registered nurse

therapist

patient care technician

director of quality

registered nurse - icu

Aiken Regional Medical Centers

What is the best part of working at the company?
The nurses and other therapists.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The instability of the management team, bias, unrealistic work demands placed on therapists, and a lack of respect for a work, life, balance. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Therapists are expected to perform assessments, treatment plans, contact patients family members, and crisis safety plans within 72 hours; as well as prep and facilitate treatment teams, plan discharges, arrange transportation for patients, and placement. Therapists are also required to provide family counseling and trauma therapy. The environment is fast paced and stressful. The management team lacks communication skills, impartiality, and ethics. The management team places excess pressure on African American therapists and expects them to perform the workload of the whites. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day consists of biopsychosocials,  collaterals, crisis safety plans, discharge plans, treatment plans, arrange discharges, arrange transportation, schedule aftercare appointments, arrange inpatient rehab if needed, report abuse to DSS or APS, treatment teams, and therapy sessions.

This job is by far the worst I have ever experienced. To start there were so many "clicks" on the floor I worked on. They don't make you feel welcome on the floor because you are a new employee. Constant harassment all shift long by other employees. When you try to go to management to see if they can solve the problem, there is no result. All the manager does is take sides with the staff and make the situation worse. Some nurses don't help AT ALL. Some of them are too lazy to take a patient a cup of water. All some of the nurses do is sit down and play on their cellphones. They burn out the good nurses out with hard assignments all the time and let their friends sit down and do nothing. Management needs to step in and get rid of those lazy negative workers so that the company can give the best patient care they can. As long as they keep these "clicks", then there will continue to be extremely high turn overs and complaints from unsatisfied patients and family members. I would not recommended to anyone until they make great changes.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I loved it! It's a friendly environment where all personalities tend mix well. There was a strong sense of teamwork and plenty of learning opportunities. I worked in the Emergency Department and something I found surprising compared to other hospitals I worked at was how well the other departments worked with the ER in order to meet the patients needs. They have some of the same issues you find anywhere like management changes etc. but overall regardless of that it was a fair and enjoyable place to spend a 12 hour shift. I only left due to health problems which the facility accommodated without issue or complaint. If you have the opportunity to get on here I'd say go for it!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When I started the biggest issue was patient flow but the company noticed the issue was receptive to input and made great progress. For me it was the drive that was the most taxing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Strong teamwork and a supportive HR department

My job duties include daily maintenance of assigned number of patient rooms, responsible for  maintaining required inventory of cleaning supplies, trash removal, and delivering clean linen. 

The result of this position and the training I received I am able to work independently and accomplish the required tasks.

There was frequent turnover in the management staff, sometimes creating problems in communication and clear understanding on what was expected.

There was also frequent turnover in my fellow co-workers which created multiple problems due to short staffing and poor training.

Meeting and exceeding level of service that sometimes was not clearly defined making my job more difficult.

The most enjoyable part of my job, was when I was recognized for Employee of the Year and for my "Great Catch" award for my observations of unsafe conditions.

Poor management of the radiology department continues  to be the constant factor in tech turn around. Management  expects more than reasonable work responsibilities for the imaging professional. They encourage and create hostile work environments, have supervisors who need training on how to do just that, and neglect staff who have poor work ethic, they give those who work hard even more co lateral duties to compensate for the lazy. Some supervisors are not as experienced as the staff they lead which poses issues with daily work flow. You are evaluated by these supervisors yearly, who themselves do not perform or have every trained to perform these specific exams, (LOL) very unprofessional. Have never worked for a facility that the boss as less experience than the staff.
No clear vision for growth or improvement for advanced imaging in the local community.

I have enjoyed the experience I have gained working at this hospital but feel I would like to broaden my skills by working outside of a hospital setting. I work with a variety of diagnoses and typically have around 8 patients daily. Since I am currently working in behavioral health and mainly work the geriatric unit, I see diagnoses from dementia to schizophrenia to bipolar disorder and others. Many of my patients are being treated for behavioral disorders but also have underlying medical problems that I treat while they are under my care. For example, I often work with patients who require colostomies, PEG tubes, catheter care,etc. One of the main things I have learned is that you treat the patient, not the condition, because each patient is different. The hardest part of my job to me is working long shifts. The most enjoyable part of my job is seeing when I make a difference in one of my patient's lives.

I loved working at Aiken Hospital and being a part of the nursing department was exciting and rewarding. I worked with a outstanding group of nurses and it was more like a family than a regular group of nurses. We all had to pull together to make sure our patients and family member's were well taken care of and we did this with a group effort. The 5th floor Cardiac unit was one of the best floors and was known for being one of the most stressful floors but when you hit this floor, your worked from the moment you hit the floor and it was never boring and after 12 hours on this unit you went home knowing you had but in a full day and praying your give the best possible care to each and every patient on that unit.

The schedule was made by coworkers (vast majority throat cutters), no cooperation from the lead tech AT ALL (who always had an excuse to avoid scanning), the pay is really good if you have your credentials but you better have no life outside the hospital. Will be forced to work for days in a row by yourself or be ready to get fired. Have to manage ER, OR & L&D simultaneously by yourself and please all doctors so if you are planning on applying to be a tech in the radiology department, think that sometimes the benefit of a good income simply does NOT outweight hurting your resume and your professional reputation, particularly in such a small town in such a tiny state as South Carolina.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Coworkers are the lifeline , they are why I come back every day 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Disrespect &  absolute lack of support by all levels of management . Constant bullying by management, horrible pay , lack of ANY raises and absolutely no recognition for going above and beyond 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dismal - moral is rock bottom, burn out is rampant and no one above staff level cares or even acknowledges it 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Over worked , understaffed , abysmal parking , frequently don’t get lunch ( if at all) until  3 or 4 .

What is the best part of working at the company?
They are very flexible and give great opportunity for students to grow by being flexible and allowing access to resources such as education and climbing the ladder

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management has a tendency to downplay in work violence

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The floor staff are amazing and helpful and you bond to grow with eachother

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You are constantly on your feet, constantly moving, constantly lifting, but it is an enjoyable type of busy

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 3 salaries reported	$34.67 per hour
Therapist 1 salary reported	$27.50 per hour
Patient care technician 3 salaries reported	$11.67 per hour
Director of quality 3 salaries reported	$102,868 per year
Registered nurse - icu 1 salary reported	$1,992 per week

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