Sentara given a top Virginia employer rating from Forbes

Sentara Health, Virginia’s largest integrated health system and one of the state’s largest private employers, has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers in 2024.

In Woodbridge/Northern Virginia, the healthcare company includes Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (SNVMC) in Woodbridge as well as the Sentara Lake Ridge Ambulatory Center, eight Sentara therapy service centers, and five Sentara primary care locations between Lorton to Stafford.

This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.

Sentara ranked 32 out of 90 Virginia employers on the list and is the second-ranked healthcare employer.

“We know that our team is essential to Sentara achieving its goal of improving health every day in the communities we serve,” said Jeff Joyner, SNVMC President. “We strive to ensure that the voices of all our team members are clearly heard by our leaders at the unit, facility, and organizational level.”

Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile the ranking by surveying more than 160,000 employees working for companies employing at least 500 people within the U.S.

The ranking is open to companies from all industry sectors. Around 4.4 million employer evaluations were considered. The consideration of three years of data allowed a robust differentiation between organizations that consistently perform well from those that may only have had a single good year. An employer’s final score is determined on a state-by-state basis and is built upon two types of employee evaluations:

Personal Evaluations: Employees’ willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family.

Public Evaluations: Recommendations from friends and family members of employees, or members of the public who work in the same industry. These are known as indirect evaluations.

In other previous evaluations of employment opportunities, Sentara has been ranked as one of the best workplaces for women.