emergency medicine physician

consultant

Centra Medical Group

Overall, working for Centra Medical Group as a Medical Office Associate is an alright place to work, if you can handle stress well as well as a constantly changing environment for procedures and goals. I find the pay not satisfactory for the high-stress environment I work in and, in addition, due to Centra's money problems in the past year due to the implementation of a new healthcare system that cost them thousands of dollars, nobody got a raise this year - leaving me at the same rate of pay that I started with a year ago when I was coming in with very little experience at the time and no ability to ask for or a receive a raise until several months into next year. My position IS an entry-level position; but I now have a lot more experience in my field and yet Centra limits their employee raises to once a year in the spring, and so there's nothing I can do to have my wages start to match my experience now. One thing I will say is that, for the most part, management is good and my coworkers are fun. Sometimes it's easy to vent under stress and some of my coworkers do that a lot more often than others; but I also have coworkers that maintain a generally positive outlook on their day (as I try to do), and try to have fun and lighten the mood of the office, which is great. Also, the benefits are decent and PTO is accrued, so as you earn it you can use it and that's pretty nice. So overall, if you can handle high stress and do well at maintaining a positive attitude and flexible attitude toward your job, this may be the job for you.

The pay is significantly low for similar positions in the area. LPN: rooms patients, does medication refills,  is responsible for all lab tests phlebotomy and POC testing, Prior authorizations and referrals that aren’t always completed due to short staffing. As well as calls patients with any lab results, questions or concerns including Triage. all while in between rooming patients, and drawing labs. Management demonstrates a lack of support for staff and  Many hire ups have Non medical backgrounds making things more complicated.  Supplies and vaccines were not available when needed For age specific patients.  Same day sick visits are not triaged appropriately receptionist is responsible for scheduling and put anyone who calls in on the schedule to be seen. Communication regarding protocols and policies is poor, and concerns are often dismissed.  A culture of negativity by management.  All they care about is numbers and money. I would not recommend this workplace to anyone seeking a healthy and sustainable career.

There is no place I would rather work. Pay is better than most medical facilities and team work is heavily promoted. Love that they do not tolerate negative attitudes. The typical day is busy and each employee is expected to multi task but that is not complicated. The hardest part of the job is watching patients deteriorate medically and pass away. The most enjoyable part of the job is interacting with patients and making sure they are taken care of. Workplace culture is pretty good in the offices I have worked in and trust me if you have a bad attitude or do not like to work hard or need to be watched to be sure you are working do not apply here because you will not last.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent benefits package, supportive leadership, cohesive service line. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Overwhelming numbers of referrals without enough providers to see them all in a timely manner. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In my department it is fabulous. Staff and providers are truly a team and a family. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hard work but the team makes every day exciting and I’m glad to go to work each day.

Great doctors, some really good staff members. Perks were with healthy skin care center. Prior manager and current director very poor in their communication skills. I loved my job until the last two years when we received the new manager and new director. I resigned after 19 years of employment due to the above issues.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The patients are what makes it enjoyable. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Staff and being micromanaged all the time.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Complex versus a diverse culture 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Complicated for no apparent reason without having to be so stressful.

Autonomous practice.  Patient interaction is the most enjoyable part of my job. Further fine tuned my skills in chronic disease management for adult patients with specialty in geriatrics. Excellent medical directors and co-workers.  Travel to primary care sites up to 1.5 hrs away was the most difficult part of job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Terrible training, Terrible Manager. I was glad when I left. 
Unprofessional

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Hostile work environment

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hostile Management

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressing about management

Centra is the typical job working for a large corporation.  You are a number, have no say, and your purpose is to make them look good.  Typical political drama that happens in a hospital.  Its not bad, but corporate.  Not many opportunities for advancement.   

I liked the work I did but management was hardly ever on-site and talk about two-faced.  Oh my goodness, it was unbelievable.  Very clickish both in management and co-workers.  Even the CEO quit and moved out of state.  He was great, Centra will be hurt by his leaving.  I do not recommend working for Centra.

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