Nexion Health Achieves Great Place to Work Certification for 2nd Year in a Row
February 2, 2024 | Awards
(SYKESVILLE, Md., December 15, 2023) – Nexion Health, Inc., a leading skilled nursing operator serving the Southern region of the United States, today announced that the Great Place to Work Institute has certified it as a Great Place to Work.
The Institute surveyed all Nexion Health employees across its entirety, including its corporate headquarters in Maryland, 2 assisted living facilities and 54 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in three southern states to evaluate more than 60 elements of their on-the-job experience.
The elements included employees’ pride in Nexion Health’s impact in their communities, their belief that work makes a difference, and a feeling that their work has special meaning. The rankings are based on all employees’ experiences, no matter who they are or what they do.
“We applaud Nexion Health for seeking our certification and publicly sharing its employees’ feedback,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Kung, of Great Place to Work’s senior care partner Activated Insights. “These ratings measure Nexion Health’s capacity to earn its own employees’ trust and create a great workplace for high performance.”
“All the awards we receive reflect our dedication to performing at the highest levels in our profession,” said Fran Kirley, the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Nexion Health. “Creating a great place to work for our employees translates to a great place to live for our residents, and extends to the communities they all thrive in. We couldn’t be more proud of this vote of confidence by our employees.”
Nexion Health officials attributed its Great Place to Work designation to its sustained commitment to competitiveness and inclusiveness, factors that ensure that every member of the organization feels valued and supported. In 2022-2023, Nexion Health added new benefits solution/vendor partners to enrich its employee-centered culture.
As an example of Nexion Health’s concerns for employee well-being, the company offers free medical and behavioral health services to all full-time and part-time employees, as well as members of their families. The benefit contributes to employee and family self-care and wellbeing while eliminating the financial burdens of accessing such care. It’s popularity is undisputed: Nexion Health employees engaged with the benefit at a 68% percent utilization rate, an amount exceeding the vendor partner’s national average employee utilization rate.
The company also proactively acknowledged the changing requirements of its workforce and implemented a program to support them. It worked with a vendor partner to establish an early wage access program through which employees may choose to receive “instant pay’ for hours worked, without any fees or charges. More than 80 percent of the employees who enrolled in the program used it.
These benefit solutions not only bolstered the company’s competitiveness by boosting productivity but also fostered a healthy and balanced workforce. They play a key role in the company attracting and retaining top-tier talent, cultivating a loyal and skilled workforce.
Nexion Health’s employees and facilities have earned numerous awards this year. In November, Nexion Health employees earned four of 16 of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association’s awards for exceptional “person-centered care in loving, nurturing manner.” In March, 27 of its centers received Pinnacle Quality Insights’ 2023 Customer Experience Awards, exceeding the 21 centers which earned the coveted award in 2022.
About Activated Insights and Great Place to Work
Activated Insights is the senior care affiliate of Great Place to Work, the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through its aging services certification program, Activated Insights helps Great Place to Work recognize outstanding workplace cultures in the aging services industry and produce the annual Fortune “Best Workplaces for Aging Services™” as well as other Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small & Medium Companies, and various regions. Through its employee engagement platform, Activated Insights helps clients create great workplaces that outpace peers on key business metrics like revenue growth, profitability, and retention. Learn more at ActivatedInsights.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
About Nexion Health
Nexion Health, Inc. operates 2 assisted living facilities and 54 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Its headquarters offices in Maryland. Each affiliate skilled nursing and assisted living campus offers a home-like setting influenced by its own unique regional culture. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our positive clinical outcomes, resident and family member testimonials, satisfaction reports and AHCA Quality Awards.