Athol Hospital

12/01/2025

Hope lives here—in the hands, hearts, and care you help support. 💙

Your gift represents more than a donation—it’s an investment in the health and resilience of our entire region. When you contribute, you become part of a legacy that keeps quality healthcare accessible for your family, friends, and neighbors for generations to come.

💙 Make your end-of-year gift today:
https://tinyurl.com/HeywoodGiving2025

11/27/2025

🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from Heywood Healthcare! 🍁

This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for our community, our patients, our families, and our dedicated staff. It is a privilege to care for you and to be part of the lives of so many in our rural community. We hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and time to rest and enjoy those closest to you.

As always, Heywood Healthcare is here for you and your loved ones, today and every day. From our family to yours, thank you for trusting us with your care.

💛 Happy Thanksgiving!

11/24/2025

🌟 Heywood Healthcare is Hiring! 🌟
Ready to make a meaningful impact in your community? Join a supportive, team-focused environment with flexible scheduling and opportunities for growth.
We’re hiring for multiple roles in our Mental Health Unit (MHU) and Geriatric Psychiatry Unit (GPU) — including positions with sign-on bonuses! 💙
Take the next step in your career today.
👉 Apply now: https://www.heywood.org/careers

11/20/2025

🎅✨ Santa Claus is Coming to Heywood! ✨🎄

Bring your family, friends, and holiday spirit—Santa, Mrs. Claus, Cindy Lou Who, the Grinch, and a whole team of elves are making a special stop at Heywood!

Join us for an afternoon of festive fun, photos, cookie decorating, and holiday cheer. This event is open to employees and our entire community—we can’t wait to celebrate the season with you! ❤️

📅 Saturday, December 6
📍 Heywood Lobby, 242 Green Street, Gardner
⏰ 3:30–5:00 PM

Don’t miss out on the holiday magic!

11/20/2025

🌾 Celebrating National Rural Health Day! 🩺

Today we’re shining a light on the strength, spirit, and resilience of the rural communities we proudly serve.

Across our region, from Athol and Orange to Templeton, Winchendon, and beyond, you remind us every day why close-to-home care matters. Rural communities face unique challenges, but they also embody connection, determination, and an unwavering commitment to one another.

We’re especially proud of Athol Hospital, one of only four Critical Access Hospitals in Massachusetts, and of our dedicated Rural Health Clinics, Athol Primary Care and Tully Family Medicine. Your work ensures that families across our rural towns have access to dependable, compassionate care right where they live.

Thank you to our neighbors, patients, partners, and staff for helping us strengthen the health of our communities—today and every day. The Power of Rural lives through all of you. 💙

P.S. As we continue strengthening rural care, Athol Hospital is growing our team—and we’re expanding our Swing Bed Program to support recovery close to home.
If you or someone you know is passionate about rural healthcare, we’d love to connect. 💙

https://careers-heywood.icims.com/jobs/search?ss=1&searchRelation=keyword_all&searchLocation=12781-12805-Athol

11/17/2025

Heywood Healthcare is hiring Per Diem Maternity RNs!
Join our Obstetrics team and work in Postpartum and Labor & Delivery with flexible hours and all shifts available.
What we’re looking for:
✔ Experienced Maternity RN (preferred)
✔ Current MA RN license
✔ BLS/ACLS (or ability to complete), IV competent
✔ NRP certified
✔ 1+ year Med/Surg experience
✔ AWHONN fetal monitoring requirements for L&D
If you love caring for mothers and newborns, we want to meet you.
Apply today!

11/14/2025

National Perioperative Nurses Week!💙

Celebrating Perioperative Nurses Week! Thank you to every periop nurse whose skill, compassion, and dedication keep patients safe. 💙

11/12/2025

The Brookline Center recently released the FY25 School-Based Telebehavioral Health Report, highlighting the statewide impact of this innovative pilot — with Heywood Healthcare (Model 1) featured as a key partner!

💬 Heywood Highlights:

📉 Lowest no-show rate: just 9% (vs. 15% at other sites)

🌟 Stronger reach: 5.6% of enrolled students accessed services (vs. 2.5%)

💙 Better outcomes: 45% of students showed improved anxiety & depression scores

🤝 Equity in action: CHWs and interpreter services recognized as best practices in rural access

A huge thank-you to our funder, The Brookline Center, our amazing SBS staff, school partners, and the students & families who make this work possible.

📘 Read the full report here:https://maschoolbasedtelebh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FY25-SBTBH-Annual-Evaluation-Report.pdf

11/12/2025

Heywood Medical Group is hiring! Join our team as a CMA/RMA, Office Assistant, Office Nurse, or Surgical Scheduler. Enjoy great benefits, tuition reimbursement, and no major holidays or weekends. Apply now at www.heywood.org/careers.

11/11/2025

Looking for a new career in healthcare?
Join MassHire Franklin Hampshire for an Employer Spotlight event featuring Heywood Healthcare. Discover exciting job opportunities and connect with their team.

11/11/2025

Today and every day, Heywood Healthcare proudly honors the brave men and women who have served our country. Your courage, sacrifice, and commitment to protecting our freedoms inspire us all.

We are deeply grateful to the veterans in our community, our patients, and our Heywood team members who have worn the uniform. Your service reminds us of the power of compassion, resilience, and dedication, values we strive to uphold in the care we provide every day.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. 💙❤️

10/31/2025

We want to express our sincere gratitude to our patients, staff, and community for their patience, understanding, and support over the past few weeks. Your trust and cooperation have been instrumental as we’ve worked to safely restore our systems and services.

At this point, we have resumed most of our services, including outpatient lab (now open to walk-ins), radiology, clinics, and inpatient units, which are all back on network and on EHR. There are a small number of departments that are not yet fully restored, but we are working diligently to address those areas.

We continue to work closely with cybersecurity and technology experts to ensure all systems are fully restored safely and securely.

Heywood and Athol Hospital remain open and safely caring for patients. If you have an appointment scheduled with a Heywood Medical Group provider and need to reach the practice, please use the Athena portal to communicate. If you are unable to access the Athena portal, the answering service remains available and will deliver messages to your provider.

Protecting your safety and trust remains our top priority. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.