DENVER, April 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Kidney
Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and
a leading provider of kidney care services, received the ERE
Recruiting Excellence Military Talent Program and Best Employee
Referral Program Awards for its exemplary recruiting efforts.
"We seek out and are honored to welcome members of the military,
veterans and military spouses into our DaVita community," said
Javier Rodriguez, CEO of
DaVita Kidney Care. "Veterans
contribute advanced leadership skills and an alignment and support
to a mission and values organization."
Since 2010, DaVita Kidney Care
has hired more than 2,000 veterans and offered transitional support
for teammates with a military background. Veterans serve in a
variety of positions across the entire spectrum of the business –
from patient care technicians to executives.
DaVita Kidney Care's Military
Stories site highlights teammates' transitions from military
service to employment with the company. This interactive site was
designed with input from veteran teammates in an effort to best
fulfill their needs.
DaVita Kidney Care also
continuously looks to improve its company-wide referral program,
which has helped teammate retention. Those who are hired through
referrals are 20 percent more likely to stay with the company.
Referrals continue to increase through a combination of technology,
processes and behaviors that encourage teammate involvement and
ensure that referrals are top of mind for recruiters.
"This one is nearly perfect," one judge wrote about DaVita's
referral program. "Their way of advertising their program to their
workers is fantastic and inventive."
To find out more about employment opportunities with
DaVita Kidney Care, visit
Careers.DaVita.com.
About DaVita Kidney
Care
DaVita Kidney Care is a division
of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a Fortune 500® company that,
through its operating divisions, provides a variety of health care
services to patient populations throughout the United States and abroad. A leading
provider of dialysis services in the
United States, DaVita Kidney
Care treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end
stage renal disease. DaVita Kidney
Care strives to improve patients' quality of life by
innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment
plans, personalized care teams and convenient health-management
services. As of Dec. 31, 2014,
DaVita Kidney Care operated or
provided administrative services at 2,179 outpatient dialysis
centers located in the United
States serving approximately 173,000 patients. The company
also operated 91 outpatient dialysis centers located in 10
countries outside the United
States. DaVita Kidney Care
supports numerous programs dedicated to creating positive,
sustainable change in communities around the world. The company's
leadership development initiatives and social responsibility
efforts have been recognized by Fortune, Modern Healthcare,
Newsweek and WorldBlu. For more information, please
visit DaVita.com.
DaVita and DaVita HealthCare Partners are trademarks or
registered trademarks of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Contact Information
Media:
David Gilles
(303) 876-7497
David.Gilles@DaVita.com
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