Workforce Diversity
Our leaders believe that every individual contributes to the fabric of
our organization. We are committed to creating a workforce that covers
the whole spectrum of human differences. These differences include race,
ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, socio-economic status, national
origin, sexual orientation, thinking styles, perspectives, work experiences,
veteran status, disability and religion. Our leadership encourages an
environment of inclusion where employees see differences as assets and
essential to our business strategy.
In 2011, RWJUH identified D&I as one of our key strategic commitments
and implemented the first board-approved diversity and inclusion plan.
Expansion includes this expression of the supplier diversity program.
Efforts focused on increasing diversity in leadership, the expansion of
the supplier diversity program, and the development of business resource
groups. While we have achieved great results with our diversity efforts
since 2011, we are further committed to creating a workforce that is reflective
of the communities we serve—at all levels. A key component to achieve
this goal is transparency. Transparency, along with our other workforce
diverse efforts, will take us further down our path of being a consciously
inclusive organization.
Our differences drive innovation.
We believe that our differences help us to remain innovators at the forefront
of care. We believe that innovation best thrives when we create a culture
of collaboration among employees who are not alike. In doing this, we're
able to engage our workforce in innovative ways to enhance and broaden
our scope of services. To achieve and maintain a diverse workforce, we're
focusing on the following goals:
- Recruit the best and brightest candidates to join our team
- Identify, develop, and promote high potential RWJ employees
- Engage our workforce to retain and recruit top talent
- Partner with regional and national organizations to create a pipeline of talent
Our Workforce Diversity Initiatives
Health Care Leadership Residency Program
