BY RYAN REYNOLDS
The breakdown
“We really recruited at a national level, so it created just a wonderful, diverse group that will come together to care for patients.”
from all of our sister hospitals—everybody was very collaborative,” Fulin said. “The level of interest has been just absolutely amazing. … People know about the culture of Houston Methodist.” Fulin said about 30% of the hospital sta were internal hires from within the hospital system, while 70% came from other areas of Houston and outside the region. “As this community grows, we want to grow with them. We’ll continue to expand services throughout the greater Cypress area,” Fulin said. Fulin said he expects the local job market to benet from any future expansion of the Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, having witnessed a similar eect as part of the leadership team that opened Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in June 2017.
Houston Methodist conducted a national recruit- ment e ort to sta its Cypress hospital, which Fulin said resulted in the hiring of over 700 employees. The selection process was challenging since the hospital received nearly 45,000 applications, Fulin said. Nevertheless, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital will be fully sta ed when it opens March 17. “We have folks from Houston Methodist all over,
TRENT FULIN, CEO, HOUSTON METHODIST CYPRESS HOSPITAL
“When we built The Woodlands, we started with around 500 or so employees, and now they have over 2,000 employees, so this is honestly just the tip of the iceberg of what we’re going to be able to do in terms of job creation for the community,” Fulin said. With the opening of the Cypress hospital, Martone said she believes Cypress is becoming a more appealing area for businesses.
Going forward
As the Cy-Fair area continues to grow, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital o cials said they plan to expand their facilities accordingly. The hospital has capacity for 276 beds, 29 emergency department beds and 15 operating rooms.
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