EXEMPLA SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL

1835 Franklin Street
Denver, Colorado 80218-1191
Denver County
United States

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phone: View Phone303-837-7111
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type: Acute Care Hospitals
owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
emergency services: Yes
number of beds: 565
number of certified beds: 565

Description

Exempla St. Joseph's Hospital is a leader in healthcare services, providing high quality, low-cost health care. Exempla offers a complete range of healthcare services from acute care to preventive outpatient and wellness education.

Exempla St. Joseph Hospital is one of the nations leading health care organizations.

The oldest private, teaching hospital in the region, St. Josephs provides advanced clinical training to approximately 100 graduate physicians each year.

Residency training programs include internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology and family practice.

The Cardiovascular Lab performs an average of 3,000 heart procedures a year - more than any other hospital in Colorado.

St. Josephs has oustanding L&D and women's services programs: More babies are born at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital than at any other Colorado hospital. (ESJH delivers 1 in every 10 babies born in Colorado).

Exempla St. Josephs is responsive to improving the health of the community with special concern for the underserved. We provide care that is offered with the Exempla Touch, delivered with distinction and so coordinated that each person can say, "They know me here."

History of Exempla Healthcare: Exempla Healthcare was formed in 1997 by the integration of Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colorado and Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. Both hospitals have received recognition in the 100 Top Hospitals study three times each in the last six years, proving Exempla's commitment to providing responsive health care in the communities we serve. With a long standing reputation for quality, low-cost health care, Exempla offers a complete range of healthcare services from acute care at the hospitals to preventive outpatient and wellness education throughout the community. The Exempla Medical Group is a large medical practice of primary care physicians who have practice sites throughout the Denver metropolitan area.

Come and live in the "mile high" city, at 5,280 feet above sea level, Denver residents enjoy sunshine over 300 days a year. This highly educated city is home to several colleges and universities, and has the largest city park system in the nation. With a booming economy, a thriving and energetic business community, and access to some of the best outdoor recreation amenities in the country, Denver has something for everyone!
Exempla St. Joseph hospital (ESJH), is a non profit teaching facility which was started in the late 1800's by the sisters of charity in Kansas.

Known nationally as a top hospital, (we've received the nation's top 100 hospitals award four times-- most recently in 1999,) Exempla St. Joseph Hospital offers top quality services in a state of the art teaching facility.

Other awards we've received include the Denver Mercury Awards (which ranks hospitals in four categories: best overall, oncology, orthopedics, cardiology):

ESJH was ranked among the top three hospitals in Denver in each category. ESJH was Denver’s first private hospital, founded in 1873 by the Catholic Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth who made their way from Kansas to Denver with just $9.00.


Mission: TO FOSTER HEALING AND HEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

Exempla Vision


WE WILL BE KNOWN FOR THE EXEMPLA TOUCH.

» Care so coordinated and welcoming that patients feel, "They know me here."
» Dependable care that earns the community's trust.
» Passion for improving healthcare.
» Concern for the health of our community, especially the underserved.
» Responsible use of our resources.

What makes working in your organization different from working for other employers?
St. Joseph's is a great place to work for many reasons. As a teaching facility we see a variety of patients, and are well known in the community as an excellent facility in which to receive care. There is a strong focus on teaching here, and the hospital has a reputation for providing outreach services in the community to help provide health care to members of the community who are in need

We offer a new graduate nurse internship program three times a year: in January, June and September. Our internship consists of a nine week program, and has been in existence for over fourteen years. Classroom rotations last one week, followed by 2-4 week rotations in a designated specialty area. Interns work one on one with a preceptor, and are placed at the end of the 2nd rotation into a permanent position of their choosing. Additionally, we offer Internship programs in Labor and Delivery, Critical Care, and Perioperative Nursing. These specialty internships are designed to help nursing staff with at least 1 year of experience transition into a particular specialty area. The specialty internships consist of a six week didactic component, followed by four and one-half months months clinical time. Labor and Delivery internships are 8 weeks in length consisting of both clinical and didactic education. Our Critical Care areas: ICU/CICU: are twelve weeks of didacitic and clinical time.

What can a candidate expect during their interview process?
Candidates can generally expect a call back from a nursing recruiter within 48 hours for nursing positions if they are qualified for an open position. After an initial phone screening call, an interview time will be scheduled for a follow up interview. Interviews may be conducted with both the recruiter and nurse manager, or with the nurse manager only. Acknowledgement postcards are generally sent out within the first week of our receiving an application, therefore applicants receive a notification from us that their resume was received.
Allied Health Applicants: (May take up to a week or more to receive a response from the hospital for applicants applying for Allied Health Positions.)
What are some common mistakes candidates make when applying for jobs with your facility?
Applicants should make sure that their applications are filled out completely, and in as much detail as possible. Double check to make sure that the phone number you list on your application is correct, and that it is a working phone number. Qualified applicants will a phone call from a recruiter once the application has been processed. Candidates are encouraged to select a particular job that they are interested in, and to list that job on their application materials or in a cover letter.

Most facilities stress only the positive aspects of working for their organization. What are some of the challenges faced by new employees and even experienced personnel?
I think the biggest challenge right now is the cost of living in Denver. Sometimes applicants are not aware of the costs involved in living in a large metropolitan city, and the cost of living can be an issue here if one has not researched this prior to visiting the Denver area.

Denver. Colorado Community Highlights:
Community Highlights
Enjoy over 300 days of sunshine a year in beautiful Colorado
Mile High Football/Soccer Stadium
Easy driving distance to major ski resorts
Explore the Denver Zoo
Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park

Together with the five surrounding counties that comprise the metropolitan area, Denver offers what many people believe is the ideal place to live and work, with a strong and diversified economy, a wealth of recreational facilities and cultural attractions, a quality educational system and some of the nation's leading healthcare facilities.


Hospital Performance Quality Measures
Heart Attack82.75%
Heart Failure90.75%
Pneumonia86.29%
Surgical Infection Prevention91.20%
ConditionScore %Sample Size
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge100%205 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival98%134 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge100%258 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival83%48 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling97%79 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival0 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)85%53 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival99%173 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge100%205 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival98%134 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge100%258 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival83%48 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling97%79 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival0 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)85%53 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival99%173 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge100%205 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival98%134 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge100%258 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival83%48 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling97%79 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival0 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)85%53 patients
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival99%173 patients
ConditionScore %Sample Size
Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions91%239 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function97%280 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)82%91 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling93%44 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions91%239 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function97%280 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)82%91 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling93%44 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions91%239 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function97%280 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)82%91 patients
Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling93%44 patients
ConditionScore %Sample Size
Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment100%154 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination66%121 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival94%32 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling78%40 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)90%83 patients
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics97%109 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination79%43 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment100%154 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination66%121 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival94%32 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling78%40 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)90%83 patients
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics97%109 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination79%43 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment100%154 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination66%121 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival94%32 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling78%40 patients
Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)90%83 patients
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics97%109 patients
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination79%43 patients
ConditionScore %Sample Size
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery72%365 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery97%383 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment To Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots95%154 patients
Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries96%154 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision96%379 patients
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery72%365 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery97%383 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment To Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots95%154 patients
Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries96%154 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision96%379 patients
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery72%365 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery97%383 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment To Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots95%154 patients
Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries96%154 patients
Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision96%379 patients

 

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