Healthcare Facilities
O’Grady Peyton International contracts with many of the best healthcare facilities in the United States. This gives you the opportunity to enhance your skills and nursing knowledge by learning new techniques and practices, working with state-of-the-art equipment and learning first-hand from seasoned professionals. A nursing shortage in the USA has opened even more opportunities for qualified nurses from other countries.
There are a variety of different hospital facilities where you can work in America, including:
- Teaching hospitals: These facilities are connected with university schools of medicine and are dedicated to medical research and education as well as healthcare services.
- Non-profit hospitals: These facilities operate by fundraising, receiving grants and other donation-based capital.
- For-profit hospitals: These facilities are owned by a corporation and are often part of a network of facilities.
Hospitals in the USA
Due to the current nursing shortage, U.S. healthcare facilities are eager to work with nurses who have proper training and clinical skills. The medical facilities listed below represent a small sample of the places where O’Grady Peyton International nurses have accepted assignments.
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Oakland, California
Known for exceptional quality outcomes and extensive services, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center is the largest private, non-profit medical center in the East Bay region of Northern California. This facility was recognized with HealthGrades’ 2006 Stroke and Critical Care Excellence Awards, ranking in the top five percent in the nation for overall stroke and critical care.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, Massachusetts
A teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is renowned for excellence in patient care, biomedical research, teaching and community service. This 585-bed non-profit healthcare institution, located in the heart of Boston's medical community, hosts close to 750,000 patient visits annually through its state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient clinical centers.
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital - Tucson, Arizona
One of Tucson’s leading healthcare facilities, 301-bed St. Joseph’s Hospital offers a full range of comprehensive services and specialized care in women’s health, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, general medical/surgical services and critical care. With its 25 private rooms, St. Joseph's labor and delivery unit is the largest in Tucson.
Duke University Medical Center - Durham, North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center is internationally recognized and consistently ranked among the top 10 healthcare organizations in the country. The 989-bed Duke University Hospital houses comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, a major surgery suite with dedicated open-heart operating rooms and an endosurgery center. The facility also functions as a teaching hospital for students of medicine, nursing and allied health sciences.
Emory University Hospital - Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University Hospital, part of the larger Emory Healthcare system, is 587-bed tertiary care facility that serves more than 23,000 inpatients and 81,000 outpatients a year. Long known for cardiology, cardiac surgery, oncology and neuroscience, Emory University Hospital has become one of the region's most comprehensive multiple organ and tissue transplant centers.