[TENNESSEAN] Vanderbilt University Medical Center is eliminating several hundred more jobs this week as part of its plan to cut up to 1,000 positions by the end of the year.
The cuts are expected to continue for several more weeks, and should be complete by late October.
According to a letter sent to state and city officials, Vanderbilt said the workers receiving notice would be "permanently laid off starting on November 16, 2013 and continuing until or on about December 31, 2013." All affected employees will be given 60 days' notice, the letter said.
"What's happened here at Vanderbilt is today we've started this action, and several hundred people will be leaving the organization," said John Howser, front man for VUMC.
This latest round of layoffs is part of the medical center's plan to cut $250 million from its $3.3 billion operating budget over the next two fiscal years. Jeffrey Balser, head of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has told staff that the restructuring is part of a plan called "Evolve to Excel."
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