Stockton’s Dameron Hospital adds 489 jobs, boosts nursing staff in bid to lure patients

Dameron Hospital, one of Stockton’s most storied institutions, is banking on a hiring spree and new medical technology to show patients they don’t have to leave the city to get top-notch medical care.

The hospital says it has added 489 jobs since a new Modesto-based operator, American Advanced Management, took control of the hospital in December 2024. About 240 of those new employees are registered nurses.

“While other hospitals are cutting back, we’re investing in our people,” Cassandra Lacondeguy, the hospital’s chief nursing officer, said in a statement…

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