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Covenant Health Receives A+ Credit Rating from Fitch Ratings

Covenant Health has announced that Fitch Ratings, a global research organization, has awarded the health system an A+ credit rating, upgrading its previous A rating. In announcing the rating, Fitch cited Covenant Health’s historically strong operating performance, market leadership in a growing demographic area, low debt burden, and favorable cash and leverage metrics. Ratings are assigned based on […]

Want to join an award-winning nursing team at LeConte Medical Center?

Four times a year, LeConte Medical Center honors an exceptional nurse who was nominated by a patient for providing care that went “above and beyond.” This fall, we are honoring Alicia Porter, an RN in our medical-surgical unit, with the DAISY award. The patient who nominated her wrote:   “We were visiting in Tennessee when my husband had an […]

DAISY Award Winning Nurses

We are honored to have a team of incredible nurses at all of our Covenant Health Facilities. One of our favorite ways to recognize them is The DAISY Award. This week, as an example, we celebrate several nurses at Parkwest Medical Center who were recognized with the award. Check out the article below and if […]

Covenant Health Recognized as a Best Employer for Women

We are honored to be recognized as  one of America’s Best Employers for Women! Check out this recent article in our Full Circle Blog from our CEO Jim VanderSteeg by clicking here! As with our three previous Forbes designations (we received Top Employer designations in 2016 and 2017), the Forbes ranking is based on a […]

LeConte Recognizes Their First DAISY Award Winner

LeConte Medical Center recently began participating in the DAISY Award Program designed to honor our nurses who provide extraordinary care. The DAISY Award is an international nurse recognition program that celebrates the compassion and skills nurses bring to patients and families every day. Last week, we surprised our first winner, Cheryl Fisher, an LPN in our medical unit at LeConte […]

Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System hosts Walk In RN Interview Day

Registered Nurses seeking new career opportunities are invited to attend a walk-in interview day at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System! It will take place on Wednesday, July 11 from 9 am – 4 pm.  Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and greet nursing leaders and interview for open nursing positions at Morristown-Hamblen! Drop us an RSVP and let us know […]

Covenant Health Named to Forbes List of America’s Best Employers for Diversity

Covenant Health has been named one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity for 2018 by Forbes magazine, and is one of just three Tennessee companies to make the national list of 250 organizations representing all industry sectors. The designation marks the third year in a row Forbes has named Covenant Health as one of America’s […]

Join our award winning team?

  One section of our Pledge of Excellence says that we pursue excellence in all that we do. We wanted to share a tangible example of how our team at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is doing just that! Read below about an award they received and click here to check out the opportunities we have […]