Saint Vincent Hospital

A face familiar to the Worcester healthcare community has been tasked with tackling the statewide nursing shortage.

Tenet Healthcare has named a new chief nursing officer to oversee its hospitals in Worcester, Framingham, and Natick, while its former nursing executive departs to take on a role at ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is relaunching its volunteer program, which has been closed since shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses at Framingham Union Hospital have requested voluntary recognition of their labor union in a Tuesday letter to MetroWest Medical Center CEO John Whitlock from The Framingham Union Hospital RN Organizing Committee.

The saga over the proposed closure of the Leominster maternity center is part of a national struggle beset by doctor shortages, rising maternal morbidity, and money-losing operations.

Texas-based Tenet Healthcare, the company that owns and operates Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center, has expanded the scope of its CEO’s role.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has named John Whitlock, Jr. its CEO, after he held the role in interim for six months.

In its latest leadership change, MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has named Stephanie Jackman-Havey as its new CFO.

Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, has named its new executive vice president and CFO. Sun Park will officially take over the role on Jan. 1, following the retirement of Daniel Cancelmi.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Fidelity Bank, and Clark University.