Conway Regional Health System has been named among more than 40 companies selected as one of the Best Places to Work in Arkansas. The recognition program was created by Arkansas Business and Best Companies Group as a way of identifying, recognizing, and honoring the best employers in Arkansas as well as how they benefit the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses.
This is the third year that Conway Regional has been selected for the honor. Conway Regional is one of only four healthcare systems in Arkansas to be chosen for the 2019 Arkansas Business award. Others are St. Bernard’s Health System in Jonesboro, CHI-St. Vincent Hot Springs, Baxter Regional Medical Center, and the Medical Center of South Arkansas. Arkansas Business will host a Best Places to Work banquet on Sept. 26 at Embassy Suites.
Organizations making this year’s list of Best Places to Work stand out in their efforts to create an empowered and satisfied workforce.
“Achieving this designation three years in a row is remarkable and reflects the passion and commitment of our team members,” said Matt Troup, Conway Regional’s President and CEO. “From a leadership standpoint, we are very proud of our team at Conway Regional. It is humbling to receive such an honor, knowing that a great deal of the assessment is based on feedback from our employees. Day in and day out the work in healthcare can be grueling. Our team’s commitment to this work and to Conway Regional illustrates a calling that exists in healthcare to provide high quality care to our patients and to serve our community. It is an honor to serve and lead our team at Conway Regional.”
This is the second best places to work award that Conway Regional has won this year. In May, Conway Regional was one of two Arkansas organizations named to the national Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The other was St. Bernard’s Health System in Jonesboro.
Companies from across the state entered the two-part survey process to determine the Best Places to Work in Arkansas. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company’s workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, and demographics, while the second consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience.
Seventy-five percent of scoring for the survey is based on employee responses. The survey includes open-ended questions and demographic questions.
The results were analyzed and categorized according to eight areas of focus including leadership and planning, corporate culture and communications, role satisfaction, work environment, relationship with supervisor, training development and resources, pay and benefits, and overall engagement.