Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System has eliminated 285 clinical nursing supervisor positions as part of a broader restructuring that leaders say is necessary to meet shifting patient care and staffing needs.  In March, the health system sent a notice to local officials sharing plans to cut 180 nurse supervisor roles at Community Regional Medical Center, 19 positions at Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital and 86 positions at Clovis Community Medical Center, according to GV Wire and The Fresno Bee. 

The layoffs took effect May 3 and come as the system shifts to a inpatient staffing model that introduces an assistant nursing manager role in all units. To support the staffing change, the system is hiring for 350 bedside nursing and clinical leadership positions, including new assistant

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