Work That Matters

There’s always mentoring that goes on here. They talk about leadership years before employees might even be thinking about it. I was hired as what we now call a Care Partner. When I just started out

When I was first hired at CHLA, I felt like I had landed where I always wanted to be. Now that I’m here, I can tell you it’s even better than I imagined.

When Phan Leopando, RN, CRRN, was scheduled for a routine ultrasound following her first mammogram, she thought nothing of it. She had no symptoms. At the appointment in the summer of 2018, she was

For two nurses who put patients first, CHLA was the spark to a wonderful romance. Erin Hollenbeck Trinidad remembers the first time she saw her husband, Michael Trinidad. The year was 2012, and the

Most of the time the lead nurse will call us and say, "My nurses need support. Can you guys come up?" We’ll go and get the cart ready with a Tea for the Soul logo on it. We get hot water, and then we

I’ve taken care of thousands of children at CHLA, and I’m always meeting with the family and having them say goodbye to their child, and then we separate at that doorway to the operating room, and

One of the things I love most about working at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is that there are always opportunities to try new things. I’m not limited by my title or job description.

Among all the children’s hospitals I have worked at, no other place has made me feel as comfortable and important as CHLA.

For me, finding ways to make medicine work for kids makes the job so much more fulfilling.

Epidemiologist Michael Smit is helping to lead CHLA’s response to COVID-19.