registered nurse

mental health therapist

therapist

clinical supervisor

program aide

College Hospital

I have a case load of 12-15 clients.  On daily basis I run 1-3 groups teaching clients about skills in order to decrease their symptoms and stabilize them enough to keep them out of the hospital.  I also see my clients 1:1 and write monthly reviews along with creating treatment plans and doing psycho-social assessments.  Our clients have medical-medicare or private insurances. 

I have learned a great deal in Colllege Hospital because I have been able to work in both inpatient and outpatient programs and have been working with population ages 18-90.  I am lucky to work in a place with such a variety of mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety, major depression, OCD, drug/alcohol addictions, eating disorders, and most of personality disorders, especially borderline personality disorder. 

Unfortunately my site has gone through several directors for many reasons, but my co-workers and I are very close and we make an excellent team, especially during crisis.  The hardest part of my job is my commute.  Spending over 75hrs/month in traffic is taking a toll on me and my family.  But for the 1st time in my life I can truly say that I love going to work.  I love my co-workers, my clients, and being in this field all together.  The most enjoyable part of my job is not only making a difference, but for me it's the simple things.  Just receiving my very 1st hand-made mother's day card from a client,  being asked to show  pictures of my little boy, receiving tons of Valentine's Day cards, or just being asked how my family is doing.  Having a great relationship with my clients is what it's all about.  

College Hospital focuses in Mental Health Care. On the average I maintain 70 open charts per week. Daily operations include new admissions and insurance verifications with proper level of care compliance. I routinely bill for each patient daily under proper medical code. When I am not billing and adjusting, I audit every patient chart note that is generated from case mangers.
As well I work close with the nursing station keeping every medical record scanned into the EMR system meeting HIPPA regulations.
I generate daily, weekly and monthly census reports, and at the beginning of every month I perform an overview audit on all the billing and make sure it adds up to what the team has performed. 
I also do all the hospital purchasing for office supplies and patient needs. When needed I arrange transportation for all patients to and from the hospital.
Over-all I enjoy working with College Hospital, the fact that the commute has gradually increased with the amount of time I spend driving, I would like to have more family time.

This place was awful. If you love working with people, you will hate this place. They falsify your reports and you can't help the patients because you will be disciplined for it, just like the patients are disciplined for doing everything they are told to do. It broke my heart every day to have to do these things, and the poor families were treated just as bad. This is not the place they expected that their loved ones would get worse instead of better. They were also liked to and the doctors would put patients on holds for no reason. Sooo unethical and illegal!  This is the place right out of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" only worse. Who would think they could do this now...but they do. I felt so very bad for the poor patients who had to endure this every day.

In a typical day,I had to account for all of my patients, and identify any immediate needs, putting the nursing process into frequent use. I was a new grad RN, but I was responsible for the vocational nurses, and aids working below me. I had to make sure that they were doing thier jobs properly, and assign them to work with the appropriate personalities, given that it was a mental health facility. Management was usually available to answer questions, but because it was a very bust facility, it was often necessary to critically think, and make the best judgement decisions possible. The hardest part of the job was dealing with the out of control patient. The enjoyable part was dealing with all of the unique personalities.

I worked in different wards, half with adults and another ward with the youth, all with psycological or traumatised issues the caused issues with their current social lives.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My bosses and team.  Found the clients we worked with to be rewarding.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Those rare times when there was aggression.  Population was generally very good as they had to be apppropriate to be at this lower level of care.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
When I was there, there were great opportunities to learn. Working with the patients was very rewarding. We had the ability to be creative to help the  patients meet their goals.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It was busy, interesting and rewarding. I loved working in PHP.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Other working with a great group of co workers and clients, it was the experience .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To me it was a stress free environment, it i  had to pick something  it would me the traffic  yo and from there.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment  was more like a family environment,  the culture  was a multiple  culture 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meetings before  and after groups, faciltoring  groups, meeting at the end of the day, venting  section  at the end of the meeting.

Meeting first reviewing all patients with Doctor, Charge nurse and all other staff. Secretarial work for all doctors, nurses, patients and all other medical staff. Co-workers including Doctors and medical staff great to work with and learn from. The Hardest part of the job was having a patient leave that wasn't ready and watching them come back in worse shape. The most enjoyable part of this job was learning to be humble.

The job itself was ok . The clients are mentally ill but if you do your job right sometimes they work well with you. If you are not in there trying to bully patients its even better. Staying on your toes is a must. That comes with the territory. I believe that a student will benefit well from being there. I wouldn't stay there forever definitely want a state job. Honestly they are better in management than Aurora Charter oak (Their competitor).

What is the best part of working at the company?
Helping the patient population, most of whom are indigent. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lack of professionalism amongst the staff and management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Unfortunately it’s very much like a clique in high school.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Varies according to unit and patient load. Medications are passed , charting, ect.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 8 salaries reported	$47.48 per hour
Mental health therapist 5 salaries reported	$34.68 per hour
Therapist 3 salaries reported	$31.10 per hour
Clinical supervisor 5 salaries reported	$48.05 per hour
Program aide 2 salaries reported	$23.35 per hour

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