registered nurse

registered nurse - emergency room

patient access clerk

senior certified nursing assistant

registered nurse - critical care

McKenzie Willamette Medical Center

This is an old community hospital that has been purchased and changed hands with out of state management multiple times. At the time of writing it is owned by Quorum Health that is headquartered in Tennessee. Head management's main concern is profit and this has many trickle down affects on operations as a whole. 

The lab and the hospital in general is in a poor state of repair. The lab utilizes old outdated equipment and a information system that requires manual verification of each result by a technologist. The work flow is absurdly inefficient. You have some branches of the lab that are perpetually overtaxed while other departments have multiple employees that pass their shifts day in day out in a state of indolence because there is little if any work flow analysis. 

The hospital is also wrapped up in the labor restrictions of a 3rd party union that operates out of Portland. Employees are strongarmed into joining so that they can collect 100 dollars a month and throw a wrench in any attempts by management to use disciplinary action toward employees that have been there for decades and have long ago stopped caring about doing their jobs. The policies in place protect employees based on tenure and it is almost impossible to lose your position based on performance. 

The combination of bloated union benefits, job protections regardless of performance, and the uninvolved, uninformed, and fragmented state of hospital management creates an environment in which the people that stay long term are those with few career ambitions,  poor work ethic, and a desire to maximize their own comfort and ease at the patient's expense. While the work is generally not stressful and the pay is competitive the job itself is uninspiring to the point of being depressing. One finds themselves asking if a job in which little is expected and mediocrity is embraced as a badge of honor is really the ship they want to sail on toward retirement. 

This used to be a local company that cared about employees. Now they are owned by a profit focused corporate group in Tennessee. If you are recruited/hired during contract negotiations  (2 strikes this year alone) they will find a reason to outsource your job or fire you in your first 90 days order to hire travelers who cant strike. Forget your training and correct procedures as well, this place doesn’t follow rule books or national regulations and you’re expected to tow the corporate line regardless of patient care. I saw so many violations of correct care I was glad to leave. The incorrect procedures delay patient care and impact health outcomes. This group is profit oriented off the backs of their employees and have destroyed the community trust and reputation which once was the reason it was a profitable hospital.

It has been updated but still operates way behind times..people appear friendly but typical 2 face gossip town, especially the Medical Unit and that charge nurse..I was a floater, went every where, the charge that night went out for short break, came back reeking of pot and she knew I knew...next thing I know Im taken off schedule and fired next day, absolutely NO questions asked! I know

that charge nurse made some lie and story up about me just to get me gone before I ratted her out...but thats fine, that hospital would rather have people like her working there than someone like me with a clean record for onver 25 yrs? Good Luck and good riddance to a biased idiot culture like you have there.  You couldn't pay me enough to work with potheads and disrespectful jerks like that who would put sick peoples lives into her hands...just DISGUTING!!! I will never forget how I was treated at this place. that charge nurse made up some lie

I'd be still there if it weren't for two vindictive and malicious Discharge Planners (out of 4) and a couple of senior clinical RNs. I worked in most areas of the hospital and was kept busy in a variety of departments throughout the day. The entire inpatient therapy team was awesome and fun to work with as were many of the clinical RNs with whom I still keep contact either by email or FB. Hardest part of the job was working as a team with some of the senior RNs mentioned above. The enjoyable part was dealing with my patients, my therapy colleagues, the staff doctors and most of the clinical RNs who were not so senior and many of the hard-working CNAs. I enjoyed many from all departments in the hospital and I was known to many.

Difficult work environment. Team environment is "clicky", and as a float was often float between units two to three times in a 12 hr shift with four to five patients each move. Breaks are difficult without a break nurse, and the buddy system with 8 to 10 patients is unsafe in my opinion. Many back injuries at this facility.  Frequent management turn-over including a new CEO and CNO every couple years.  But if you need hours they offer a lot of overtime and will typically pay double time for it.  Float does NOT get premium pay for hassles of being "Unitless" and expected to switch patients at a moments notice.  Many days there was one CNA per 12 to 18 patients.  Physicians are so busy some are rarely seen by the RN.  Communication between the "team" is scarce.

This hospital has many of the same issues as other hospitals I have worked at. The largest issue is that after it became for-profit any semblance of caring about employees as anything other than a cog in the system went away.

During my tenure at MWMC we were continually short staffed; demands were over the top and management made no effort to mitigate the load. While the pay was adequate for the position it never made up for the workload or lack of work-life balance.

MWMC should NEVER be on your list of places to work. You will be used and abused under their employment and will be asked to do not only things that are morally wrong but legally wrong as well. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Worked at McKenzie-Willamette as a traveling nurse.  I loved the two units I worked on.  The staff was fabulous to work with.  Management often came in to tell the staff what a great job they were doing.  If the unit was to busy for lunch breaks to occur the hospital bought pizza for everyone.  I would have gone full time but they could not meet the pay I needed.  They were going to bring me in less than I was making at my previous full-time job.  I can see why they are having a hard time attracting and keeping experienced nurses.  The pay is just not enough.  The nurses are unionized and my reading of the contract was different than managements.  I asked the union rep where I should come in at and it was higher than management was quoting.

Well-organized, friendly-family atmosphere on the unit I work on. Daily huddles with manager keeps staff up-to-date on things we need to be aware of, improvements that needed to be made, new policies or procedures. The hardest part of the job was the acuity level of patients within an assignment is often too much to be able to give the best possible holistic care for each patient. A lot of times you just get through the day doing the bare minimum of what needs to be done. It can be stressful. The best part is the teamwork and friendly atmosphere. On ACM it truly feels like we are a big family.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Competitive pay for employees that are represented by the union
Coworkers 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management kept us understaffed which made it hard to do our jobs well

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depends on who your immediate supervisor was.  Coworkers were like family and never lost sight of our mission

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful and long working without support. Especially after hour shifts. A lot of very talented people guit during and after covid

This is a fast paced, for-profit 113 bed hospital. It is often at or near capacity for the census, but everyone works together for the good of the patient. You can expect everyday to present challenges, but it's never boring.  Because of the hospital size everyone knows everyone, and the majority of the staff are supportive and engaging. I've learned a great deal in my 20 years with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, and am very appreciative of the skills and knowledge I've learned along the way. My favorite part of the job is definitely the people. I have always had amazing co-workers, and the patients are wonderful too!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 63 salaries reported	$63.59 per hour
Registered nurse - emergency room 36 salaries reported	$61.51 per hour
Patient access clerk 20 salaries reported	$25.36 per hour
Senior certified nursing assistant 3 salaries reported	$23.64 per hour
Registered nurse - critical care 23 salaries reported	$63.19 per hour

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