Orientation

General Information

We welcome individuals who areinterested in the various healthcareprofessions and hope to provide optimallearning opportunities.

Welcome

• Inpatient Care - 25 beds• Medicare Certified Critical Access

Hospital• 24/7 ER Doctor (On Call)

General Information

Services Provided• Inpatient Care – 25

beds• Outpatient Services• Upper & Lower GI

Scopes• Cataract Surgery• Emergency Care• Full Service

Laboratory• Specialized Nursing

Services• Skilled Nursing/Swing

Bed Services• Respiratory Therapy

• Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab

• Physical Therapy Inpatient/Outpatient

• Occupational Therapy• X-ray, CT, ultrasound,

mobile digital mammography

• Bone Density (Dexascan) • Mobile MRI• Cardiac Nuclear Stress

Testing• EEG

(Electroencephalogram)• Sleep Disorder Center• Medicare Certified

Critical Access Hospital

VisionMission Statement

Pawnee Valley Community Hospital will be the best Critical Access Hospital in Rural America.

Vision StatementTo improve the quality of life for the

communities we serve through exceptional healthcare and service excellence.

ValuesAccountability *Innovation *Integrity

*Service Excellence *Teamwork *Stewardship

BHAG – Big Hairy Audacious GoalTo be the best Critical Access Hospital in

Rural America

Vivid Description

Patient, Physicians and employers will first think of Pawnee Valley Community Hospital to meet their health care needs. We will provide the best in compassionate care and will help our community understand and improve their health. We have a commitment to providing excellent service and compassionate care. We encompass honesty, ethics and doing the right thing for the right reasons. We have a willingness to envision and explore new approaches to improving quality of life for all persons.

Parking

Students; Job Shadowing/ObservationVolunteers/Volunteens

Please park on the south side of the building, in the parking area outside of the ER and along the east side of Larned Middle School in the designated PVCH parking area. There is also a parking lot available to the east of the front entrance. We ask that you leave the limited parking area in the front of the hospital for patient parking.

Dress CodeIt is the policy of Pawnee Valley Community Hospital to require all individuals who are regularly on PVCH grounds providing services or receiving training from PVCH, to dress in a conservative, professional and business-like manner complying with the following guidelines:ClothesWear comfortable professional or business casual clothing; If going to be in clinical area – scrubs are appropriate. Jeans, T-shirts, sweat shirts, sweat pants, wind suits, backless outfits, or clothing with advertisements on them that cover the chest or back will not be permitted.

Dress Code

Hair, beards, and mustaches must be neatly trimmed and groomed; Shoulder length or longer hair must be pulled back

Body Piercing•Earrings

• Conservative and professional in appearance• No more than two earrings in each ear • No larger than three-quarters (3/4) of an inch in

diameter or length• Gauge earrings must be covered.

Dress Code

• No other visible body piercing will be permitted including but not limited to eye brow, nose and belly button jewelry.

• No lower extremity body jewelry should be visible.

Tattoos• No visible tattoos will be permittedFingernails• Artificial fingernails or extenders are not

allowed • Natural nail tips shall be less than ¼ inch

long from the tip of the finger

Dress Code

Footwear• Clean, supportive walking shoes,

including athletic shoes.• Only closed toe shoes are allowed in

patient areas• In no case are thongs, flip flops or any

other similar type shoe allowed

Summary

We are proud of the services that we provide for our customers at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital and want to offer the best learning opportunities possible.Questions can be directed to the Education Department at HaysMed (785-623-5500)

Resources

HaysMed Policy & Procedure ManagerTM.