registered nurse

registered practical nurse

postdoctoral fellow

medical technologist

housekeeper

Sinai Health

The patient population is like anywhere else you can go to work as an RN, usually they are understanding that it’s a busy hospital. 
Staff on most units are friendly, and try and work with each other to make the job a little more manageable. 
Management, this is where Mount Sinai completely fails. There no no work life balance. I was part time permanent, they sometimes booked me for 5 days in a week for 12 hour shifts, and sometimes I would get no shifts for two to four weeks at a time. 
I told them I needed a day off for 5 weeks, due to an exam, which I provided proof for. My manager at the time let me know if I take the day off I was be “sanctioned for taking an unauthorized leave.” I was surprised, disappointed, and disgusted they called themselves a teaching hospital. They made no efforts to accommodate me for my masters program. To top it off the unit I was supposed to be working was closed that day. I’m not NRT, but they wanted to use me as part of the float pool. The management practices are appalling. Managers know they are doing things they’re not supposed to, they’ve been told by the union and continue doing it.
I had to get the union involved for my day off, and it’s actually a part of my contract as per the union that I get it off. I even tried to help them find a replacement for the shift, only to find those ugly words in an email. No RESPECT for your nurses… sad especially from a magnet hospital. Sad experience. 

The job required to be performed at the hospital proved to be very challenging at times, which made the work enjoyable. Often times, I performed patient watches in the Emergency Department and in the Psychiatric Ward, where I was required to monitor patients who were at risk of being aggressive and on a Form 1 or 3. The most enjoyable part of the job is having the ability to perform a variety of duties, as opposed to performing low-level, tedious tasks. The job has taught me the importance of report-writing and keeping up-to date, finely-detailed reports - an important part of the job especially if an incident leads to a lawsuit. The hardest part of the job is being required to stay longer than the standard 12-hour shift on days where a relieving officer is unable to attend work. This makes the job very tiring, especially where the shift begins early again the following day. My co-workers are very friendly and hard-working. They treat the staff and patients very well. Many of them, like myself, are interested in a future career in policing. This makes working with my colleagues easier, as we share common ground.

A typical day at work followed a shifting work routine depending on which shift I held in a given week. I worked at a different station each week for a total of 4 weeks in a cycle. Mostly it involved organizing and wrapping test tubes and beakers, learning how to be as efficient and fast as possible. I would then move to sterilization of contaminated glassware and would deliver sterilized glassware from the autoclave machine that was switched out. 

My manager was very kind and helpful but not always present as she was a manager for a rather large area of the institute. She left a co-worker to help me get used to everything with a steep learning curve. 

The hardest part of the job was the language barrier and communication difficulties I had with my co-workers and the fact that we were on completely separate pages, me being new and interpreting things from the bottom up and them being older and used to how everything functioned exactly according to a set routine. It was hard to understand each other most of the time and became frustrating at times. 

The most enjoyable part of my job was being in a hospital environment and being able to work shifting schedules depending on the week.

A position that will take advantage of my potential, education and professional skills to provide challenges and opportunities for growth.

Essential Skills
Communication, Iinterpersonal, Organization skills, Critical thinking, Finding information; Computer Use, Continuous learning

Computer Skills

•Windows 2000 Professional, Directory Services. 
•MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
•MS Power Point, MS FrontPage, MS Exchange 5.5, Windows NT 4.0,Windows 98,Windows 2000,Windows XP
•Strong Concept and Understanding of Websites Design and Development Phase, Domain TLD and cc:TLD Management, Web Hosting and Corporate Email System.
•Internet related troubleshooting, 
•Typing speed 40 wpm.

Hospital Computer Software

Coral WorkStation 3.5, UHN EPR, Mysys, MicroLab, RIS (Reporting, Order, Worklist), PM View /PM Launch ,MOH Health Card Validation, and Cerner/ ADT System, ABEL, Fusion and Roxio.

Work is easy to manage, can get busy at times but not overly stressful.
Learn a lot about the mental health act and required forms, and mental health in general.
Management is great, very understanding, no helicopter/micro managing. Flexible scheduling as long as you can cover your own shifts. Unionized.
Culture overall at Sinai is awesome. Lots of system wide things going on, presentations, speakers, town halls, mindfulness/wellness events, staff appreciation, etc. Lots of social awareness including LGBTQ2S+, systemic racism and bias, Indigenous representation etc. 
Hardest part of the job is getting up early in the morning. 
Most enjoyable part of the job is the fact that I can work stress free, and the overall environment/co-workers

There are 2 locations of the Ambulatory Lab. that we rotate to and 1 location where we only do Phlebotomy for 2.5 hrs in the morning and we go back to the hospital to complete the rest of our shift. All 3 locations are very productive, we cater to different range of patients since from 7 yrs old patient to Geriatric patients.
   On a busy day we see about 300-400 patients in all 3 laboratories combined, and this attributes to my strong skills in Phlebotomy. I learned to deal with irate patients due to sometimes long wait time, but we are trained to deal with upset patients by dealing with them professionally and compassionately. I face challenges on a daily basis but everything can be handled through communications among co-workers, good inter personal relationship and team work.
   The most enjoyable part of my job is meeting people and interacting with them face to face.

I would do a lot of filing and answering the phone on some occasions at first to get a handle on how things were in the office. Then I was able to follow different nurses and do some ultra sounds and communicate with a lot of patients which was one of my favorite things to do during my co-op. I learned a lot, I learned what kinds of patients go to high-risk pregnancy, how to file, proper and respectable way to answer the phone and address patients and their family members, and how to communicate well with patients and how you relate to their situations. The management and co-workers were amazing, very nice people and as well very understanding. They taught me a lot. The hardest part of my job was having to see what the patients go through, especially when building a good bond with them. The most enjoyable part was how well I formed a bond with the patients.

The three doctors whose clinics I was a surgical oncology receptionist for, all had different expectations of how the clinic is run.
They were patient and kind with me, allowing for a positive learning environment.
The management is organized and well equipped to deal with staffing changes and impromptu clinic days and other emergency circumstances.
Co-workers, especially nurses and the surgical secretaries to the doctors were extremely friendly, helpful and multifaceted when it came all the different responsibilities that needed to be fulfilled for a clinic to run smoothly.
The responsibilities did not seem overwhelming and the patient interactions were always pleasant. All in all, a very enjoyable experience.

A day at work is always busy with clinic, booking patients for procedures and the tasks that I need to do to book clinic and procedures. As well as answering the phones with any questions that the patients might have. With my everyday tasks there is always something new to learn which is exciting, I always like to learn new skills to upgrade my expertise. I love working with patients and know I am there to help by talking with them and getting them the appointments they need as soon as I can. knowing that I can help people in any way makes me feel really good. The hardest part of the job is knowing I can do everything to help a patients that is really sick.

Top heavy with fumbling, out of touch  middle and upper management who talk the talk of helping the front line when ultimately they do what serves them 

Low morale , no autonomy, understaffed production line vibe with and a strong union mentality . This  leaves hard working staff stifled with goals of mediocrity …. But sadly, the union shields is needed due to unpredictability of management agendas 
So it’s a bit of a lose / lose 

There are good people there ….it just may  take a while to find them 

 largely not a place to thrive sadly - not sure most hospitals are though . So, it’s ok if you just want to collect a paycheck, are happy with keeping your head low and following the crowd but I’d never say it’s a great environment with ample opportunities or fulfillment 

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