Dana-Farber to hire 700 nurses

The quadrangle of Harvard Medical School and adjacent Longwood Medical and Academic Area buildings.

Edited from a New England Council report

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston, has announced its hiring plan for its new Longwood Medical and Academic Area hospital. The institute says that it will require nearly 2,500 new employees, including 700 additional nurses.  

Dana-Farber will soon merge with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The current partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital is set to expire in 2028. The expanding staff will be a part of the new $1.7 billion cancer hospital, opening in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area.

Dana-Farber’s current facilities only have 30 inpatient beds, which will be significantly expanded upon its transition to Longwood.

These proposed additions are being used to staff its proposed 300-bed hospital, said Jeanine Rundquist, executive director of the Center for Clinical and Professional Development at Dana-Farber. “If you want to be on the cutting-edge of cancer care, this is the place to be, certainly in our region, if not nationally,” Rundquist said.