University Hospitals
Location: Cleveland
Type of company: Hospital/health system
Meet the organization: University Hospitals is the second largest private employer in Northeast Ohio, with more than 24,000 employees and physicians. Clinicians here provide top-notch care, as U.S. News & World Report ranked UH Case Medical Center nationally and as the No. 2 hospital in Ohio for 2014-15. The system has been recognized as a "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and was ranked No. 1 in the DiversityInc "Top 10 Hospitals and Health Systems" list for diversity for the second year in a row in 2014.
Added benefits: UH has developed several initiatives to build and maintain its culture of diversity and inclusion, including a Diversity Council, which is made up of senior leaders, employees, clinicians and administrators and teams with the board of directors' Cultural Diversity Committee to shape strategy to implement diversity and inclusion programs across UH. Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and physician assistants can earn up to a $12,000 sign-on bonus at University Hospitals, and other clinical positions are offered sign-on bonuses as well.
