registered nurse

registered nurse - medical / surgical

registered nurse - icu

registered practical nurse

registered nurse - emergency room

St. Mary’s General Hospital

Great hospital to work in.....Management is great. working experience excellent.....a typical working day was form 8 am. till 4pm. or later.   We collected blood samples and then analyzed them for irregularities.   We would then take the completed test results to the floors where the patients were and return to the lab for more of the same all day.  We occasionally were called to take out patient blood samples or run to ER. to perform a phlebotomy and return to analyze this sample immediately for the ER department.  We worked most of the day in the lab on blood specimens from out or in patients.  There was a lot of microscopic work done on blood samples during the day also.  There were many frequent requests to run to a specific floor to obtain a blood sample for an immediate assessment.  We also took heel blood samples from the babies in the nursery to make sure they were healthy and if not then many more trips to the nursery for more samples from the infant.  But most of the day was spent in the lab working on blood samples for various tests specified by the doctors.

Excellent hospital, super team players, staff are happy and seem to enjoy their work.
I have learned a lot about cardiac care and hospital procedures as well as all the cogs in the wheel that make everything work.  I enjoy talking to the patients and helping them with finding loved ones or directing them to where they have appointments.  
The management here are wonderful, thoughtful and easy to speak with.  My co-workers are wonderful, everyone is cherry and helpful and we get the job done no matter how busy the day or evening is.
The most enjoyable part of the job for me is the sense of community with the staff and the patients, we are all compassionate individuals with our willingness to make others feel welcome.  The hardest part for me is when a loved one passes away and their family are passing by often after hours and are grieving, my thoughts and prayers are with them.

Typically, I would coordinate the "Tumour Conferences" which entailed the presenting of New cancer pts by the oncologists.I Coordinated with pathology, other hospitals + transcription of all reports, letters, stats., purchases for dept. Most difficult part was having to cancel pts' appointments after they were called. Loved doing transcribing of doctors' dictations. Plus I transcribed for 2 other dept. Nephrology, Cardiology. Phones and appts. were entered. Although I did work with other employees the main part of my job was working without supervision autonomously. This was appreciated by the doctors as they depended upon my accuracy in the reports.

Working at St. Mary's Hospital was nothing short of exhilarating.  The experience I gained only added to the knowledge I came in with from working in other medical facilities.  
The employees who I had trained under were very knowledgeable and showed the patience needed in order to properly train an individual in a highly stressful environment.  
The hardest part of my job was working late and having my teenage daughter take care of herself, without me being there.  The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to work with and somewhat getting to know the amazing employees I had the privilege to work with, I can only hope I left a positive impression with my co-workers at St. Mary's.

What is the best part of working at the company?
HOOPP
The pay check
My coworkers 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Toxic environment 
No proper training for new techs 
More work added when too much to do already. Unsafe 
Suggestions are never followed up and implemented. 
Schedules are gruelling 
 Noone cares if you can do the job or not properly. Just how fast you can do it and how much they can get done at a lower cost 


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic
No transparency
No accountability
Unsafe 
A little hospital doing big things unwell. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Exhausting 
Frustrating. 
Sad for patients

St. mary's was a good place to work as a covid screener. Despite the job itself not being stressful, the encounters with the public where we were constantly spoken to very poorly could be stressful at times. St. Mary's was required to follow public and government health rules, which despite not being our [employee] fault, we were the front line after nurses for receiving neglect for anyone wanting to visit the hospital. This could have been enforced more strictly by the hospital, as there were countless cases of mistreatment of the screener staff repeatedly. 

Work-life balance
working here is better than most care facilities.. however if you do not like 12 hrs shifts don't apply.

Pay & benefits
the benefits are only available if full-time. The pay should be more.. but that is like all pay for PSW we're more hands on with the patients than any other medical worker. That's true of anywhere

Management
most management in the medical field are clueless when it vines to patients..  unless they themselves were a psw or nurse..

Overall
I love working here.. as normal you deal with people from all walks of life. However most of us respect each other.

That's the one thing most places lack is respect for each other.. but professionals work here!

Visible and supportive executive team.  Caring management.  I'm proud to work at St. Mary's.
The most enjoyable part of the job is the knowledge that we're all committed to patient safety and wellness every minute of every day.
The hardest part of the job is that there is a constant push to get better at what we do.  Sometimes it's hard to prioritize and implement all the great ideas that are encouraged from staff.
The people jump in to support each other every day.  I've learned what teamwork truly means through the dedication to a common cause.

The only negatives I have at all to say about SMGH is that it is exceptionally hard to have any job security beyond your current contract.  Like very many places, no one is hired to full time and therefore no one gets benefits, without having been in the company for very very many years.  That being said, after the contracts expire, I've been told the vast majority are renewed anyway--though only with very part time hours expressed in the contract, if any at all.

- Process requests in SAP, SAP maintenance, Manage emails and clients
- I'e learned SAP, better time management, excel
- Coworkers were friendly, everybody did their job and had fun doing it
- Management was more hands off and laid back (as long as you did your job)
- Hardest part of the job was process truck routes because there was so many steps and the smallest mistake can have a huge impact
- Most enjoyable part was processing all the requests for the day within that day and being able to leave early

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Registered nurse 3 salaries reported	$41.74 per hour
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Registered practical nurse 16 salaries reported	$30.66 per hour
Registered nurse - emergency room 7 salaries reported	$41.22 per hour

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