registered nurse

temperature screener

health screener

order picker

clinical laboratory scientist

Denver Health

... had quickly become the worst. 

Direct patient contact time became a luxury rather than a priority. Staff is constantly bombarded with nonsense such as patient satisfaction scores coupled with threats of termination if not filled out, and filled out with perfect scores. Why? All because some little passive-aggressive type with either an online degree, not a day of bedside care, and/or holding the title of "Clinically Insignificant Buzzword... Liaison" made this junk up to pad their LinkedIn account. Sorry dude, your title didn't exist ten years ago and I doubt it will in another ten. 

Take this direct copy and paste LinkedIn job description from a Senior Employee Relations Specialist:

"Assist and facilitate resolution of HR issues for the offices of the COO, CFO, CMO, General Counsel, Chief Government Community Relations Officer, Paramedics and Managed Care - approximately 2,750 nonunion and Career Service Authority employees (solely handled over 5,300 employees for a six-month period). Primary responsibilities in this consulting role include coaching/development, performance management, employee engagement, discipline, and training (develop classes and teach them).

Increased Employee Relations department customer service satisfaction surveys by 15 - 20% on average.
Rated No. 1 on Customer Service scores (timeliness of response; credibility of information) for 1st three quarters of CY2013 out of 21 service departments throughout the hospital.
HRSA coach for Nursing staff
Star Award recipient for superior customer service (nominated by a manager)
Assist with FMLA/ADA leave management programs
Lean (Toyota Productivity Systems) Black Belt"

Good job on improving satisfaction scores dude. And kudos on that Star Award you listed. I'll bet it was awarded to you for improving employee moral.

I don't believe it's health reform, I believe it's people like this who jumped ship during the recession thinking it can't be much different than the lumber company they left. People who signed up at one of these puppy-mill "health care professional" schools in an abandoned strip mall searching for nothing more than a paycheck. 

To those of you reading this from the outside. Apply to Denver Health if you're passionate about medicine and genuinely care about others. The Nurses, Physicians, RT's, LPN's, CNA's, X-Ray/CT/MRI Buddies, Pharmacy Crew, ER/ICU Techs, Cafeteria Peeps, Environmental Services, Admissions, and everybody I forgot... Are the most amazing group of individuals I ever had the pleasure of working with. Because of them the ten years I spent there were the best of my career. I'm glad my career ended there.

To those of you reading this from the inside, you know who I am and I'm doing great. I appealed my termination and DG made sure no other hospital would hire me. I have been placed on a list that is the color of night throughout the Colorado health care community. With over 100+ denied job applications, it doesn't take an HR representative to draw this conclusion. Six months ago I had no other choice but to hang it up and move on. I miss all of you dearly and think of every single one of you, every single day.

This clinic is poorly run. As an employee you also receive care here via the insurance offered, seeing how things were run made me very weary. Delivering a baby here with a poorly trained midwife, I needed an outside doctor to perform corrective surgery on me which speaks for itself. The level of care here is very very poor. I witnessed nurses discussing details of STIs with patients on speaker phone with the door open as I brought other patients back to exam rooms. When I informed my supervisor she deflected the responsibility onto me to talk to the nurse who was violating HIPAA- highly unprofessional. I was scheduled to work with patients in the early morning hours, and often a physician wouldn't come in until 1.5-2 hours later. There were instances where my patient was actively miscarrying and there was no doctor there to talk with them. The nurses ping-ponged back and forth and felt they were not trained to talk to a patient in this case and the residents were rounding, therefore unavailable. There were multiple instances where patients would wait hours to hear the worst news possible. We didn't have regular meetings to inform us of procedural changes, if a patient refused a test, doctors would not get up to talk to patients, and although it wasn't my place, I was reprimanded for it. I was told to pressure patients into invasive internal exams even when past trauma, religion or cultural norms prevented them from wanting such an exam. I felt discriminated against by my overwhelmed new manager for taking my full maternity leave. At no point was I offered assistance by HR when I refused to sign an unsubstantiated write up. I soon resigned. Upon inquiring with them, HR never received the write up from my manager, proving it was bogus and therefore never handed in. I was essentially bullied out of my position a few days after returning from maternity leave. They have still not been able to fill my position several months later. I also found out once I left I was making substantially less than my colleagues. I am thankful I no longer work or get my care here.

