Georgia’s Wellstar Health System announced Tuesday that it is cutting 761 jobs, amounting to about 2% of its workforce. Officials say the layoffs don’t affect its frontline healthcare employees.
In a written statement, a Wellstar spokesman said the layoffs are intended to streamline operations across the organization.
The cuts affect workers in Wellstar’s corporate, ‘shared services’ and administrative roles.
Wellstar shared a statement explaining the layoffs:
“As a non-profit health system, Wellstar has a responsibility to regularly evaluate how we operate so we can continue to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve. Following a comprehensive review of our organization, we made the difficult decision to implement workforce reductions that impact our corporate and shared services functions, as well as certain administrative roles within Wellstar Medical Group. Our frontline care team roles were not impacted. These changes will help us simplify our structure, clarify roles, strengthen accountability and move decision-making closer to the people who care for patients, while positioning Wellstar for continued long-term sustainable growth. Our mission has not changed, and our patients will continue to receive the same compassionate, high-quality care they expect from Wellstar.”
