nurse technician

nursing assistant

environmental services technician

registered nurse

patient transporter

Independence Health

Just like any place of employment there can be a little too much drama but put that aside you can find the best people working here. The ability to work as a team is the best that I have ever seen. Everyone shows respect for one another for the most part. If you are an easy outgoing person you can make some life long friends here. I have been with this company for only about three months and have already made a few really good friends. If you are helpful you will get along with anyone. Management team is always willing to show you what you need to know, they are willing to work with your schedule if you are willing to work with them. The only downfall are the other hospital employees. Doctors and most nurses do not show you the respect you deserve and are often rude or just flat out ignore you. Do not let that get to you because in reality you are doing them a favor by being there. Most of them have no idea how to pack their own lunch and it is up to you to ensure that they eat that day. They are pigs too, they do not clean up after themselves.  It is rather sad! Some of the employees there cannot read first grade level price signs either. The doctors think they are better than anyone because they have a PhD but remember if you are kind to people and are always smiling you are better because you know how to show kindness, how to be strong, and how to not look down at people. At the end of the day that PhD may get you more money but your attitude gets you more heart and respect. If you do end up working here keep a positive mind and do you best. Because when you work hard and stay positive you will go places kid :)

oh forgot to mention.... the administration here is the best that I have ever seen. The higher ups do their best to remember your name and every time they see you give you warm hello ____ how are you? If you ever need to talk to them about your job they are always willing to listen. That is such a relief when going into a new job!

Dietary Aide
• Monitor food distribution, ensuring that meals are delivered to the correct recipients and guidelines, such as those for special diets, are followed.
• Clean and sterilize dishes, kitchen utensils, equipment or facilities.
• Examine trays to ensure that they contain required items.
• Place food servings on plates or trays according to orders or instructions.
• Load trays with accessories such as eating utensils, napkins or condiments.
• Take food orders and relay orders to kitchens so they can be filled.
• Stock service stations with items such as ice, napkins or straws.
• Remove trays and stack dishes for return to kitchen after meals are finished.
• Prepare food items, such as sandwiches, salads, soups or beverages.
• Monitor food preparation or serving techniques to ensure that proper procedures are followed.
• Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage.
• Receive and store food supplies, equipment and utensils in refrigerators, cupboards and other storage areas.

Stockroom 
• Responsible for receiving, organizing and storing of inventory shipments.
• Receive and count stock items, and record data manually.
• Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in the stockroom.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in stockroom.
• Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps and other labeling equipment.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors and physical capabilities of facilities.
• Keep records on the use or damage of stock.
• Examine and inspect stock items for wear of defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.

Family Services at Butler Health System expects you to carry a heavy caseload of clients, decrease no shows and cancelations on your own, without reimbursing you fairly for your hard work. The benefits (PTO, health insurance, are FANTASTIC and that alone is work a lot of money) however, there are no incentives for going above and beyond. There is no upward mobility as there are only 2 supervisors positions in behavioral health. This is a good position for someone fresh out of college with their Master Degree, however, a poor job for an experienced or mid-level clinician. Upper management has unrealistic expectations about productivity as the majority of the population is severely mentally ill and has trouble keeping appointments as well as has clients who are impoverished and have other factors to take into consideration. They expect you to always be able to complete documentation when you are with the client and you are not allowed to block time off to complete documentation or other parts of your job without prior approval or unless you are running a group that is more profitable than regular individual sessions.

Able to work independently and not have to deal with management or coworkers on a daily basis.  During Covid expectations and your performance doubled with no time off. It came down to quality and numbers and no longer about treatment, best practice, or providing quality care. People dreaded having to come to the office once a month because the work environment was very stressful, people became very distrusting of each other as each therapist protected themselves by having an emergency  list of what everybody else did wrong….yet each and every person in the department followed the same procedure. When the boss was trying to say that she did her job she would fall back to policy that was written and not the procedure that was taught as the expectation and that everyone did.  Therefore when she would confront you for that and you would say but that’s what we were told to do… She would just recite the written procedure and people would have their back up list of everybody else doing it type of thing to get himself out of it.  Very high intense disconnected I’m trusting environment. Absolutely no support from upper management and the one manager who provided support recently retired.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
The coworkers I had.  The managers took advantage of their employees and never were reprimanded even when complaints were filed through the compliance system

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They do no hire enough employees to cover the positions so employees are required to cover for multiple employees for literally years.  They are also not able to use the PTO that they accrue because there is nobody to cover for you.  Managers come in late and leave early while employees work through an unpaid lunch and are penalized for punching in a minute early or late

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is a toxic work environment.  The company expects highest priority and has no desire to fulfill employee needs, be it supplies, use if accrued time off, staffing or personal wellness.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stress stress and more stress no appreciation and constant complaining about managers personal lives who bring their children to work without masks while requiring employees to wear theirs.

