State hospital in Wichita Falls offers hiring bonuses for healthcare workers

Lynn Walker, Wichita Falls Times Record News
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The North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls is closed to visitors and is restricting admissions due in part to staffing shortages. They are offering hiring bonuses for people willing to come to work.
The North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls is closed to visitors and is restricting admissions due in part to staffing shortages. They are offering hiring bonuses for people willing to come to work.

North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls is offering hiring bonuses for people willing to come to work.

The offers are good for select positions here and in state hospitals and supported living centers across the state.

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“We want to recruit qualified, motivated health care professionals to help support residents in our state supported living centers and patients at our state hospitals,” said Scott Schalchlin, deputy executive commissioner for Texas HHSC’s Health and Specialty Care System.”

The hiring bonuses are for registered nurses (RN) and licensed vocational nurses as well as psychiatric nursing assistants (PNA).

Newly hired RNs can qualify for $5,000 bonuses while eligible LVN new hires could receive $3,500. DSPs and PNAs may qualify for $2,500 hiring bonuses.

Hospitals across the state have battled a shortage of qualified health care workers since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with many falling victim to the disease or quitting because or burnout and fatigue.

State supported living centers provide residential services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, while state hospitals provide inpatient psychiatric care for adults, children and adolescents.

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