registered nurse

respiratory therapist

hospitalist

technician

ct technologist

HCA Midwest Health

Honesty up front - I was "let go", but my manager admitted that they made a lot of bad decisions that led to this, and contradicted themselves several times during an exit interview. How is that an employees fault? A probable answer seems that their budget was in tatters and I was the easiest / youngest one to let go. They questioned and insulted my obvious and concrete education and credentials. They made professional accusations (false, unsubstantiated) that could affect my career. Yes, I'm bitter, and that will bias this review somewhat. There are also objective problems at this hospital.

There has been a lot of mid and upper management turnover the past couple years. Employees feel this uncertainty and instability. This hospital has made a lot of investments in growth and new care areas, but that leads to even more pressure for employees perform more with less hours. When COVID hit, we all started dropping our hours voluntarily, then forcibly, then mandatory days off, then layoffs, even as we started admitting non-emergent cases and elective procedures back in. This is common sense - you can't do more work with less people. The profit motive is first, always, at this hospital. Their motto is "Above all else, I am committed to the care and improvement of human life". That's not reality. I lived by that motto every day at work, to the fullest, but that got me nowhere except a couple hateful co-workers, a lot of fake incident reports, and eventually "let go".

Throw guidelines out the window, here. Nursing, Respiratory, NICU, others - all constantly arguing with the CMO and pharmacy and other departments, demanding their own special or unique things that aren't in guidelines, and that negatively impact other departments unnecessarily. We have to follow guidelines in medicine! For example, the Respiratory department was put at unnecessary risk during parts of their COVID response due to arguments between departments and not following guidelines. They're lucky they haven't been sued for damages or work comp, yet.

Benefits are great, 401, healthcare, stock, but just keep job hunting for something better while you're there.

This was the most unorganized-chaotic medical office that I have ever worked for. You are overworked, underpaid, understaffed and not appreciated at all. Turnover rate is very high and no one seems to last over 6 months. The doctors and nurses are not nice to you and treat you poorly. Management does not listen to you, your needs or your concerns. They feed you false lies and promises but nothing ever changes and problems never get resolved. Every single day is stressful and unorganized, you never have a clear sense of purpose or understanding because it is a mess every single day. No raises or bonuses whatsoever even though your job duties continue to pile up. There is so much work that is thrown onto you that you constantly feel overwhelmed, stressed  and you can never stay caught up. You are thrown into tasks without proper training. Management offers no support or help even if you are drowning and crying out for help. Teamwork does not exist in this office, no one helps anyone and fights happen constantly among staff members which causes the whole practice to struggle and fail on a daily basis. The entire work environment as a whole is so negative and toxic. No one is happy here and it shows. For the sake of my mental health I had to leave, the environment is extremely chaotic and toxic and I would come home every day drained and depressed.

Started with health Midwest and stayed with HCA after the buy-out. Worked in total for the company for 16 years. 
  Senior Leadership rarely comes out of their offices and doesn't know your name without looking at your badge first, especially if your not in the "group."  A lot of cut throat dog eat dog games played within this organization and if you're not a nurse, you don't matter.  Turnover during my employment was at a company wide high which resulted in senior leadership being called to Nashville for a hand slap.  This facility also has a difficult time meeting budget which also recently resulted in senior leadership being called back to Nashville for a hand slap, and the CEO resigning from CTMC in May.
  Contrary to senior leadership postings and quotes, anyone less than a nurse does not have a voice and is fully expendable as they made clear numerous time during my employment.  Anyone who was close to retirement usually had their position eliminated prior to retirement so the company could save money.
  Benefits were atrocious as well.  Annual raises were never more than 2% when we received them, but we were always told we were in the middle of the fair market for pay and benefits.  

Like I said, good stepping stone, but I wouldn't plan on staying around to long!

