From left: Jeff Plum, administrator for occupational health; Jacquelyn Curry, nurse practitioner; Will Davis, director of economic development for Chesterfield County; Eduardo Alvarez, physician assistant; Brandon Haushalter, CEO of Johnston-Willis Hospital; Bonnie Haney, R.N.; and Dr. Joseph Andriano, medical director for HCA Virginia Occupational Health. Photo courtesy of HCA.
One of Richmond’s biggest hospital systems is putting in extra hours.
HCA Virginia held a ribbon cutting this week for the opening of a new occupational health clinic at Johnston-Willis Hospital. The facility, the fifth of its kind for HCA in the Richmond market, closes every day at 8 p.m. rather than the traditional 5 p.m.
The clinic is located at 1457 Johnston-Willis Drive and opened in the end of September. The company refurbished an existing wing of the hospital to house the new clinic, a project with a price tag of more than $100,000.
Dr. Joseph Andriano, medical director of occupational health at Chippenham, Johnston-Willis and Retreat Doctors’ hospitals, said the new clinic will meet a need in the area with its longer hours.
“We do work-related injuries,” Andriano said. “And we make sure that we can get them back to work in a timely basis. Most of the clinics here in town are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so we’re expanding our hours to 8 p.m. and hopefully eventually to 10 p.m.”
That way, he said, if someone is injured in the late afternoon, he or she has another option besides the emergency room.
“We are very specific to getting them back to work,” Andriano said.
Plans to open the clinic started about a year ago. The hospital hired four additional staff members to run the clinic.
The clinic also provides drug tests, pre-employment testing and surveillance physicals for firefighters and police officers, among other services.
“People trying to switch jobs, for example, a lot of times need a drug test or physical,” Andriano said. “This way they can go after work and not have to miss a whole day.”
HCA’s four other occupational health clinics are located at Chippenham, Retreat Doctors’ and Henrico Doctors’ hospitals and John Randolph Medical Center.
HCA is also looking to get approval to expand the psychiatric units at Johnston-Willis and Chippenham hospitals.
From left: Jeff Plum, administrator for occupational health; Jacquelyn Curry, nurse practitioner; Will Davis, director of economic development for Chesterfield County; Eduardo Alvarez, physician assistant; Brandon Haushalter, CEO of Johnston-Willis Hospital; Bonnie Haney, R.N.; and Dr. Joseph Andriano, medical director for HCA Virginia Occupational Health. Photo courtesy of HCA.
One of Richmond’s biggest hospital systems is putting in extra hours.
HCA Virginia held a ribbon cutting this week for the opening of a new occupational health clinic at Johnston-Willis Hospital. The facility, the fifth of its kind for HCA in the Richmond market, closes every day at 8 p.m. rather than the traditional 5 p.m.
The clinic is located at 1457 Johnston-Willis Drive and opened in the end of September. The company refurbished an existing wing of the hospital to house the new clinic, a project with a price tag of more than $100,000.
Dr. Joseph Andriano, medical director of occupational health at Chippenham, Johnston-Willis and Retreat Doctors’ hospitals, said the new clinic will meet a need in the area with its longer hours.
“We do work-related injuries,” Andriano said. “And we make sure that we can get them back to work in a timely basis. Most of the clinics here in town are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so we’re expanding our hours to 8 p.m. and hopefully eventually to 10 p.m.”
That way, he said, if someone is injured in the late afternoon, he or she has another option besides the emergency room.
“We are very specific to getting them back to work,” Andriano said.
Plans to open the clinic started about a year ago. The hospital hired four additional staff members to run the clinic.
The clinic also provides drug tests, pre-employment testing and surveillance physicals for firefighters and police officers, among other services.
“People trying to switch jobs, for example, a lot of times need a drug test or physical,” Andriano said. “This way they can go after work and not have to miss a whole day.”
HCA’s four other occupational health clinics are located at Chippenham, Retreat Doctors’ and Henrico Doctors’ hospitals and John Randolph Medical Center.
HCA is also looking to get approval to expand the psychiatric units at Johnston-Willis and Chippenham hospitals.