About the Organization
Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. operates Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis as well as primary care clinics in Minneapolis (on East Lake Street and in the North Loop and in the Whittier Neighborhood) and in the suburban communities of Brooklyn Park, Richfield, Golden Valley, and St. Anthony.
Hennepin County Medical Center:
Minnesotas premier Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center with many nationally recognized programs and specialties. Recognized system of primary care clinics located throughout Hennepin County. Essential teaching hospital for practitioners who go on to practice throughout the state and country. Safety net hospital providing quality care for low-income, uninsured and vulnerable populations. Major employer and economic engine in Hennepin County.
484-bed hospital.
Hennepin Healthcare received the 2021 Gage Award for Quality Improvement for work to reduce readmission rates for those experiencing homelessness.
Hennepin County Medical Center has been named one of the nation's best hospitals for over a decade by U.S. News and World Report.
Hennepin County Medical Center is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity.
About the Community
Minneapolis and Saint Paul make up the Twin Cities with a major metropolitan population of over one million (over 3.5 million in the greater metropolitan area). Minneapolis is the City of Parks and Lakes boasting top placement nationally as a bike-friendly city. Built around the Mississippi River, the Twin Cities have become an educational, cultural, recreational and business destination.
Located in downtown Minneapolis, Hennepin County Medical Center enjoys many nearby amenities for major sports franchises and the largest grouping of theater seating per capita outside New York City. HCMC is easily accessible from major highways in all directions as well as easy light rail access to the Airport and Mall of America.
Medscape recently named Minneapolis as a best place to practice medicine due to factors such as teamwork with Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants, great cost of living, healthy patient population and abundant recreation opportunities.