Management is inept, based on nepotism. Deceitful with no emphasis on work life balance. I was told I’d work “virtually no weekends” upon hire. I was slated to work 10 weekend days in a 3 month period before I resigned.
No respect, trust from management. You are micromanaged (red or green scorecard each month for productivity like we are in school).
There is a huge retention problem. My discipline had 3 FT (myself included), 1 PT, and 5 casuals leave within a 2 year period. I believe 8-9 people within the dept. have resigned since January. 
Salaried staff in a professional dept. are treated like blue collar workers.
A pregnant coworker who exceeded productivity, exemplary employee, was written up for leaving early on a Sunday after all of the work was completed, preparations for the next weekday were done. My supervisor not long after attempted to force me to use excessive (4 hours) PTO for my own OB appts instead of being flexible in my start/end time (come in/leave 1-2 hours early).
Toxic work environment, individualistic culture. The morale is poor. Nobody in my dept. (even the leads) respects/ed our management.

We have cut back on a lot of employees, while also taking on additional clients. I am currently doing up to 20% more work a day than two years ago, with less employees available.I am the only person most of the time on the shift that can do my job, so help is mostly unavailable. No higher position, so advancement is impossible, and we have multiple "bosses" that work all independently from each other. They also feel my area is one of the least important areas in the lab, and as such work is often held to be done later, putting me constantly behind schedule. A lot of coworkers feel entitled and are not very hard workers. The pay is ok, and the insurance and benefits are very nice, and overtime if required is generally allowed.

Hours are afternoons, no other times available.

I had a great time working at Excela Heath. 

My typical day began with managing emails from the night before, taking care of mail, and handling phone calls. 

As the day progressed, I would get into billing and insurance issues as time permitted. I also handled sensitive patient documents throughout the day. 

My management was always supportive of me. I have nothing negative to say. 

My co-workers were also supportive. However, office gossip sometimes got in the way of productivity. This largely didn't affect me; however, I saw it affect others and I was often . 

The hardest part of the job was dealing with patients and family members who were upset with our agency, our nurses, or our services. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was being around truly caring, loving, and compassionate people who did their utmost to provide great medical care to patients and family members who found themselves in difficult situations.

Management does not seem to care at all about the employees. While understandable patients come first, if your employees are burnt out we cannot give perfect patient care. I myself have worked 3weeks straight this month with no day off. In the past I’ve worked a month straight, with no days off. Environment is based off of if the management like you or not. If you’re not well liked, your schedule gets messed with. I used to be all about Excela, but with the short staffing and management not caring, I dread going into work everyday, I’m overworked and burnt out. I absolutely LOVE my job, but they are making it difficult to work there. I work well under stress, but with the short staffing and hundreds of COVID swabs a day with short staffing has cause stress on all of us. I practically live there to get my job done and there is no work/home life balance. As of current, our turn around rate for new hires is low. After about 2-6months they end up quitting. 

Excela Health is a rapidly growing healthcare company in Westmoreland County of Pennsylvania. I really liked the progressive and intuitive nature of the company. Management is very flexible and frequently communicates to make sure things are operating smoothly. A typical day at work includes responding to emails between managers, physicians, other athletic trainers and colleagues, providing treatment after school, providing coverage at games and sporting events. Learning how to effectively communicate between different people is one of the best skills I learned on the job, which leads me to the hardest part of the job, which was communicating between parents who do not always have the best interest of their own kids health in mind. The most enjoyable part of my job is making a positive impact on those who have been injured. Knowing that I possess the skill set to manage and rehabilitate them back to fully functional athletic health is something that is most rewarding to me.

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