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Mental Health Provider at Hospital Wins Top Workplace Award
Posted on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
Jessica Pfau, CEO, Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers
December 18, 2024: The high honor of being named top workplace among large companies in Oklahoma in 2024 went to the area mental health organization that serves Love and eight other Southern Oklahoma counties.
Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers was recognized by The Oklahoman newspaper, which partnered with the employee survey firm Energage to identify the highest-quality workplaces.
In addition, Lighthouse CEO Jessica Pfau received the Leadership Award for large companies. Both the company and Pfau were featured in a special section of the Oklahoman on December 11 and on December 15.
Rankings in the survey of companies were based on employee feedback about such things as pay and benefits, direction, leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation.
“This recognition is a result of us all working to make Lighthouse a special place. In the “Top Workplaces” survey sent to us the feedback from Lighthouse staff was clear: it’s our mission, pay, benefits, career development and, most importantly, the way we support each other every day that makes Lighthouse a wonderful place to work,” Pfau said.
One survey respondent wrote about the company, “I feel valued, and actions are taken to shown how much Lighthouse appreciated their employees. They go above and beyond any place I have ever worked to care for their employees.”
Pfau, the newspaper wrote, received standout scores for instilling confidence in...
Growers Market Being Converted to Ambulance Station
Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
Features of the former Growers Market Building on hospital grounds at 466 Legacy Park Lane are leading to its immediate conversion to medical services. Mercy Health Love County Hospital administrator Scott Callender addressed the topic last week.
“We have to serve the medical needs of the community first and our priority right now is to get our ambulance station and emergency department back to full strength,” he said.
The Growers Market Building has been out of commission since the April 27 tornado gashed and collapsed a portion of its roof. The damage has since been repaired.
Love County EMS ambulance service has drawn up a new interior design of bedrooms, bathrooms, showers, dining and meeting space, and medical supplies area.
Carpentry and plumbing work will begin immediately, in hopes of having the conversion finished by the time a temporary emergency department, now under construction on the opposite side of Legacy Park Lane, is complete in the spring.
“It is cost-effective and a quick turnaround to convert the Growers Market Building into an ambulance station,” Callender said.
The building opened in 2016, covers 4,200 square feet, and includes garage doors on three sides and 2,400 square feet of awning on the south side. On the north side is a back-up generator and an enclosed set of decontamination showers. On the east is a separate 16’ x 30’ storage building.
“Right now, the ambulance staff needs a suitable place to sleep overnight,...
