Monday, February 18, 2013
HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley is scheduled to open June 1.
HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley is holding an employment open house for anyone interested in applying for jobs there from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. The hospital has hired about 50 employees so far and will fill about 300 positions by the time they open June 1, according to hospital rep Lauren Zaccardi Samman. There are openings in many departments, including pharmacy, case management, laboratory, radiology, materials management, respiratory therapy, emergency department, risk management, security, plant operations, finance, nursing managers, staff nurses, housekeeping and food services. A previous employment open house drew more than 900 interested applicants. Hospital CEO Chad Melton said in a press release that they were "excited to …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The governor held a town hall meeting in Westwood Wednesday morning.
Governor Chris Christie praised State Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd's decision to approve the reopening of the former Pascack Valley Hospital during a town hall meeting in Westwood Wednesday. O'Dowd announced the decision to reopen the facility as Hackensack University Medical Center North at Pascack Valley in a letter to HUMC CEO and President Robert Garrett Monday. Christie said he expects the hospital will improve medical care for residents and bring more jobs back to the area. "This is the right decision for the residents of the Pascack Valley," Christie said. "It's going to provide immediate increases in access to health care for everybody in this community." The governor also praised the state and local officials who pushed for the…
Monday, February 27, 2012
The decision marks the final approval needed for the hospital to reopen.
State Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd approved Hackensack University Medical Center's plan to reopen the former Pascack Valley Hospital as a new 128-bed facility Monday, according to a 14-page letter O'Dowd wrote to HUMC President and CEO Robert Garrett. Pascack Valley Hospital was closed in 2007 due to financial troubles and has recently had an emergency room operated by HUMC, but approval was needed before the rest of the facility could be reopened as a full-service hospital. Texas-based LHP Hospital Group, a for-profit care provider, will operate the facility. Richard S. Freeman will serve as the CEO. Westwood Mayor John Birkner said he expects the hospital will be a positive force on the community, comparing the efforts of residents to…
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The state Planning Board will hold a public hearing Wednesday
It's been nearly four years since the doors of Pascack Valley Hospital closed, but a decision could be made in the next several months that would reopen a fully functioning hospital on Old Hook Road in Westwood. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services found the certificate of need application from Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) complete Friday after getting answers to some questions that came with the application. The State Health Planning Board has 90 days from Friday to make a recommendation to the commissioner, advising whether the application should be granted or denied. To help gather information for a decision, the State Health Planning Board has a public hearing on the application scheduled for Wednesday…
DMAB6395
5:39 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
I think it's funny that Englewood & Valley are saying that they would lose money & have problems financially-they didn't have any problems when PVH was open to begin with. If the CEO (I will not mention his name) & the Board of Directors weren't so finically irresponsible PVH wouldn't have closed in the 1st place. Plus The Record didn't help any by saying that the hospital wasn't a good place to … more ›