Most of the employees really do care about their patients and work hard to provide quality care. We work with many challenging characters but that's part of what keeps this job interesting, at least for me. I love meeting the large variety of people we serve, from the homeless to immigrants to the poor to refugees. I meet people from all over the world, from all walks of life. I have a lot of autonomy which I enjoy. 
The hospital is always strapped for cash, so they can't offer as many modern amenities as other hospitals. It also means they demand every team runs very lean. Expect to work hard. 
Management ranges in quality like any large organization. They do make an effort to lead "from the bottom up" so every employee has a voice. Whether that voice is taken seriously or not depends on your management. 
It can be frustrating, as an employee, when the hospital won't put more money towards needed things - updating infrastructure, newer equipment, more job positions. The clinics - both general and specialty- are overwhelmed and do not have nearly enough staff. As an employee, I've had specialty follow up appointments be 2-3 HOURS late - very frustrating. It can appear that finance keeps wanting to cut things without realizing how we are all operating on a shoestring already. If only they would invest in us more, we could earn them more money by seeing more patients in a day and still being able to provide quality care. But I'm not with the finance department and I'm sure there are challenges that us front-like staff aren't aware of. FYI - There is very little financial support for continuing ed so be prepared to pay for that out of pocket. 

DH has many passionate and fantastic providers. We provide care for everyone regardless of insurance or income. While it comes with many challenges, I would not give it up for the world.

Working as a paramedic at Denver Health is a profoundly disheartening experience, plagued by deeply entrenched systemic failures. Despite the promise of high call volume and tuition assistance, the reality is a frustrating daily grind defined by severely outdated equipment, stagnant medical protocols, and a field training environment that, while capable of positive experiences, is often undermined by FTOs promoting a 'load and go' mentality even on patients who don’t need it and, for others, fostering a hostile atmosphere through demeaning behavior. Management's passive and unaccountable approach consistently leaves paramedics unsupported and exposed. The most blatant indicator of this toxic environment is the staggering, relentless turnover rate, which points to a fundamentally unstable workplace and a deeply ingrained 'us vs. them' culture among staff. This role is unequivocally not recommended for those seeking a progressive, supportive, or stable career path in paramedicine. Be prepared for relentless challenges, minimal resources, and a complete lack of consistent leadership.

I worked here for about two years and loved the team I worked with. Many of the co-workers I had were relief charge nurses and were very knowledgeable and willing to answer any/all questions I had and were always willing to teach or show me something I had never seen or done before. I cannot say enough how wonderful my team was and how much of a difference it made working alongside some of the best nurses I have ever known. My manager was also wonderful. She was strict, but also kind. She was very personable and liked to get to know her employees on an individual level, but also made wise decisions about our unit based on what is best for the most people. She really cared about us and did above and beyond in trying to improve our unit. The patient population was a very difficult population to work with and I often felt threatened and unsafe, but having such a wonderful team is what made me stay. I knew that if I was ever in a dangerous situation on our unit, I would have aid immediately. The hardest part of my job was definitely related to dealing with difficult patients. The patients were often mentally unstable, demanding, verbally/physically aggressive, and uncooperative making the job of caring for them draining and sometimes dangerous. I learned very quickly how to set boundaries and also how to know when I was being manipulated. It was hard for me to not burn out on this patient population, and often did encounter nurses who seemed to have been burned out. 

This is one of the worst places I've ever worked. They will constantly put you in situations they did not train you for, such as isolation precaution patients or seizure patients when you are not a CNA. There is clear favoritism, the CN will pick and choose who gets which patient based on who they like. This is also true when enforcing rules, depending on who you are you can talk on the phone all day long; while others get written up for sending a text message in front of a patient. They will talk about you behind your back while never addressing any actual issues or concerns to your face. The nurses gossip about CNA's and BHT's. The providers will literally never learn your name or acknowledge you exist. Some of my coworkers have worked here for over 2 years and barely make $17.00; and have never been appreciated by the management. The nursing managers are always pregnant so you will get a new one who has no idea who you are or how well of a job you do every 6 months. They will ignore your documented disabilities and treat you as if you are annoying and high maintenance for establishing boundaries. You will only be offered a 2% raise after a whole year. They do not do performance based reviews or raises. The PTO/Sick pay is the same thing, so if you get sick with COVID and don't have enough PTO accrued, you will not be paid.  Denver Health in general doesn't care about their employees and will treat you as if you are disposable. Apparently, if you do a terrible job but commit to Denver Health, you will make way more than your newer coworker who does an impeccable job. 

