There are plenty of hospitals where those looking for San Diego medical jobs may be able to find work.
The healthcare industry as a whole has remained stable – continually adding jobs and growing in popularity and necessity – despite the economic recession. Although San Diego’s healthcare industry has lost some workers on a yearly basis, it has been growing month-to-month.
The San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area’s education and health services industry employed 137,200 workers during December 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 137,000 workers during November, but a .4 percent decrease from December 2008.
Hospitals serve as the focal point of the healthcare industry and provide employment opportunities for doctors, nurses, assistants, and many other medical professionals. Many hospitals throughout the country are facing a shortage of these employees, leaving plenty of opportunities for qualified workers to find jobs.
San Diego is home to the Bob Wilson Naval Hospital, which is considered to be the most technologically-advanced Navy medical treatment facility. The mission of the hospital is is to provide family-centered medical care to those in the operational forces and their families, as well as those who previously had military jobs.
The hospital operates the hospital ship USNS Mercy and a network of clinics at military installations. Bob Wilson Naval Hospital also is considered a major training facility for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, according to Wikipedia.
Sharp Memorial Hospital, also located in San Diego, is Sharp’s largest hospital and home of the system’s only Level II trauma center. At the beginning of last year, the hospital opened the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center, which offers operating suites, intensive-care beds, all private rooms at no extra cost, and the largest and most modern emergency and trauma center in the city.
The hospital was recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2008, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines program in 2008, the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey’s “Excellence in Patient Safety and Health Care Quality” in 2007, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2007.
UCSD Medical Center, which consists of the Hillcrest Medical Center and Thornton Hospital, serves as a major research center and the primary teaching center of the UCSD School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy. The center currently employs about 5,200 workers.
During 2007, U.S. News & World Report named UCSD Medical Center among the best hospitals in the nation in six specialty areas. The hospital was again named among the best hospitals for six specialty areas during 2009. Last year, the hospital was ranked 14th in respiratory diseases, 20th in psychiatry, 21st in rheumatology, 39th in urology, 43rd in kidney diseases and 47th in cancer.
Other hospitals in San Diego include:
- Alvaredo Hospital Medical Center
- Children’s Hospital of San Diego
- Children’s Hospital and Health Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
- Kindred Hospital – San Diego
- Mary Birch Hospital for Women
- San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital
- Scripps Mercy Hospital
- Sharp Mesa Vista
- Sharp Cabrillo Hospital
- Vencor Hospital
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