Work at a Great Hospital
Our Mission: To Improve the Lives of Those We Touch.
The largest medical facility in the region, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) is a modern, JCAHO-accredited, 331-bed full-service hospital located in Idaho Falls. We are one of the community’s largest employers with nearly 1,400 people proudly working at EIRMC.
EIRMC serves as the region’s healthcare hub, offering specialty services including open-heart surgery, leading-edge cancer treatment, trauma, neurosurgery, intensive care for adults and infants, and a helicopter and ground medical rescue service.
Additionally, EIRMC is the only provider in the region offering perinatalogy services (maternal-fetal medicine) for high-risk pregnancies; neonatology services for extremely premature and critically ill infants; gynecologic-oncology services provided by specialists who focus only on cervical, ovarian, uterine, and other reproductive cancers in women; and inpatient psychiatric services. EIRMC is also the regional leader in wound care and hyperbaric medicine.
Hospital highlights:
- Home to Idaho’s only Level 1 Intensive Care Unit, and also the state’s only winner of the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.
- EIRMC has been designated a Level II Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma, a distinction belonging to just over 100 of America’s nearly 5,000 hospitals.
- Our Cancer Center earned a rare “Comprehensive” ranking by the ACS Commission on Cancer, exceeding all 36 standards by six. This is a distinction belonging to very few hospitals in cities of this size.
- EIRMC’s Heart Center provides coronary bypass surgery using the “beating heart” or off-pump method, keeping a patient’s heart beating during surgery. The off-pump method, used 96.7% of the time at EIRMC compared with 21.2% nationally, has been proven to cut mortality rates, and decrease complications, ventilator time after surgery, time in the ICU, and time in the hospital.
- Air Idaho Rescue is a member of an elite group of just 136 nationally-accredited air emergency transport services in the U.S. In 2009, a fixed-wing aircraft was added to the fleet, making rescues in bad weather and long distance transports possible. Averaging more than 800 air and ground rescues annually, demand for the team’s rescue services continues to grow every year.
- The Behavioral Health Center (BHC) is a 72-bed inpatient psychiatric facility for children, adolescents, and adults. Specialized staff provides 24-hour crisis intervention for people experiencing a variety of mental health problems.
- EIRMC’s New U Surgical Weight Loss Center is a national Bariatric Center of Excellence, a designation given only to programs with comprehensive services and superior patient outcomes.
- In 2010, EIRMC’s Emergency Department received the Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality for its work in improving the quality of healthcare and patient safety.
- Aggressive infection control measures at EIRMC earned the hospital the State of Idaho “Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare” for reducing the spread of MRSA, a virulent strain of antibiotic-resistant staph. We were the only Idaho recipient of that award.
- EIRMC is a four-time recipient of the Organ Donation Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 for our exemplary record of organ donations.
- In addition to providing superior medical services, EIRMC is also an active and involved corporate citizen, donating time, money, and sponsorship to a rich variety of community causes.
