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University of Michigan Health-West

University of Michigan Health-West is a nonprofit multispecialty medical provider that is relentlessly advancing health to serve West Michigan as part of the state’s top-ranked health system. We serve more than 250,000 patients annually at 30 locations across four counties, including a 208-bed teaching hospital in Wyoming, Michigan.

Website

https://uofmhealthwest.org/

Description

University of Michigan Health-West is a nonprofit multispecialty medical provider that is relentlessly advancing health to serve West Michigan as part of the state’s top-ranked health system.

Founded in Grand Rapids in 1942 by a group of osteopathic doctors, our organization today serves more than 250,000 patients annually at 30 locations across four counties, including a 208-bed teaching hospital in Wyoming, Michigan. More than 61,000 emergency patients are treated each year at the hospital, a Verified Level II Trauma Center, certified Comprehensive Stroke Center and accredited Chest Pain Center. Our physician-led medical group, University of Michigan Health Partners, drives excellence and convenient access to primary and specialty care, including the expertise of University of Michigan Health, consistently ranked among the nation’s top academic medical centers.

In addition to earning top grades for safety and quality, University of Michigan Health-West is consistently recognized as a leader in the use of technology and as an inclusive employer of choice. It supports the health and wellness of all in the community, offering free Live Healthy education programs as well as outreach clinics to underserved areas.

MISSION: To advance health to serve Michigan and the world.

VISION: Our discoveries change care. Our care changes lives.

VALUES:

  • CARING - WE WILL TREAT everyone with dignity, kindness and respect, promoting the well-being of self and others.

  • INNOVATION - WE WILL PROMOTE a culture of creativity, flexibility and curiosity that inspires new ideas and ways of thinking, behaving and improving the world.

  • INCLUSION - WE WILL FOSTER an environment where every individual has a sense of belonging, a voice that is heard and the opportunity to achieve and thrive.

  • INTEGRITY - WE WILL ADHERE to the highest ethical standard, demonstrating courage, truth and transparency in our words and actions.

  • TEAMWORK - WE WILL WORK TOGETHER with a shared purpose rooted in equity and fairness where diversity is celebrated, respected and valued.

Careers Information

If you’re interested in a career at UM Health-West, we have a variety of clinical and non-clincial positions posted on our job board at https://uofmhealthwest.org/jobs.

To learn more about working at UM Health-West, visit our career's page at https://uofmhealthwest.org/careers.

Location Information

Our 208-bed teaching hospital is located in Wyoming, MI at M-6 and Byron Center Ave. We also have locations across four counties in West Michigan.

To view an interactive map of the University of Michigan Health-West system visit our locations page at https://uofmhealthwest.org/locations/.

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