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Evangelical Community Hospital

As a progressive community hospital that has remained strong when other community hospitals have struggled, Evangelical is a challenging place to work. For an employee who really wants to work hard and be appreciated for the effort - this is the place to work. Employees who just want to get by or barely meet acceptable work ethics - this might not be the place to work.

The co-workers are friendly and the Hospital as a whole is welcoming to patients. There is an expectation of all employees, even those in non-clinical positions to make patients and visitors have the best possible experience.

The management and executive offices make a point to visit departments and ask for input about what is working and what is not working. Since working here for a year, I have received numerous emails of appreciation from higher levels thanking me for my efforts and at least two cards sent to my home as a thank you. This type of recognition is something I haven't experienced at other institutions and are a great way to keep me motivated to do my work.

The benefits are good, the pay scale is good, and the fairness of the scale is exceptional. If the hospital does well we share in the results through bonuses. The HR staff goes above and beyond to hold employee appreciation events.

This is a great place to work.

A typically day was clocking in and obtaining staffing and handing it out floor by floor, there wasn’t enough staff to always staff with little to No  mistakes, there is a shortage of nurses and aides everywhere.  I was being told one week that I was doing well. And then the following week I wasn’t, I feel like the expectations of the position was unrealistic.  Certain roles had to be filled with certain staff members but when there is not
Enough staff you have to work with what you have. I sit for 20 minutes after my shift looking through an outdated Rolodex  of staff that know longer work for the hospital, or Staff that was never on the schedule, where there was some very supportive and motivational supervisor, there was also the ones that only see things there way which make things harder then they actually are, because they make mistakes as well.
They mess up as well. The time spent there was a
Great learning experience for  my next venture , there were people that made the position much harder then it had to be. I thank the supportive people . And will miss them  because they made the job a lot less difficult. Good luck to next person that takes this position . 

This review is for the paramedic position.  Evan is an allied health service competing with a local fire-based EMS service.  Many providers have left the service in the last several years as is typical for this part of PA.  While the quality of the ED is fairly high, the nature of the pay, benefits, and organizational structure of the EMS is not great.  There is a growing territorial battle between the local Fire Companies and Evan, which can continue to lose money as a service against the fire companies which have limited budgets and depend on insurance reimbursement as opposed to taxes for funding.  This tenuous and fragmented regional relationship will continue until either Geisinger takes over the Regionwide EMS or Evan gives the service to the fire companies, which will be a battle for a while.  I would not work for this type of service as a medic, as the fire service framework is much better in terms of opportunity and life experience, i.e., shift, rescue training, and especially management/leadership.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working Evangelical Community / Welspan Hospital has been fantastic. It's a very family-oriented culture. Every team member there takes pride and great care and what they do. They treat each other with dignity and respect. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To be honest, I don't find working at Evangelical Community Hospital to be stressful situation. It's very freeing it's a culture of accountability but also a family-oriented culture that sees everybody as equals and treats them with dignity and respect

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Working at Evangelical Community Hospital is like being part of a team. Everybody that I work with has been kind and treated each other with dignity and respect across all fields.

I worked in an outpatient physical therapy clinic for Evangelical community Hospital for over 2 years and it was an excellent place to work.  My co-workers and the entire rehab team at Evan are really what made the job so great.  I saw a wide variety of patients and worked in other disciplines besides outpatient.  The benefits the hospital offers are all relatively good and the salary is competitive.  My only real complaint is that it can be difficult to take time off even if PTO is acquired. This is a result of being under staffed with per diem employees and having trouble finding coverage.  The upper management at Evan is very good however and does their best to accommodate everyone’s vacation requests.

I direct and manage a staff of over 75 employees, and a full range if diagnostic medical imaging services.
I'm responsible for capital, expense, statistical and revenue budget preparation and results.
I've learned over the years that you are only as successful as the team you surround yourself with.
My peers and and staff that report to me respect me and my challenges.
The hardest part of the job, as is in any like situation is letting someone go for rule non-compliance.
At the end of the day, success is measured in being able to help someone in need.

I worked ICU for about a year then worked in the OR and PACU for over 25 years.  Working in the OR and PACU you had to learn to work with all types of people , personalities and cultures.  Worked some days in stressful situations and learned a lot of problem solving skills.  The hardest part of the job is sometimes the people you work with but always had a positive outlook.  But no matter what I still continue to enjoy working with staff and especially patients and their families.  It  was great learning new things on the job and a hospital that was very progressive for not being a large facility. I feel that it has made me a well rounded nurse.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not the managers, I would say the nurses that came to work, and we are the ones that worked thru the epidemic not hide at home like management 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Managers,  1 person doing 5 jobs, letting covid positive patient walk thru the door knowing they are positive.  It's about the numbers not the patient 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Managers make u feel worthless, and do not care. They would rather go to Italy then get u help in your office

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Love my patients and doctors, being yelled at and being in the blame chair for days is not a job

I enjoy working for Evangelical Community Hospital. My night shift coworkers make a wonderful team, and we have a lovely patient population. I love it when we have healthy, low intervention deliveries and I'm glad for the fact that midwives manage the majority of our labor patients. Compared to many units, our unit has a relaxed approach to childbirth. While we have plenty of busy shifts, there are also plenty of nights in which the census is steady or it is slow and relaxed. Local residents admire our unit and the care we give.

I worked for this Evangelical Food Sevices for about 6 months.  The head of nutritional services treated employees terrible.  They lost so many employees in the last year.  It is a rotating door.  They are always short staffed which in turn puts a lot of extra work on the employee’s already there.  The upper management makes you find your own replacement is you call of sick.  They they give you a hard time when you want to use your PTO.  The  person in charge at the top does not treat all the employees fairly.  TERRIBLE UPPER MANAGEMENT and this person has been there for years and nothing is done about it.

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