Program offers broad support for employees who want to grow their careers
From staff reports
Beaufort Memorial (BMH) graduated the second class of its recently launched PATH Program (People Achieving Their Highest), and welcomed five new participants who signed their commitments to participate in the career development program and accepted their scholarships during a special ceremony last week at the Port Royal Medical Pavilion.
Graduates completed coursework developed by the National Healthcareer Association which was taught onsite by Beaufort Memorial’s clinical staff in the Education Department. The participants spent two days per week learning healthcare fundamentals and career specific skills over a 12-week period. This included clinical rotations at the hospital during the last month of the course where they put into practice the skills they’d been developing in their respective courses.
In addition to the on-site courses, the PATH Program supports employees seeking to further their education at partnered institutions for higher learning like USCB and TCL through scholarships, skill labs and clinical rotations.
Made possible through funding from the Beaufort Memorial Foundation and an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant from Beaufort County, the PATH Program is open to all BMH employees who aspire to grow into careers that require a certification or degree, the program will ultimately offer pathways in five career clusters, including hospitality, business, support services, diagnostics/therapeutics and direct patient care.
“We are so proud to celebrate our second class of PATH graduates and to welcome our third class,” BMH President and CEO Russell Baxley said in a news release. “Everyone deserves the opportunity to advance their careers and this program allows us to support our employees in their growth.”
