The Employer of the Year Award is given annually to an organization that has provided substantial and comprehensive support to its employees through professional development, education, and certification opportunities.
Eligibility
- Current Employer Partner
Criteria
- Your organization provides financial support for professional development, education, and certification purposes for hospice and palliative care
- Your organization demonstrates formal recognition of education and certification for hospice and palliative care
- Your organization supports professional development through hospice and palliative care education and certification
Please note, organizations cannot be selected more than once in a five-year period. Additionally, organizations that employ members of the HPNA or HPCC Board of Directors are not eligible to receive this award.
Judging
- All nominations are reviewed and the recipient is selected by the Awards Selection Committee of HPCC
Applications are due July 1, 2024.
ApplyHPCC Employer of the Year Award Recipients
Hospice of Central Ohio strives for excellence in patient care, staff, and professional development. The organization strongly supports certification by requiring full-time and part-time employees to make at least two certification testing attempts once they reach their second anniversary. Hospice of Central Ohio supports these efforts by covering the cost of a review course and using a Core Curriculum resource book. As of the March 2023 testing window, 72% of eligible teammates had obtained HPCC certification. Hospice of Central Ohio believes that to personify excellence they need to balance and stretch efforts between both evidence-based practice standards and new and exciting innovations.
- 2023: Treasure Coast Hospice
- 2022: Evergreen Health, Kirkland Washington
- 2021: Care Dimensions, Inc.
- 2020: Hospice of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio
- 2019: Hospice of Miami County, Troy, Ohio
- 2018: Main Line Health System, Radnor Pennsylvania