| As the average patient enters the hospital for a | | | | positions. The hospital administration and |
| routine medical exam or open-heart surgery, they | | | | management is always working to ensure that |
| do not always get to meet the dozens of hospital | | | | insurers are paid and that doctors and nurses |
| staff working behind the scenes to make sure | | | | have the necessary support and technology to |
| that they are given the best care possible in a | | | | give the best care possible to all. |
| comfortable setting. | | | | Doctors and nurses have the closest interaction |
| When most people think of a hospital like Manteno | | | | with patients, but all of the facets of a working, |
| hospital, they first think of doctors and nurses | | | | thriving hospital make it possible for you to |
| whom are certainly a critical part of the hospital. | | | | receive the best of care at all times. If one |
| But what about the sheets on the bed or the | | | | person were to not complete their job then it |
| well-balanced tray of food cooked and delivered | | | | would be nearly impossible for other workers to |
| to your bedside three times a day. These tasks | | | | complete their daily duties. This is why many |
| are performed by housekeeping and kitchen staff | | | | hospitals make every effort to acknowledge the |
| and often go unseen during a hospital stay. | | | | diversity of their staff and the various ways that |
| It is easy to imagine the hundreds of man hours | | | | their hard work positively impacts the patient |
| that go into doing the laundry for an Illinois hospital | | | | sitting in the waiting room ready to be admitted. |
| on any given day, but what about the lights that | | | | Rounding out the diverse roles and responsibilities |
| illuminate the surgical suites during important | | | | of paid staff are the hospital volunteers. These |
| surgeries or the clean white-tiled floors that allow | | | | men, women and children often come from |
| patients to be safely moved from room to room | | | | varied backgrounds and support patients and |
| as needed. Largely operations and maintenance | | | | other staff alike. Whether it is bringing some much |
| staff, many of whom work late hours to ensure | | | | needed humor and cheer to a post-op patient or |
| that everything in the hospitality is running | | | | reading to children in the hospital, these individuals |
| efficiently, oversee these tasks. | | | | recognize the fulfillment that comes from giving |
| If you were to look at staff at the Kankakee | | | | back within your own community. |
| Illinois hospital, you would find a wide range of job | | | | |