Pros
As a very large health system Inova easily provides a sense of supporting the community via a worth while industry. At its basic level healthcare is a noble profession. As an employer, Inova's sheer size provides opportunities that only large employers can provide. For many disciplines, in healthcare as well as other non-healthcare specific fields Inova offers many opportunities. These opportunities come in the actual diversity of daily work, projects and the number of advancement options.
Cons
Current senior leadership has been in place for decades and by some measures much of the system’s success is attributed to that leadership. However, true dysfunction exists at some levels within the system today – it is and has not been truly as healthy as it may seem from the outside. All considered, one can not help but ask, what would the system look like today if a more effective leader had been a the helm over the last 5 or ten years? In general, Inova leadership tends to operate in silos with rather poor corporate leadership. Efforts to improve middle management have been superficial at best; a waste of money (community resources) at worst. In addition, regular turnover and executive reorganizations continue to frustrate leadership stability. While opportunities exist one must consider the volume of work and the poor communication of leadership expectations.
