Children's National Medical Center

Children’s National Medical Center is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the metropolitan Washington area and is the only freestanding children’s hospital between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Atlanta. Serving the nation’s children for more than 130 years, Children’s National is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.

Children’s internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals care for more than 360,000 patients each year who come from throughout the region, nation and world. Serving as an advocate for all children, Children’s is the largest non-governmental provider of pediatric care in the District of Columbia, providing more than $50 million in uncompensated care. In addition, Children's serves as the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care as well as neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery.

Children’s National is proudly ranked consistently among the best pediatric hospitals in America by US News & World Report and the Leapfrog Group..

Children's Mission Statement
Children's National Medical Center will:
• Improve health outcomes for children regionally, nationally and internationally.
• Be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems.
• Excel in Care, Advocacy, Research, and Education to meet the unique needs of children, adolescents and their families.

Children’s Child-Centered Vision
By incorporating feedback from our families, we have developed our first child-centered vision, which looks at the hospital experience through a child's eyes. Healing a child's body, mind and spirit takes more than medicine: it takes a team to fulfill a family's dream.

• My hospital is a bright and happy place that feels like home. 
• My providers, my family and I are a team, and everyone’s job is important.
• The way my hospital works was built around me.
• My providers don’t all look alike.
• My hospital is my family’s connection to everything I need for my health, whether they provide it or blaze a trail to it.

Children's leadership realizes that our employees are the heart of our medical center and the soul of our mission. One of our greatest assets is the diversity of our workforce, which adds to the richness of our culture. Teamwork, dedication, and professionalism are essential values and characteristics that make our employees unique.

 Children’s internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals care for more than 360,000 patients each year who come from throughout the region, nation and world. Our employees share a sense of pride and commitment to the patients and families we serve. We aspire to provide patients and their families with the highest quality of care and service in a family-centered environment. In essence, we are a team of "Great People Providing Great Care."

Children's National Medical Center provides an excellent benefits package focused on meeting the needs of our growing workforce. Below is a brief summary of the benefits we offer. Specific plan information is available from the Human Resources department. Benefits are available to employees who work a minimum of 20 hours per week in a benefits budgeted position.
• Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts 
• Educational Assistance
• Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Shuttle Service
• Parking
• Additional Benefits

Children’s National Medical Center and its physicians have been recognized with many awards and distinctions, including:

• Our recent achievement of Magnet® status reflects what we've known all along: That our nurses are something very special - that their vision, talents, dedication and leadership define a truly exceptional practice environment. We invite you to learn more about our Magnet environment, accomplished by approximately 6% of the nation's hospitals, and even fewer pediatric centers.

• We are lalso a Beacon Award winner, recognized for our outstanding CICU and PICU environments. In fact, our Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit is the first in the country to be designated a Beacon Award winner AND our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is the first in the Northeast region to receive the Beacon designation!

2008 Leapfrog Top Hospital
• Children’s National Medical Center is honored to be one of only seven children’s hospitals in the country named to The Leapfrog Group’s 2008 Top Hospitals, based on results from the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey.
• Children’s Research Institute ranks 9th for most highly funded NIH pediatric institutions in the country
• Children’s National Medical Center was one of only eight children’s hospitals in the country named to The Leapfrog Group’s 2007 Top Hospitals, based on results from the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey. Children’s National was the only pediatric hospital selected from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions to receive this designation.
• Children’s National Medical Center’s IMPACT DC (Improving Pediatric Asthma Care in the District of Columbia) program received the National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management from the US Environmental Protection Agency, May 2006
• Haynes Rice Community Service Award presented for meritorious service to improve the health status of the communities served by DCHA members by demonstrating leadership to solve problems and overcome barriers to cooperative action (Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health Generations Program)
• 2006 Children’s Environmental Health Recognition Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency presented to the Mid Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
• ASPHO Board of Trustees, 2006- 2009
• Honors Edition, Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians, 2005-2006
• Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, received the Health Leadership Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association, 2006.
• Mendel Tuchman, MD, was the 2006 recipient of the Robert Guthrie Award for Advances in Biochemical and Molecular Genetics given by the American Association for Mental Retardation.
• Roger Packer, MD, executive director, Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, was awarded the Raimondi Medal of Honor by the Midwest Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. This award is given to honor a researcher who has made a significant contribution to the field of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

Marketing and Advertising Awards
• Children's direct mail series, "Welcome to the New Inpatient Tower", won a 2009 Silver Award presented by the 26th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards
• Children's 2008 Annual Report, Defining a New Era, received a Silver Award from the 2009 Aster Awards
• Silver Award from the 2009 Aster Awards for direct mail piece series
• Children's National's web site received an Award of Distinction for best web site design from the 2008 eHealthcare Leadership Awards
• Children's National's newly re-designed website received a Bronze Award from the 2008 Aster Awards for excellence in marketing 
• Children’s 2007 Annual Report, Transforming Children’s Health, One Child at a Time, received a Gold Award from the National Health Information Network.
• Children’s received a Gold Award for the 2006 Greystone Best in Class Award for Most Innovative Use of Technology for a Web Site
• CRI Annual Report, Aspire Research received a Bronze medal for 2006 in the Non-Profit/Government Annual Report category of the Summit Creative Awards
• Children’s 2006 Annual Report, Aspire for Me, received a Silver Aster Award
• Gold Award presented by Aster Awards to Design Central for the 2005 Children’s Annual Report
• Communicator Awards - Award of Distinction and an Award of Merit for publications and the Annual Report
• ADDY Awards in the following categories: Out-of-Home, Consumer Magazine, Newspaper, Television and Illustration Campaign

2005 Awards
• Children’s National Medical Center was ranked as one of America’s top 10 pediatric institutions by U.S.News & World Report for 2005
• Honors Edition, Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians, 2004-2005
• The Generations Program received the Haynes Rice Community Service Award from the DC Hospital Association, November 2005