WICHITA – Longtime Wesley Healthcare leader Shane Cash, RN, has been named Wesley’s new market director of clinical education.
Cash, who most recently served as Wesley Medical Center’s clinical resource director, will oversee the education department and develop, implement and evaluate the education plan for nursing staff along with the integration of educational services within overall hospital functions.
“I’m excited for Shane to be promoted to this new position and help lay the foundation for Wesley’s new education department,” said Judi Murphy, Wesley’s chief nursing officer. “His vast knowledge of the healthcare industry combined with a devotion to ensuring that all nursing staff succeed in delivering the highest quality of care makes him the ideal person for the position.”
A native of Kansas, Cash began his career at Wesley in 1996 as an RN in the medical-surgical orthopedics and trauma department. Since then, he has held roles as a clinical nurse educator and emergency department manager, as well as a market coordinator in supply chain.
“I’m very excited to be leading the clinical education planning at Wesley,” Cash said. “I’m looking forward to partnering with the nursing staff, managers and leaders to help support the hospital’s mission of ensuring quality health care for its patients.”
Cash graduated from Pittsburg State University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Married with three teenagers, Cash spends most of his time watching his children’s sporting events and school activities, as well as coaching his youngest son’s baseball team. He enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time.
For more information about Wesley Healthcare and its services, please visit www.wesleymc.com.
Wesley Healthcare is the region’s leading acute-care hospital network providing a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for patients throughout Kansas and northern Oklahoma since 1912. As a leader in Overall Recommended Care in national surveys, Wesley Medical Center treats more than 24,000 patients annually and delivers more than 6,000 babies – more than any hospital in a 13-state region. Wesley provides the most extensive emergency network in Wichita, with Wesley ER, Wesley West ER, Wesley Woodlawn ER, the region’s only pediatric ER and Wesley Derby ER. Wesley owns and operates Wesley Medical Center, Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER, Wesley Children’s Hospital and multiple WesleyCare clinics. To learn more about Wesley Healthcare, please visit www.wesleymc.com.