Careers Well Cared For
Our people are all about compassion, collaboration, and caring every day. That’s because here, we focus on cultivating an environment that inspires growth, empowers leadership, and encourages breakthroughs, not just in the communities we serve but in the careers of those who make an impact in the lives of many.
Diversity, wellness, innovation and care
Watch our video to get to know Northwell’s culture and why we are a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®
Our values illustrate how we live our promises every day. They’re at the heart of everything we do.
Every moment matters
We’re passionate about caring for our patients, our communities and each other, keeping everyone safe and well
We never settle
We’re pioneers, always curious in our everyday tasks and our quest to shape the future of health care
It’s our ambitious spark that changes lives
We seek integrity and excellence, while taking every opportunity to spread our wings and redefine what it means to work in health care
We rely on each other
We couldn’t do it on our own, and trust each other to perform seamlessly as one
We are all unique
We stand united, proud and respectful, always celebrating our differences
Every moment matters.
We’re passionate about caring for our patients, our communities and each other, keeping everyone safe and well.
We never settle.
We’re pioneers, always curious in our everyday tasks and our quest to shape the future of health care.
It’s our ambitious spark that changes lives.
We seek integrity and excellence, while taking every opportunity to spread our wings and redefine what it means to work in health care.
We rely on each other.
We couldn’t do it on our own, and trust each other to perform seamlessly as one.
We are all unique.
We stand united, proud and respectful, always celebrating our differences.
We express our culture authentically and we believe that our culture – and our organization – is ours to shape.
Our employee promise is an expression of who we are, what we do and what we expect of our people. In turn, it also talks about what they can expect from us.
Our promise is by the people, for the people. A powerful statement of intent. It’s us on our best day and us every day.
Our organization embodies a culture of C.A.R.E by by upholding the values and mission, while remaining committed to the wants and needs of our patients and customers.
C.A.R.E (foundation to our culture)
Connectedness
Awareness
Respect
Empathy
Our people are all about going above and beyond to deliver the finest care possible. Our President’s Award recognizes those who go even further. Presented personally by our President and CEO, Michael Dowling, the annual President’s Award celebrates those individuals and teams who represent the very best of Northwell Health. Take a look at our 2019 winners.
By the numbers
To encourage healthy choice and habits to our staff, we’ve launched an extensive wellness program with challenges designed by our employees throughout many of our hospitals, practices and corporate sites. See what a difference it has made.
2019 Northwell Health Wellgate
48,683 team members registered on myWellness
90% of employees feel a healthy lifestyle is encouraged
30 billion steps taken in 2019
2,000 teams of 10 walked to Rome in the system-wide step challenge
180+ Wellness Liaisons
200+ Wellness Champions
Launched 12 new Healthy Choice retail food environments
Launched myWellCheck–preventive health screening and coaching for Northwell employees
Launched myHealthyBody – preventative musculoskeletal program for Northwell employees
Site campaigns for Walking Trail and Healthy stairwells
Breastfeeding-friendly workplace including mother’s rooms
220+ meditation and reiki sessions for stress reduction
48,683 team members registered on myWellness
90% of employees feel a healthy lifestyle is encouraged
30 billion steps taken in 2019
2,000 teams of 10 walked to Rome in the system-wide step challenge
180+ Wellness Liaisons
200+ Wellness Champions
Launched 12 new Healthy Choice retail food environments
Launched myWellCheck–preventive health screening and coaching for Northwell employees
Launched myHealthyBody – preventative musculoskeletal program for Northwell employees
Site campaigns for Walking Trail and Healthy stairwells
Breastfeeding-friendly workplace including mother’s rooms
220+ meditation and reiki sessions for stress reduction
48,683 team members registered on myWellness
90% of employees feel a healthy lifestyle is encouraged
30 billion steps taken in 2019
2,000 teams of 10 walked to Rome in the system-wide step challenge
180+ Wellness Liaisons
200+ Wellness Champions
Launched 12 new Healthy Choice retail food environments
Launched myWellCheck–preventive health screening and coaching for Northwell employees
Launched myHealthyBody – preventative musculoskeletal program for Northwell employees
Site campaigns for Walking Trail and Healthy stairwells
Breastfeeding-friendly workplace including mother’s rooms
220+ meditation and reiki sessions for stress reduction
At Northwell Health, our single focus is to make health care better. We’re passionate about enhancing the quality, improving the safety and elevating the delivery of care – all with the goal of transforming the health of the communities we serve.
Through our Leadership Rally, we’re engaging and inspiring leaders at Northwell Health to foster and grow our unique culture that enables us to make health care the best it can be. When people are inspired to reach higher and achieve more, amazing things happen.
The Leadership Rally is part of how we uphold our promise to go the extra mile. for our patients and each other. It’s our dedication to continue to grow our employees, through inspiration, innovation, and challenges. It’s our way of “inspiring colleagues to innovate, communicate, and collaborate to serve patients and improve peaople’s lives.”
– Dr. Kevin Tracey
Our people are made for delivering exceptional patient and customer experiences. Our myRecognition program provides a way to recognize those who exceed our expectations in these areas:
The myRecognition platform is an engaging and easy-to-navigate tool for leaders and colleagues to recognize their teams, peers, and build awareness around success stories across the organization. With myRecognition, you can earn points that you can use to buy a wide variety of exciting and valuable prizes! This program aims to standardize Northwell Health’s rewards and recognition practices, and be seen for our outstanding commitment to and delivery of Northwell Health’s mission, vision and Culture of C.A.R.E.
We’re made for redefining the future of health care. That demands people with a passion for innovation. We seek those who are never satisfied with settling and who aren’t afraid to question assumptions as they strive to continually advance the state-of-the-art in exceptional patient care. See some of our extraordinary innovation this year that our employees created.
2019 Innovation Challenge
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2018 Innovation Challenge 
2017 Innovation Challenge 
The return, a pilot program demonstrating our innovative approach to veteran care Leadership rally
At Northwell Health, our single focus is to make health care better. We’re passionate about enhancing the quality, improving the safety and elevating the delivery of care – all with the goal of transforming the health of the communities we serve.
Through our Leadership Rally, we’re engaging and inspiring leaders at Northwell Health to foster and grow our unique culture that enables us to make health care the best it can be. When people are inspired to reach higher and achieve more, amazing things happen.
The Leadership Rally is part of how we uphold our promise to go the extra mile. for our patients and each other. It’s our dedication to continue to grow our employees, through inspiration, innovation, and challenges. It’s our way of “inspiring colleagues to innovate, communicate, and collaborate to serve patients and improve peaople’s lives.”
– Dr. Kevin Tracey
MyRecognition
Our people are made for delivering exceptional patient and customer experiences. Our myRecognition program provides a way to recognize those who exceed our expectations in these areas:
The myRecognition platform is an engaging and easy-to-navigate tool for leaders and colleagues to recognize their teams, peers, and build awareness around success stories accross the organization. With myRecognition, you can earn points that you can use to buy a wide variety of exciting and valuable prizes! This program aims to standardize Northwell Health’s rewards and recognition practices, and be seen for our outstanding commitment to and delivery of Northwell Health’s mission, vision and Culture of C.A.R.E.
Healthcare Recognition days
Giving Back
Commitment to Innovation
We’re made for redefining the future of health care. That demands people with a passion for innovation. We seek those who are never satisfied with settling and who aren’t afraid to question assumptions as they strive to continually advance the state-of-the-art in exceptional patient care. See some of our extraordinary innovation this year that our employees created.
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