registered nurse - pediatrics

mental health technician

registered nurse

teaching assistant

administrative assistant

Franciscan Childrens

I worked in dining services for a few years here. The director and managers in this department are selfish and disrespectful. Their methods include public humiliation, intimidation, retaliation and unprofessional language. They seem to actually take pride in themselves when their staff doesn't like them. They come across as cheap and will offer the absolute bare minimum to show their thanks on holidays and staff appreciation days, then see nothing wrong with how they treat their own staff. It consistently feels like they don't care about the happiness or job satisfaction of their team. Their actions support the idea that they are in it for their own paycheck and no one else. To me, it seems obvious that they are underqualified as leaders and are just barely getting by. They are the first to accuse others of their own shortcomings. The food is not even reliably safe to eat. Most of the people who see how it is stored do not eat it because they know it will make them sick. Management will quickly promote their own underqualified friends within, but will also say there's nothing they can do to promote their staff who actually deserve it. Good workers leave quickly due to lack of pay, lack of respect and lack of career growth opportunities. Management practically relies on the high turnover rates to keep their terrible reputations under the radar. It would be a nice place to work if only the management across the department (and the entire hospital) wasn't laughably horrendous. It is difficult to stay positive and motivated when the wrong people seem to enjoy the most rewards.

If you are a medical, therapeutic or mental health pediatric professional and are passionate about helping children and families then you might be able to overlook the major organizational issues. 
However, the extremely toxic culture trickles down from senior management all the way down the line. If you are a non medical professional and not senior staff, you are disposable. Senior leadership has no concern for the well-being of their staff. Gossip and hearsay create an environment in which unless you are high enough on the ladder, you have to constantly watch what you say and there is a constant sense of distrust. 
High turnover is not surprising based on the lack of support and overall neglect of employee wellbeing, not to mention major issues with compensation and diversity concerns. If you are not white, straight, and Catholic, you will be made to feel uncomfortable or unwanted on a regular basis. 
Systemic issues need to be addressed at the highest level so that the lower level staff are not continued to be treated this way. It is an extremely negative environment and there are many better-run and managed hospitals in the area. I highly recommend looking elsewhere for employment.

It's truly one of those jobs where you love what you're doing for the kids, and you're working with some incredible people, but the pay is the worst, there's no support other than from your peers, there are no incentives to stay working there in face I get the feeling they probably see it as more profitable for them to hire a new grad than to pay for experience since there was maybe one RN that wasn't a new grad and it didn't seem to bother them to lose nurses that worked hard and had potential.  The  management...I'm not even sure where to start.  There's NO confidentiality whatsoever.  The HR department is definitely not working for the employees and information tends to somehow leak out of the department.  Very unprofessional.  The management would discuss other employees with staff on a regular basis.  There's nowhere to go with your complaints and from what I saw if you do bring up any issues, your job was probably at risk.  We worked with defective equipment which was reported many times and never fixed leaving us with a situation that affected safe patient care.  I found it to be demoralizing and stressful.  It's such a shame because the and other staff work so hard to provide  good care for the kids.  But you're working in conditions that make it very difficult.  It's very sad.

During a regular 8 hour shift my days consist of constant patrols of the facility, responding to any and all staff who need security assistance, writing incident reports based on a given situation, and interacting with different patients and their families in order to help accommodate any needs they may have. Due to great management I have learned the different aspects that come with being part of a healthcare security department as well as good leadership skills including but not limited to proper interaction with co-workers and hospital staff as well as the proper way to approach any incident based on the gravity of the situation. The workplace culture here is one that can be appreciated due to the fact that it is geared towards the care and advancement of our patients and their families. In my opinion, the hardest part of the job is seeing what some of our patients go through on a day to day basis regarding their health. The most enjoyable part is the appreciation that parents and staff show us for the work that we do making for an overall good working experience.

A typical work day is different in every case of home care.There are assessments and checks of equipment and care, and delivery of products and supplies every day. Activities of daily living and medical care and treatment is what the nurse is there to assist and support the client with. Each client's needs are different and the family dynamics in which a nurse works varies tremendously in every home. That is the hardest part of the job. 
The most enjoyable part of the job is the successful growth and development of the pediatric clients that I work with and gratitude of families for less hospitalizations and better understanding of medical care, patient care  and caregivers' needs.

If it isn't for the fabulous co-workers who are there to support you, I would have left this position much sooner. Working in a mental health unit is tough as it is, FCH offers no support to their staff. They don't care about staffing and their RN's and MHS's well-being. Management rarely comes in to help when we are short staffed, and blame it on the employees for short staffing and expect everyone to stay late and come in early. It is a high burnout job, my coworkers around me are incredible and everyone cares for these kids if they were our own. It's just impossible to put your heart into something when there is no appreciation from management. It is scary to think that the 'senior nurses' have mainly been there for not even a full year. It is such an unsafe environment to work in.

Probably the hardest but most fulfilling nursing job I have had thus far. I started as a new grad, as most nurses there, and have gained an extensive amount of knowledge. It is difficult, but has prepared me so well that every job I have had since has been a quick and easy transition. The staff there becomes a family, with all the good and bad that entails. You really work side by side with the providers and get to know them and the rest of the team well. The patient population here has been my favorite. There is a high turnover rate, as many nurses leave to go to BCH once they get a year of experience. I do recommend working here for new grads, but for an experienced nurse it will definitely be a paycut and you may feel overworked depending on where you are coming from.

When caring for some of the sickest kids who have little to no family support (there were exceptions, of course!), you need to work well with others. Nurses and nursing assistants supported each other and kept each other sane. I learned a ton while there (trach care, vents, G-Tubes, wound care, diabetic care, seizure management), which helped I future roles. But the pay was poor and management didn’t care about nursing. We were often forced to take too many patients and were never backed up when mistreated by patients or families. Tough shifts with too many possibilities for med errors or missed care. Lasted one year and left.

I’ve worked at Franciscan for a year as a mental health specialist. I love the job truly. It’s amazing to work with kids in crisis with a lot of opportunities to see how the social workers psychologists and doctors work. I have been able to shadow any position Im interested in, but the pay is messed up. I’ve worked there for over a year and people who have started after me make more than I do. The HR at the hospital really messed up pay for the senior staff. The people who are just starting are making more than people there for years which has caused a lot of issues. But for experience and coworker relationships it’s hard to stay away. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse - pediatrics 5 salaries reported	$43.45 per hour
Mental health technician 2 salaries reported	$26.36 per hour
Registered nurse 4 salaries reported	$42.58 per hour
Teaching assistant 4 salaries reported	$24.50 per hour
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$20.41 per hour

Working at Franciscan Children's: Company Overview and Reviews

Franciscan Children's

Franciscan Children's Ratings

Popular jobs at Franciscan Children's

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected