Valley Children's Healthcare

Today, the organization includes more than 740 physicians and 4,000 staff, providing comprehensive care to over 1.3 million children across Central California. It is recognized as one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation, offering highly specialized medical and surgical services. The main hospital campus is located in Madera, near Fresno, CA, with network partnerships extending to facilities such as Community Regional Medical Center. Nursing professionals at Valley Children's work within a pediatric specialty environment that includes Level III and Level IV NICUs and a broad range of subspecialties. RNs are accountable for coordinating patient care plans through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions under the direction of designated nurse executives and in accordance with the Nursing Practice Act and hospital policies. Advanced practice roles, such as Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, operate in collaboration with CCS-paneled neonatologists across an integrated network of NICUs, functioning as expert clinicians, educators, consultants, and care coordinators with a family-centered care model.

Valley Children's Healthcare's mission is to provide quality pediatric healthcare to the children of Central California. The organization's culture framework, known as 'Our Best,' includes a motto, credo, steps of service, and values that guide employee conduct. The orientation emphasizes workplace diversity, patient safety, corporate compliance, confidentiality and HIPAA compliance, infection prevention, emergency management, and a smoke-and-tobacco-free environment. A 'Pulse Check' tool is referenced as part of their service culture.