registered practical nurse

clerical associate

registered nurse

registered nurse - emergency room

support worker

Cambridge Memorial Hospital

I worked at CMH for 9 months before I left. Unrealistic expectations from Management. They advocate for a just culture on paper but have a blame culture. Little to no support and patience to develop in the role or grow. Comparison galore!

Some leaders are also condescending in their approach and bullies while fellow leaders turn their eyes the other way, ignoring these toxic practices as long as "the work's being done." Maybe they've become desensitized to these toxic practices.

I reported to HR about these recurring patterns but nothing became of it. I also heard there's some degree of conflict of interest around job appointments. 

Nevertheless, I left. I realize everyone's experience will differ but...many staff have left due to these same reasons and I was warned by an environmental associate when I first joined.
 Oh well! You live and learn!

Our days are busy and filled with interesting cases as we are smaller city hospital so in a way it is a benefit to us the staff, as we are always having to learn new techniques and methods of direct patient care.  I work with a wonderful group of staff members and we are always laughing and making up our own fun especially when we are extremely busy with heavy loads.  Budgets are always the fore most on every companies agenda and hospitals are no different.  Therefore  learning to adapt for clients' best interests gives myself and the rest of the staff I work with great satisfaction.  At times though, budget restraints (and cuts), can be extremely frustrating.  Being a front line health care giver I have been fortunate to have learned many additional skills other than direct nursing care.

Diagnostic Imaging MRI Technicians:
Some are amazing but there are specifically very RUDE technicians there who feel they need to control and undermind their clerical staff.

Mgmt:
Expects efficiency ++ but will not allow additional training for the clerks when requested. 

Too many Clerks for one Dept. There are 3 clerks and are now looking for another? Why does one Department need 4 Clerks? Think about it...They want the money to stay in their pockets instead of hiring a full time clerk for evenings.

Clerical Staff 
Too burnt out and overworked. Stressed ++  The day clerk is amazing and trains the clerical staff however, too many clerks in the department. Too many hands in the pot. Requisitions go missing etc.
Repeating work tasks too much and wastes time.

Working at the hospital was incredibly challenging for me due to the demanding schedule of two days followed by two nights, leaving little time for rest or personal activities. Despite feeling burnt out, management seemed oblivious to the toll it took on us, constantly calling for extra shifts without regard for our well-being. The pandemic only intensified these difficulties, yet management remained detached from the reality of our situation. This lack of empathy and support made it increasingly difficult for me to find fulfillment in my work. As a result, I found myself feeling overwhelmed and disillusioned with the job, ultimately leading to my decision to seek alternative employment opportunities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was a good learning experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working short of staff. Increased work load wears out your necessity staff. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not good low morale management not available always absent. Poor follow up with staffs credentials. Right hand does not know what left hand is doing. Poor management model. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Breaks often missed due to work load and unit equity. Often working with less then safe working conditions

Fairly straightforward work but can get busy. Sometimes it feels like you are not respected by a lot of the other staff around the hospital (nurses, doctors, tech's). Scheduling was awful, you can get full time hours if you have no life outside of work but your schedule will be all over the place. They will book you for a day or 2 per week and then call you every day asking you to come in (I did not apply for an on-call job). It was not uncommon to be understaffed, I don't understand why there were always shifts to call in for while simultaneously not getting hours scheduled.

Very stressful environment. More duties than in the original role description. Performance expectations are higher than discussed at the hiring point. Underpaid for the all duties clerk needed to complete.  Terrible management, poor planning, no listening to employee's suggestions or needs. Very often employees are left alone with no help or solution ideas to the issues in the department or time concerning demands from other department employees. Great place to get burned out in a very short period of time.

While working at the hospital, I found all staff and volunteers to be empathetic, helpful, bright and funny in the off moments, I knew it was exactly the environment I wanted to work in, Thus, I completed the education required to switch from volunteer to employee and am now seeking such employment.

I can't say enough positive things about Cambridge Memorial Hospital. They truly are the caring, team members who work hard to make patients' care as easy and painless as possible.

H.R rep will fired long term workers over the phone and put them on speaker phone.There is no compasion there for workers.Will not recommend to stay long they do not care about long term care workers,management very unfeeling to staff and their families.No team work in nursing there it does not exist.New nurses very lazy like to taxt more then helping their co worker.Stresful place to work,do not work at cmh you will regret

Overall one of the better hospitals I've worked at in terms of culture. Of course it depends on your direct coworkers, but in general everyone is friendly. Salary for someone in my position is far below the standard, but the union is working on that. Management is pretty good. Work/life balance can be tricky because they expect you to commit to them without guaranteeing you any hours, so you're almost forced to get another part time job.

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