West Valley Medical Center promotes Payton

IBR Staff//August 23, 2022//

IBR Staff//August 23, 2022//

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Jessie Payton has been promoted to director of women’s services at West Valley Medical Center. She began working at the organization in 2017 as a cath lab circulator before moving up to manager and interim director. She has also served in the quality department of the hospital. Payton began her career in health care as a paramedic supervisor in Texas before graduating with Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch. From there she learned the ropes of the labor and delivery unit as a nurse at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women. She returned home to Idaho in 2015 where she gained experience in the emergency room and outpatient pediatric clinics. She earned her Master of Business Administration from Boise State University in 2021.

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