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Adventist Health Lays Off 130+ Staff Across Central Valley, 22 in Kern County

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EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
130
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.5%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Jul 2, 2024
130 OF 27,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Central Valley, Kern County, California.

Department affected: quality, infection prevention, and risk departments.

Based on news reporting.

Summary

Adventist Health laid off more than 130 employees across California's Central Valley, with 22 positions eliminated in Kern County effective July 2, 2024. In Kern County specifically, 15 layoffs occurred at Adventist Health Bakersfield on Chester Avenue, three in Delano, three in Tehachapi, and one at Adventist Health Specialty Bakersfield on Sillect Avenue. The organization said the cuts are part of a restructuring affecting its quality, infection prevention, and risk departments and is actively working to place affected employees into other positions within the system. The provider framed the reductions as tied to an internal restructuring effort rather than external factors and communicated the effective date for the Kern County losses.

Adventist Health cut 130 jobs in CA affecting its quality, infection prevention, and risk departments team as of July 2, 2024.

That is roughly 0.5% of the 27,000 people Adventist Health employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at Adventist Health since July 2022, including 372 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 5 additional events known from news reporting.

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Adventist Health
Health Care · 27,000 employees
9
EVENTS TRACKED
372
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED JUL 9, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 28, 2026