100,000 strong: AdventHealth reaches workforce milestone

Labor and delivery nurse, laparoscopic surgeon, chaplain, dietitian, clinical research manager, community outreach coordinator, patient liaison. These are just a few of the hundreds of roles team members at AdventHealth hold as they work together to provide whole-person care for their patients and communities. This week, AdventHealth reached a major milestone by welcoming its 100,000th team member to the health system’s skilled and compassionate workforce, which interacts with nearly 9 million patients annually.

The workforce has grown from 70,000 team members just four short years ago, as the health system has hired 30,000 team members and opened or acquired additional hospitals, free-standing emergency departments and primary care locations to keep up with the growing health needs of its communities. Delivering care across AdventHealth’s footprint are five generations of team members, more than half of whom have been with the organization for longer than 10 years.

More than 4,100 team members are employed across AdventHealth facilities in Kansas, which consists of AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, AdventHealth South Overland Park, and AdventHealth Ottawa, as well as two freestanding Emergency Rooms at AdventHealth Prairie Star and AdventHealth College Boulevard, three Centra Care Urgent Care locations and 52 AdventHealth Medical Group locations. With the addition of a new hospital in July 2025, AdventHealth Lenexa City Center, around 170 jobs will be added to the region.

For AdventHealth team members, the mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ goes far beyond hospital walls and geographic boundaries. For example, in the last year, team members across the system donated to support colleagues affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helene, raising more than $500,000 with a company match, and offering unused paid time off to support those who were prevented from working due to storm-related issues. Farther from home, as part of AdventHealth Global Missions, more than 300 team member volunteers took 30 trips to more than nine countries, caring for more than 22,000 underserved people.

AdventHealth has been serving the Kansas City community since 1962 both in and out of the hospital. In 2023, team members cared for more than 83,000 patients who came through the Emergency Department, delivered nearly 5,000 babies, and performed more than 20,000 surgeries. Also in 2023, $262.7 million was invested into the community through community service, in-kind contributions, caring for seniors and the underprivileged, and more, with more than 95 local organizations supported.

“We are not only growing in number but also in the impact we have on delivering whole person care to every person, every time. Each and every one of our 100,000 caring hearts plays a critical role in our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ,” said Gina Creek, Vice President and Chief People Officer of AdventHealth Mid-America Region.

Team members’ heart-centered focus echoes in the sentiment shared in a survey leading to one of many employer-of-choice recognitions, AdventHealth’s certification in August 2024 as a Great Place to Work®. In that survey, 85% of team members said they feel they are making a difference and 89% shared that they feel good about the ways AdventHealth contributes to the community.

“Becoming a preeminent, faith-based, consumer-focused clinical company would not be possible without our dedicated team members,” Creek said. “This vision serves to guide not only how we show up in our communities, but also in how we deliver whole-person care to our team.”

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About AdventHealth

AdventHealth is a connected network of care that helps people feel whole – body, mind and spirit. More than 100,000 team members across a national footprint provide whole-person care to nearly nine million people annually through more than 2,000 care sites that include hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, hospice centers, the AdventHealth app and more. Our wholistic approach to improving the health and prosperity of our communities is inspired by our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ. ​