The Rice Environment Professional staff at Rice Memorial Hospital work together and support each other in a collaborative practice to provide high quality patient care. Excellent working conditions and quality of life can be attested to by the fact that there are no significant staffing shortages at Rice. Today Rice employs approximately 900 people and has almost 200 physicians on its active and courtesy medical staff.
Rice is governed by a seven member hospital board appointed by the mayor.
As a regional referral center, Rice is licensed for 136 beds. We are the largest city-owned hospital in Minnesota and the premier health care facility in west central Minnesota serving more than 200,000 residents. We have a local physician base of over 130 physicians with many specialties. Our physician base is growing each year. As a Rice employee you can enjoy the benefits of a mid-sized city surrounded by lakes and, at the same time, be part of a sophisticated medical community.