HTS President Barry Chatham’s Reaction on Winning Best Places to Work 2011 Award

When I was informed that HTS had been named as “One of The Best Places to Work”, what stood out for me was to learn that 75% of this award was determined by the employees themselves.  “Why did we receive so many positive comments?”-knowing that in more than 40 years of working in health care, therapists have many opportunities to work in different companies.  All therapy companies have to be very competitive in salaries, benefits, training, etc, because there has always been a higher demand of patients needing our help than therapists to fill the needs.

Barry Chatham’s Reaction

The intial thought of asking, “why?” could be answered with positive responses.  The clinial and leadership skills of our management team and their long term care commitment to HTS, several with over 10 years, had an important and positive impact on our staff.  Every month, as I write thank you notes to those that are celebrating another anniversary with HTS, it is a very humbling experience for me to see the years of commitment from so many of our employees.

We strive to be consistent in our quality and manner in working with our patients and clients, which has allowed us a very steady, continued, growth over many years.  Having my two sons very involved with HTS for over 15 years each is also a very positive part of our commitment to leadership long term.  We are a Christian company that provides the very best in therapy services for our patients (as we state in our mission statement) reflecting Jeremiah 29:11, that we will continue to do our part in helping our patients to have hope and a future.

Barry Chatham, President