Awardee Spotlight
UNM Medical Group
Family Friendly New Mexico is featuring award recipients that really stand out from the crowd. In January 2023, we interviewed Helen Villarreal Nielsen, Executive Director of Human Resources at UNM Medical Group and celebrate their efforts in creating a family friendly workplace!
Our employees can’t focus on the needs of their patients if they are concerned about their own families. We provide an environment where our employees have opportunities to take care of themselves and their families.Helen Villarreal Nielsen
UNM Medical Group
Established: 2007. Location: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Roswell, NM. Industry: Healthcare
Helen Villarreal Nielsen, Executive Director of Human Resources at UNM Medical Group
Why have you decided to have family friendly workplace policies?
UNMMG is focused on providing the very best care for our patients. In order to do this, we need a workforce that knows we provide a family-friendly environment. Our employees can’t focus on the needs of their patients if they are concerned about their own families. We provide an environment where our employees have opportunities to take care of themselves and their families.
How do family friendly workplace policies contribute to your business success?
Our employees are our focus. Without them and their contributions we would not be able to provide excellence in service to our community. Having family friendly policies helps our employees to have comfort in their employment. This was evident with our significant improvement in our last employee engagement survey.
What advice do you have for other businesses wanting to add family friendly policies?
Family friendly policies will help your organization flourish! With these types of policies, you will retain your best employees and attract the right talent for your organization.
How has being a family friendly awardee helped you attract and retain employees?
Having a reputation in the community for being a family friendly employer helps us to attract talent to our organization. It also helps us compete with other employers and thus retain our employees. We have had employees leave our organization only to come back within months after realizing that we are an employer who provides excellence in care and service for our patients and our employees.
UNM Medical Group includes these Family Friendly Workplace Policies
- Up to 8 weeks of paid time off, paid holidays, and earned sick leave offered annually
- 403b with retirement match
- Basic 100% paid life insurance, AD&D and short-term disability
- Low cost medical, dental, and vision plans
- Hybrid and work from home schedules available for some positions
UNM Medical Group
https://unmhealth.org/locations/medical-group/
Location: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Roswell, NM
Industry: Healthcare
Established: 2007
Number of Employees: 630
The UNM Medical Group, Inc. (UNMMG) is the faculty practice plan of the UNM School of Medicine, UNMMG represents more than 1,100 clinical practitioners in 152 specialties. Our providers serve as the primary caregivers at the state’s only academic medical center, UNM Hospital, in addition to practicing at Sandoval Regional Medical Center and elsewhere throughout the state.