I have thoroughly enjoyed working as a pharmacist for past 21 years.

The most enjoyable parts are the opportunity to provide superior services to our valued customers--to listen, identify their needs and to assist them in anyway I possibly can; the benefits as well as the compensation are excellent with flexible schedule to allow me to balance between work and personal life. On the other hand, there are minimal opportunities for advancement and the practice of pharmacy is becoming more regulated by HMO and government entities which place limits on what an individual can do to optimize the health benefit for the patients.

Every work day in the pharmacy is unique and presents its own challenges which enable me to grow personally and professionally. I perform all functions as a pharmacy manager overseeing general operations, managing staffing and inventory, customer cares, scheduling, training, hiring and disciplining personnel. I also perform all other duties/meet standards as required by the Colorado Board of Pharmacy at state/federal levels and management. I learn to lead by examples and to be better each day. I have a direct, systematic work styles and I execute very well.

The most challenging part of the job, also the most rewarding, is to balance the act of respect,kindness with staffs/customers and yet still exceeding business goals at the end of each day.

I'm a very objective person when it comes to things like this, but I have to honestly say there isn't a single good aspect about this employer. If you work here, you won't be able to get a single thing accomplished. DH will take full advantage of your talents by making endless empty promises in order to string you along for as long as possible, but you will never get a thing in return. I know there are difficulties with a business model like DH's (i.e. many uninsured patients), but even with that, there must be some reciprocity. Not here. The managers are among the most inept people I've ever had the misfortune of working with. They've been here for far too long, lingering from the days of old when the only thing left to do with burned out, crabby, half-witted nurses was promote them. Now they run this dump and no one will get rid of them. Would you like to be promoted? Forget it. Want to take some training classes to improve your professional outlook? Sorry. Think you have a great idea to improve the way something is done? Negative. Seriously, I hope this review reaches at least one person considering working here and prevents another victim from getting roped into this travesty. If you have any sense at all, you will pass on any postings you see with Denver Health. It is truly the worst employer I've ever experienced. By the way, do you know of any good companies who are hiring?

After working in several clinics in several states, I found working at DH humbling but also disappointing. The hospital does good work with the limited funding they have, but the hospital needs to improve its efficiency and staff culture to handle the never-ending increase in patient volume. Great staff that are professional and can hustle are needed to change the existing culture. The hospital is trying to modernize, I hope they finally put an elevator in the patient parking lot (yes, the patient parking lot closest to the main entrance had only stairs. Hard to believe).  DH was in the news a couple years ago for high turnover in high-ranking physicians and directors; the new CEO in 2015 himself didn't last 1 year. In my clinic, 4 out of 5 surgeons left for greener pastures between 2015-2017. 
The hospital compensates its technical staff well, but don't expect to make appointments for yourself at DH for your own medical wellness. Physicians and staff in my clinic frequently used the emergency department for minor appointments like strep throat or ear infection treatment, because we couldnt get into primary care clinics due to patient volume.

As a patient navigator at Denver Health, I worked with physicians, hospitalists, skilled nurses, discharge planners and case managers to ensure that a patient was ready for discharge within the Healthy Hearts organization.   Building client relationships was the core of my position to gather the information necessary from the patients family to set expectations while discussing and reviewing next steps in preventing the patient from being readmitted.   In addition, I provided basic care coordination, identified and reduced barriers to care, and provided referrals to the necessary resources based upon individualized client needs and circumstances. 

My career was highlighted by day –to-day patient navigation and advocacy.  My current experience was focused on cardiology patients within the Healthy Hearts program that were ready for discharge which allowed me to screen patients, conduct patient assessments, facilitate individualized behavior changes to meet patient needs as well as focusing on key areas such as counseling, patient navigation, and patient health education on a one-on-one confidential basis.

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