Culture

	Wallace S. Gibbons, M.D. Urology Wenatchee Valley Medical Center " I think the uniqueness of working here is the fact that the medical center if physician owned, physician run and has a very strong management team."

Shared decision making is a cornerstone to the corporate culture at Wenatchee Valley Medical Center. There's a strong sense among physicians that they're an important part of something bigger than themselves.

From hallway and quick phone consults to rigorous cancer conferences, physicians rely on each other's expertise. Strong mentoring relationships are built. "Work hard and play hard" is a common theme, largely reflective of the high level of trust in each other. There's plenty to do when you're on and you're left alone when you're off.

Our mission is daunting: "To provide our patients with the highest quality health care and service in a friendly and caring atmosphere. Our organization is committed to assisting in the development of one of the nation's best rural health care delivery systems."

Together, however, the mission reflects our daily reality. Linked by a spirit of teamwork and modern tools such as our own proprietary computerized medical record, physician services reach 220,000 patients over 12,000 square miles. No one physician, department, nor clinic can meet those needs. Collectively, however, the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center physicians and staff continually prove that the founding physicians' were right – physicians can enjoy professionally rewarding careers with a high quality of life here.

If you like teamwork, don't mind if decisions to remodel a department, for example, might take a little longer because many people are involved, want to go to sleep each night knowing that both the medicine and business aspects are solid, don't mind taking a little longer in the grocery store because you see people you know, and prefer fairness overall, Wenatchee Valley Medi