This week, Novant Health announced layoffs at several of its locations across North and South Carolina. On June 25, 2024, the healthcare provider located at 6237 Carolina Commons Drive in Indian Land, SC will be laying off 90 employees. The layoffs will take effect on Aug. 25.
Additionally, an WARN notice confirmed that 81 people will be laid off at Novant Health’s facility located at 101 North Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, NC on the same date. The company has stated that these employees are not represented by a union and they received a 60-day notice prior to the layoffs.
According to the WARN notice, positions affected by the layoffs include analytics developers, data engineers, and software developers. It is important to note that these changes allow Novant Health to continue investing in creating a healthier future for the people and communities it serves by scaling its resources.
In response to these changes, Novant Health released a statement stating that in 2023 they announced a new IT model for their Digital Products and Services (DPS) team which transferred some DPS services to an external partner. As a continuation of this work, they are shifting additional DPS functions to Deloitte Digital which will reduce their use of other external partners by more than 90 percent. Fewer than 300 team members or less than 0.8% of nearly 40,000 positions across their health system are impacted by this change. Interested team members may have the opportunity to join external partners or transition to roles within Novant Health while others will receive resources to ease the transition and are grateful for their service to Novant Health and patients.