St. John’s Hospital is laying off 45 employees as part of a staff “rebalancing” so the hospital can afford 80 new registered nurses who will be hired in coming months, St. John’s officials said Tuesday.
“Anytime you have to eliminate a staff position, it’s a very tough day,” chief executive officer Bob Ritz told The State Journal-Register. “We looked at every possible angle.”
The 45 people losing their jobs include maintenance employees, middle managers and upper-level administrators, Ritz said. No more specific breakdown of the positions being eliminated was given.
“All levels of the organization were affected by this,” he said, adding, however, that none of the layoffs involve direct patient care, and no nurses are being let go.
The layoffs, which will take effect by late July, affect less than 2 percent of the workforce at St. John’s.
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