Pioneers inRural Healthcare
Follow your calling to Forks, Washington, where you’ll find Forks Community Hospital. We operate as a public hospital district, where our employees care for residents of Forks and the surrounding Olympic Peninsula communities.
Our hospital offers a level IV trauma center, ambulance, sleep center, surgical, imaging and laboratory services, long-term care, physical rehabilitation, mental health and chemical dependency treatment.
Our Mission, Vision and Values
Our Mission
We are committed to personalizing healthcare to enhance the quality of life for everyone.
Our Vision
We believe quality is the continuous pursuit of better and more innovative ways to meet the needs and expectations of our customers, each other, organizations and communities we serve. We will pursue quality through improvement in work processes and systems and by supporting ongoing training and education of our most important resource—people.
Our Values
- Teamwork We believe teamwork results in the attainment of the finest finished product possible. This is achieved through the cooperation and use of resources of individual team members.
- Personalized Care We believe that personalized care is an essential element of the healing process. Personalized care should be individualized to patients, residents, clients, and their families; integrating their physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs.
- Dedication, Compassion, Respect We believe that those who serve in our organization reflect a tradition of gentleness and empathy for all patients, residents, clients, and their families, co-workers and others. We believe each person is worthy of love and respect, and we share the responsibility to safeguard personal dignity.
- Innovation & Creativity As a rural hospital district serving a large geographic area, we have the responsibility for providing diverse health-related inpatient, outpatient and residential services. We encourage innovative and creative ideas in problem solving to overcome limited resources.
ProfessionalExcellence
Bigger doesn’t always mean better, especially in healthcare—our employees are highly skilled and educated professionals. Read more on how we’re keeping pace with large hospital networks and fulfilling our commitment to teamwork, creative problem solving and continuous improvement.
Washington Rural Health Collaborative
Forks Community Hospital leverages its networking ability for professional advancement. As a member of the Washington Rural Health Collaborative, we’re fortunate to share knowledge and resources with other rural healthcare providers throughout the state.
Critical Access Hospital Accreditation
Forks Community Hospital holds Critical Access Hospital accreditation from DNV GL Healthcare, an organization that provides accreditation and certification services based on quality and safety standards.
State Recognition
We were recognized by Washington State Department of Health for earning a place on the 2017 Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll.
Award-Winning Long Term Care
Our long-term care (LTC) facility has received six consecutive deficiency-free state surveys, maintaining a 5 Star rating with CMS. Medicare.gov named our LTC unit one of the “Top Nursing Homes in Washington” in 2017.