This is my first hospital job and I must say that it has to be better than this out there. As the staffing/resources goes down, the expectations go up. Nurses are overworked and overwhelmed and all the higher ups say is "it's going to get better. Hang in there," while offering you a granola bar or pack of M&M's. It's been 3 years of that now and nothing has gotten better. On any given shift, it's a 5:1 nurse to pt ratio with no PCT/CNA support. We never have anything we need to care for our pts. Simple things like briefs are hard to come by. The company wants a 100% scan rate but 95% of the time the scanners don't even work. The only good thing about this place is that most of your co-workers are willing to help, that is when they get a free second. Burnout is evident. Pt falls have increased despite all efforts taken. Makes you feel like you can't even keep your patients safe here. There's a union but not much seems to get done in regards to staffing. I won't last here for much longer. 

After working at the Centerpoint location for several years I have finally found freedom and I am thankfully employed elsewhere. The management at every level is a joke. Nothing changes aside from the rotating door of practice mangers. The person that directly works over mos' has an inflated ego and will micromanage you to death and there is no support higher up. There is a complete lack of communication and that builds a lot of tension to the point that ma's, nurses and mos' are frequently angry with each other. Its like high school. HCA as a whole could carless about their employees. All they are worried about is money in their own pocket which leads to slim to no raises and unhappy employees.

HCA is a nice company to work
or however, they do not compensate based n experience and stress level of the job. Incentives are very low. They can do better to improve staff morale and pay. They hired me at part time and told me that when full time positioned opened up that I would be move up. I was working every weekend as I was hired to do but they had me coming in during the week working extra hours then complained about paying me over-time. Positioned opened up and they did not move to fill them they had me training new people when it didn't make sense to train them, they should've put them on weekends when business was slow so they could learn every thing without distractions of a busy work day.

A typical day, working on the Med Surgical/ Oncology floor is extremely busy, having usually an assignment of 6 patients with a tech to support us. I have learned a lot about caring for patients with cancer, as well as preparing patients for surgery, taking care of patients post surgery, and other patients treated for other diseases, and needing supportive care. 
This floor has excellent teamwork, where other workers will jump in and help you when you need assistance. The hardest part of the job is definitely handling 6 patients over a 12 hour shift. I have learned a lot regarding this type of floor, for future careers in the nursing field

If you are part of a good team, work can be fun.  This job is sometimes very hard, and can be stressful.  To work with psych patients you need to have a calm demeanor and non-judgemental approach.  You need to enjoy working with a diverse workforce and patient population, including a good number of unhoused people.  If you lack initiative, or can’t stay off your phone,  please don’t apply.  If you don’t mind working for your pay, come and join us.  Even during the most stressful shifts, we still find fun in our workplace, and it’s a good feeling when you’re able to help a patient, even in small ways.  This is a fast paced job and we hit the floor running, but that 12 hours goes by fast.  I love my diverse workplace, it makes life so much more interesting!  


All HCA does is keep their money in house while paying their employees horrible low wages. They raise you insurance premiums, all the while making you go to their hospitals and penalize you if you go to outside hospitals outside of HCA. This keeps all of the money inhouse. So basically they are paying you 3% annual merit increase while raising insurance bi-weekly rates by 4% meaning you not only lose your yearly merit increase you give 1% of your income back to them. I have worked for other employers who treat their employees ways better than someone who is a healthcare provider and cares nothing for it's employees that keep the hospital operational.

Typical Day: 12 hour shift, meet assigned patients/ always meeting new coworkers (float pool), ensure safety of everyone, working efficiently as a team to provide care adequate care
Management: management is always accommodating to my personal needs when they arise, very supportive in growth and answer questions quickly
Culture: mostly everyone is positive and caring, some staff are rude and make the night drag on, but thats any company, right?
Hardest part: staying awake or energized at night, not having enough help *rare*
Most Enjoyable: meeting new people who actually care about your well-being and work appreciation 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 2 salaries reported	$34.06 per hour
Respiratory therapist 43 salaries reported	$42.94 per hour
Hospitalist 32 salaries reported	$400,000 per year
Technician 38 salaries reported	$39.45 per hour
Ct technologist 25 salaries reported	$36.25 per hour

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