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FHN Staff Referral Program

Attention, FHN family! We’re looking for someone like you to join the FHN team!

Now through March 31, 2024, FHN is offering a staff referral bonus for staff who refer candidates who are hired into a benefit-eligible status in one of the following positions:

• Certified Nursing Assistant - $3,000
• CT Technologist (benefit-eligible and ad lib) - $5,000
• Diagnostic Ultrasound Technologist - $7,500
• Echo Tech - $5,000
• Licensed Clinical Therapist - $5,000
• Licensed Practical Nurse - $5,000
• Mammography Technologist - $5,000
• Medical Assistant - $3,000
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist - $5,000
• Occupational Therapist - $7,500
• Physical Therapist - $7,500
• Registered Nurse - $7,500
• Respiratory Therapist - $5,000
• Speech Language Pathologist - $7,500
• Surgical Technologist - $7,500

If you know someone who would be an asset to our FHN team, please go to the Intranet and complete the online referral form.

Questions regarding the general Staff Referral Program? Call Carol Boeke, Talent Acquisition Specialist, at ext. 6706.

Share Your FHN Pride! Shop Online for Gear and Gifts

Working at FHN means you help people for a living! Show your pride by wearing a logoed shirt, carrying an FHN water bottle, or using logoed golf balls, and share your pride by gifting a special FHN coffee mug, shirt and more.

Log in to the FHN Online Store to find a variety of clothing for men and women, ranging from business attire to workout gear to scrubs, all bearing the FHN logo. You’ll also find sports goods like workout towels and golf balls, fun drinkware and lots of other options for gifts – or for yourself!

“Hard goods” like drinkware and gift items will be delivered FREE via interoffice mail within 3 business days. Apparel and headwear items will be delivered within 10 – 15 business days and shipping charges do apply.

Bookmark the FHN Online Store and keep checking back – we add new items often!

Help Spread the News: We’re Here, For You!

We have a lot to be proud of at FHN, from our talented, dedicated staff to the many advanced capabilities we offer our patients. We’re working hard every day to be sure we provide excellent care to our patients.

Each week, look to the Focus for good news to share about FHN in the form of downloadable flyers you can print and post or hand out to patients who may be interested. Also look for links to our most recent radio interviews and past interviews to listen to and recommend to others. Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook! Please encourage patients, friends, and family to also take advantage of these FHN information resources. Thanks for your help in promoting FHN!

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion and Worldwide Health

February is …
American Heart Month
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) / Low Vision Awareness Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Weeks to Note:
February 7 – 14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

Days to Note:
February 2 is Give Kids A Smile ® Day
February 3 is National Wear Red Day

February 4 is World Cancer Day
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

February is Black History Month in the United States. Black History Month, and more importantly, the study of Black history, is greatly owed to Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who first launched “Negro History Week” in 1926. Woodson chose February because it marks the birthdays of two men who greatly impacted the American Black population, Abraham Lincoln (president of the U.S., who freed slaves during the Civil War), and Frederick Douglass (who worked to end slavery). The purpose of the month is to recognize the contributions of Black Americans and develop a better understanding of the Black experience.

Canada also celebrates Black History Month in February. In December of 1995, the Parliament of Canada recognized February as Black History Month following a motion introduced by the first African-Canadian woman elected to Parliament, Jean Augustine. The presence of peoples of African descent in Canada dates back farther than Samuel de Champlain’s first voyage down the St. Lawrence River.

Indigenous peoples celebrate the January–February Hopi Holy Cycle in February. Buffalo dances are performed in Hopi reserves.

The people of Mauritius honor the Abolition of Slavery on February 1. The struggle for freedom of the slaves in Mauritius during the Dutch period between 1638 and 1710 is remembered and honored.

February 2 is Imbolg for people of the Wiccan faith. Imbolg comes from an archaic Gaelic expression “in the belly,” which signaled the first stirrings of life within the womb of mother earth. Corn dolls are burned as offerings to the sun to hasten his return.

The Chinese have a Kitchen God Celebration on February 3. The custom is based on the traditional farewell ceremony for T’sao Wang, Prince of the Oven, before he leaves for his annual trip to heaven to report on families’ good behavior during the year.

February 6 is Waitangi Day in New Zealand. The day commemorates the signing of a treaty at Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by a group of Maori chiefs and the British government. It honors the rights of the British Crown and also the rights of the Maori people, which are now in the process of being reclaimed.

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