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PSYCHIATRIC TECH - GEN MED/NEUROLOGY

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $15.92 + ($2.00) SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for supporting the provision of patient care through hands-on delivery of care, communication, teamwork, and role modeling. This position…

Kidney failure motivates man to fight for his life

At 72 years old, Jeff Niekamp is a busy man. Husband of 51 years. Father of four. Grandfather to 15. Part-time college instructor. Hobby farmer with a small orchard and vineyard.

Knee replacement leads woman to second career helping others in pain

Three weeks into retirement from a job she held for 31 years, 62-year-old Pam Porter decided she needed to get back to work. So, Pam got a new job – actually two of them. She was hired to do patient registration for Blessing Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Barry Werries. And her other job? “I am like a walking billboard for Dr. Werries.”

CVU Staff Earns "Who's Your Angel?" Recognition

Positivity and high-tech care help woman battle history, habits and cancer

It would be easy to say Robin Boernson should have known better. Her mother and five aunts were smokers and each died of lung cancer, her mother at age 54.

First baby of 2024 at Blessing Hospital

Dutton Ray Eugene Black was the first baby born in 2024 at Blessing Hospital’s Blessed Beginnings maternity center. He is the first child of Brian and Brenlee Black of Pleasant Hill, Illinois.

Blessing heart nurse earns national certification

CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT (CMA) - FAMILY MEDICINE PALMYRA

STARTING RATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE: $17.57 JOB SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing direct patient care to patients under the supervision of a licensed medical provider (physician or mid-level) in the clinic setting. Under the direction…

Blessing Health System leader earns state honor

Carolyn Bailey, Administrative Director, Risk Management, Blessing Health System, received the 2017 Illinois Healthcare Risk Manager of the Year award from the Illinois Society of Healthcare Risk Management.

Skin cancer survivor says “Every day is a blessing”

Gary Abbott’s first encounter with skin cancer was in 2004, during one of his biannual fishing trips with his father.