Ten Reasons to Choose Us

10. Reputation
San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation is well-known and respected within the local health care community. If you are from this area, chances are you know someone – a former patient, family member or friend, perhaps – who has something very positive to say about San Joaquin. And our reputation is growing. In 2002, San Joaquin achieved national recognition in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of America’s Best Hospitals.

9. Independence
At San Joaquin, we hire people who can do the job – and then we let them do it. That leads to increased employee satisfaction and growth.

8. Patient Satisfaction
Our patient satisfaction ratings are consistently above 98 percent, and outstanding mark for any organization and especially impressive in healthcare. But rather than rest on our laurels, we constantly tweak our patient satisfaction surveys to dig deeper and ensure we are doing everything we can to serve our patients’ needs. Our staff take pride in our outstanding patient outcomes and excellent patient satisfaction scores.

7. Learning and Education
Our commitment to our patients begins with our commitment to our employees. We believe that the more you know, the better you can be in your chosen profession. San Joaquin has a steadfast dedication to employee learning and education. A clinical nurse educator specializes in the development of the nursing staff. Numerous monthly continuing education courses provide more than the required contact hours to meet license renewal requirements without cost to the nurse. Due to the success of this program, a similar position was recently added for the development of our physical, occupational and speech therapy staff. We also encourage our employees to further their skills through continuing and higher education, a program supported through competitive tuition reimbursement.

6. Teamwork
In many organizations, the word “teamwork” is as overused as it is under-practiced. At San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation, we put teamwork to the test every day. Here, it really is everyone’s job to see that our patients receive the best possible care. At San Joaquin we embrace the philosophy that the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. This means that each discipline communicates with every other to design treatment plans that help our patients achieve the best possible outcome.

5. Turnover
Our employee turnover is approximately two percent per month – among the lowest in the industry. We are actively recruiting not because people are leaving, but because we are growing. While we our proud to say that our pay practices are competitive, it is true that you might be able to make more money elsewhere. Chances are, though, you won’t be as happy. Just ask one of our employees who has left. And then come back.

4. Balance
The leadership team at San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation understands that work is not life, and life is not work. We encourage our employees to seek balance in their lives and support them in these efforts. Adequate time away from work and flexible scheduling ensures that time at work will be more productive and happy.

3. Variety
Inpatient rehabilitation. Outpatient rehabilitation. Community Fitness. We strive to be all things related to physical rehabilitation. Our objective is to offer our employees the opportunity to enhance their skills through experience in any area of interest. Our patient population presents a wide variety of neurological, orthopedic, medical and surgical diagnoses, offering the clinician the opportunity to develop expertise in a variety of settings.

2. Growth
Our inpatient census has increased 16 percent in the past two years. Our outpatient volumes have increased 28 percent in the past 12 months. We’ve recently opened two new outpatient centers and are currently studying plans for more. A new medical office building on the main campus is in the works, as well. We’ve grown from 150 to 300 employees in the past five years, and we believe that we are still in a mode of rapid growth.

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There really is no number one reason to choose San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation. If you ask ten employees what they like best about their job, you are likely to get ten different answers. Why not find out for yourself what makes San Joaquin a great place to work?