Career Development
Encouraging academic progression is more than an initiative; it is a defining characteristic of Norton Healthcare. One of the ways we accomplish our mission to provide quality health care is by creating a culture of continual learning and academic progression for our employees.
Norton Healthcare offers a vast array of programs, educational assistance and support to obtain degrees and credentials for future and current employees.
Personalized Development: Office of Workforce Development
It’s never too early to start focusing on your career. If you’ve got the drive and willingness to learn, Norton Healthcare offers a number of educational opportunities to develop a challenging and meaningful career path through a variety of programs supported by our Office of Workforce Development.
Workforce Development
Clinical Nursing: Norton Healthcare Institute for Nursing
The goals of the Institute for Nursing are to:
- Provide general and specialty nursing education
- Create structures that empower nurses to develop professional nursing practice
- Facilitate teamwork and collaboration in decision-making among nurses, coach and mentor individual nurses, and work in partnership with community organizations to achieve mutual educational and health care goals
Continuing Education and Development: Norton University
The purpose of Norton University is to provide education, organizational development and training opportunities that serve Norton Healthcare. Norton University guides and equips our workforce so employees are positioned for success, thereby making Norton Healthcare a regional health care leader.
Norton University
Performing joint replacements with precision that restores quality of life drives Kevin Himschoot, M.D.
For orthopedic surgeon Kevin Himschoot, M.D., the best part of his job is giving people back what they’ve lost. “Whether it’s getting back to skiing or kneeling and playing with their grandkids, I have the […]
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La Señora del Norton: Serving as a bridge to Louisville’s Latinx community
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Education, career opportunities and no tuition
Faith Hamilton was already a Metropolitan College student studying in a health care field last fall when she learned of, and enrolled in, a new education option — the Norton Healthcare-UPS Health Care Career Tracks […]
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Daksha P. Mehta, M.D., has been providing rheumatology care in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for more than two decades
Daksha P. Mehta, M.D., is a board-certified rheumatologist in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where she has served the community for over two decades. Dr. Mehta treats auto immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and […]
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Making sure patients, physicians know about the advances in treating female cancers
Lynn Parker, M.D., gynecologic oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, is on a mission. She’s doing whatever she can to spread the word: There’s a lot that can be done to prevent and treat female cancers. […]
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Performing joint replacements with precision that restores quality of life drives Kevin Himschoot, M.D.
For orthopedic surgeon Kevin Himschoot, M.D., the best part of his job is giving people back what they’ve lost. “Whether it’s getting back to skiing or kneeling and playing with their grandkids, I have the […]
Read Full Story
La Señora del Norton: Serving as a bridge to Louisville’s Latinx community
Janet Farfan says that when she’s out shopping at one of the many Latin supermarkets in town, she gets recognized as “La Señora del Norton” — loosely translated to “The Norton Lady.” She’s earned the moniker […]
Read Full Story
Education, career opportunities and no tuition
Faith Hamilton was already a Metropolitan College student studying in a health care field last fall when she learned of, and enrolled in, a new education option — the Norton Healthcare-UPS Health Care Career Tracks […]
Read Full Story
Daksha P. Mehta, M.D., has been providing rheumatology care in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for more than two decades
Daksha P. Mehta, M.D., is a board-certified rheumatologist in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where she has served the community for over two decades. Dr. Mehta treats auto immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and […]
Read Full Story
Making sure patients, physicians know about the advances in treating female cancers
Lynn Parker, M.D., gynecologic oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, is on a mission. She’s doing whatever she can to spread the word: There’s a lot that can be done to prevent and treat female cancers. […]
Read Full Story
