the most engaged workplace cultures for all 19 years of the award. In addition, Hendrick is one of seven healthcare systems in the nation and three in Texas to receive the award this year.

Are you looking for a career that aligns with your faith-based values? Then look no further! Be part of the mission at Hendrick Health. We are hiring for registered nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, physical therapists, radiation therapists and more! We offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits plan that includes accrual of time off on your first day of work, tuition reimbursement, a sign-on bonus for qualifying roles and a team of supportive, encouraging colleagues. Visit careers.hendrickhealth.org to learn more.

Hendrick Health recently honored three nurses with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The national DAISY Foundation was created in memory of J. Patrick Barns and to honor the super-human work nurses do for patients and families every day. Please join us in congratulating these nurses! Claudia Hernandez, RN, Operating Room, Hendrick Medical Center South Beatrice Kiptaiywa, BSN, RN, PCU P7 Tele, Hendrick Medical Center Megan Stifflemire, BSN, RN, Education, Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

In 2025 so far, Hendrick Health has hired approximately 300 employees total for the Abilene and Brownwood markets. Based on the enthusiastic participation in new employee orientations, they are excited about their career path with us. In keeping with its mission of delivering high quality healthcare emphasizing excellence and compassion consistent with the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, Hendrick Health ensures that employees have the necessary training, resources and support to succeed. If you are interested in joining our team, visit careers.hendrickhealth.org to learn more.

Today marks the second annual COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day. Hendrick Health commemorates the resiliency and dedication of our staff and all first responders, who worked tirelessly amid the 2020 pandemic, and honors all who lost their lives to the disease. As an encouragement for this occasion, we invite you to listen to a brief devotional prepared by our Mission and Ministry team.

For more than 20 years, Hendrick Health employees have been delivering Meals on Wheels (MOW) during lunch every weekday (except holidays when MOW is closed). Employees come from multiple departments, including Human Resources, physician clinics, nursing, radiography school and Hendrick Health Club. Their time represents about 40 hours a month in picking up meals at MOW and delivering them to residents. Visit our website at b.link/rcqkokd3 to learn why employees are thankful to be a part of this important community service.

Hendrick Health is pleased to welcome Ron Holder, MHA, FACMPE, FACHE, as chief administrative officer for Hendrick Clinic and Hendrick Anesthesia Network. Holder came to Abilene with 29 years of medical practice leadership experience, most recently at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in Denver. b.link/y97sbh93

In honor of Black History Month, we share the story of James Edward "Ed" Turner, who is one of 100 people featured in our Centennial history book, "Hendrick Health: A Century of Healing Ministry 1924 - 2024." Two days after West Texas Baptist Sanitarium opened in September 1924, Ed was hired at the age of 33. His tasks as an orderly varied, from helping to bathe and feed patients to dressing wounds and acting as an early physical therapist in assisting the injured in taking their first steps again. Ed was among a group of employees who worked a week without pay in 1937 to help keep the hospital open during the Great Depression. In 1953, Administrator Earl Matthew Collier recognized Ed, who was the longest-serving employee at that time, as the "most popular employee to ever work at the hospital." Ed died in 1966 at the age of 75, passing away in the hospital where he made such a difference. #Hendrick100 Hendrick100.org

In this 1923 photo, construction workers pose atop the entrance to West Texas Baptist Sanitarium. More than a year before it opened on Sept. 15, 1924, a full-page newspaper ad promoting Abilene's overall health services touted the hospital with its latest medical equipment, fireproof construction and two electric elevators. As the city's population grew from 15,000, so too did the hospital with newer wings and towers to become a regional healthcare system with a 24-county service area encompassing 400,000 residents. The original building stands today as a testament to our founders' vision. Hendrick100.org #Hendrick100