WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — More than 80 Novant Health employees in Winston-Salem will be affected by layoffs in August.
On Tuesday, Novant Health People & Culture Vice President Alan Flynn announced that 81 employees at a Novant Health facility, located at 101 North Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, will be permanently laid off on Aug. 25.
Attached to a WARN notice was a list of affected positions, which all appear to be in information technology. Some affected positions include analytics developers, data engineers and database administrators.
According to the notice, employees will receive a written 60-day notice of their separation dates.
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A Novant Health spokesperson released a statement on Friday. The full text of that statement can be found below.
In 2023, we announced a new IT model for our Digital Products and Services (DPS) team, transferring some DPS services to an external partner. As a continuation of this work, we are shifting additional DPS functions to Deloitte Digital, which will reduce our use of other external partners by more than 90 percent. These changes allow us to scale our resources so we can continue our investment in creating a healthier future for the people and communities we serve.
DPS team members will see adjustments in their roles and responsibilities because of this change, while other roles are being phased out. Fewer than 300 team members, or less than 0.8% of the nearly 40,000 positions across our health system, are impacted by this change. Interested team members may have the opportunity to join our external partners or transition to roles within Novant Health. For other team members, we are extending resources to ease the transition and are grateful for their service to Novant Health and our patients.