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~Working with Oswego Health was somewhat productive; performing general duties under a shift supervisor which is always a Registered Nurse. Job duties normally rotate from day to day, from watching Constant Observations, holding groups and activities for clients and from cleaning tables and rooms for clients to come.
~I've learned a lot from working where I have worked, set of skills you couldn't obtain in a class-room or online; working with Oswego Health indefinitely improved my communication skills, both verbally and written.
~ Depending on where you work in Oswego Health, my management was spread too thin. Sometimes, management would be right on top of issues in a timely manner and others it would take inhumanly impossible to complete. Some issues would be addressed and nothing would ever happen or change at times, and then sudden everything changes. There would be times where we would be short-staffed and management would expect us to work short with a high acuity floor, at times. Other than those issues, management was OK.
~ My co-workers were the best! It definitely made working where I worked a lot better! Most of my co-workers were prompt, efficient, friendly, caring and sometimes extremely funny to work with.
~ The hardest part of the job would probably be that the staff are spread thin, running short-staffed to start the shift, then having to watch Constant Observations, and performing all shift duties. There would be times where you would have only one or two free staff members to manage the floor.
~ The most enjoyable part of the job is that I was caring for individuals on a daily basis.

Because the facility is the only acute care facility in the area, surrounding communities have only this one emergency room to go to for assistance. The facility is primarily staffed with inexperienced young/new nurses, many of which are fresh out of college and have not been aptly trained and experienced in acute care settings, much less a setting with limited resources. This is a fairly rural hospital. The next nearest facility is 50 miles away, both to the north and south. It is most often extremely overcrowded, its resources highly overstressed, and unable to accommodate many of the incoming emergencies, especially traumas, heart attacks, and strokes, as well as complicated surgical needs. Though administration is aware of these issues, there is little they can offer for assistance, as funding is consistently well below what is needed. Job benefits are extremely limited and inadequate, as is the wages. They are not union, and have no local competition, therefore they offer as little as possible. 
The only good point to the facility is that it is located in the center of town, making all the town of Oswego has to offer accessible. Other than that, to have to go in there on a daily basis was taxing to the spirit and morale, to say the least. There are good people that work there, but most have been "traded out" for younger, cheaper help. There is no administrative support, incentive, or even praise for those on the front lines. You are on your own, and if you turn your back, you will be thrown to the wolves, so to speak.

I was a Unit Helper for nearly two years at Seneca Hill Manor.
What I learned from my time there, is that it is somewhere between difficult and impossible for one person to bring about positive change in such a toxic work environment.

They are chronically understaffed.
They like to complain about how this is a recent problem, which they are 'working on'.  However, in my nearly 2 years working there, the staffing situation only became more desperate over time.

I would describe the work culture as shockingly unprofessional.  Again, not even really approaching my ethical standards for this industry in particular.

'Whistle blowers' seem to be viewed as the problem, rather than the solution.
Incompetence and apathy are the order of the day, among most employees, in a field that is supposed to have one of the more compelling senses of purpose that one can find in a career.

Start your healthcare career elsewhere - either in another county, or in a well-reviewed private practice.



Working for OH was by far the worst career decision. 
Working atmosphere is negative and toxic. Management is condescending, unsupportive, unresponsive, unqualified, invalidating, uncaring, and insensitive. 
In my time working for OH, the average was 2 social workers per month resigned. 
Typical day revolves around eight back to back appointments, expectations of daily completion of all case notes, returning phone calls and emails from business associates and staff related to case coordination. A 30 minutes lunch time is scheduled, but most clinical staff used this time for writing case notes and returning calls. There were no breaks scheduled into your day at all.
 Best thing about this job was the support and comradery of the other social work staff, who have now all moved into other jobs. 
Worst thing about this job is inept, unqualified supervisory administration, HR, and management. 
By far, working for Oswego Health was the worst career decision ever made. For a program that was supposed to provide services and focus on the mental health of clients, it was extremely toxic, unsupportive, and invalidating of the staff of that program.

Honestly loved the hometown feel of working at Oswego Hospital for many many years. It is very unfortunate that administration has driven so many loyal employees away. From a registered nursing perspective it is fine if you want a short commute and don’t care about being very underpaid or having no opportunities for career advancement. I would not recommend this company though to any nurse who wants to advance their career, feel appreciated, or be compensated fairly. Human resources loves to claim they offer “competitive” pay rates, but it’s not that hard to find out what other area hospitals (Syracuse, Auburn, etc.) pay their registered nurses. It’s actually quite appalling and disheartening that new graduate nurses are starting at a higher hourly rate all over the state (including nearby Syracuse) than I was making when I left the company recently after over 10 years of being a registered nurse there. They focus way too much on recruiting new employees and what the community thinks of them. They truly need to focus on retaining loyal and dedicated employees or they are going to keep losing everyone. 

I would normally work the night shift (7pm-7am). An average night at work would start very busy with much to catch up on from the day shift, but would usually progressively slow down as time passed. i learned much about emergency room health care and valuable people and time management  skills. I rarely would see much of the management aside from the monthly technician meetings. The workplace culture would typically depend on how the shift was going. Working in an emergency room is a high stress environment and can take a toll on fellow employees, but we always pulled ourselves together with little or no issues. The hardest part of my job was the high stress situations such as combative patients and full-arrests. these are emergencies that need to be handled as soon as the happen. The most enjoyable part of my job was meeting new people and helping to make their experience at Oswego Hospital the best it could be. Just one short conversation can change the mood and the overall view of a patient.

Don't believe anything they tell you. If you are promised a sign on bonus they will come up with a reason not to pay it. They will tell all the employees they are getting raises but then send out letters saying you didn't qualify for it. If you ask your work mates a lot of them will say they got the letter too.  Across the board raises are a farce. If you leave they don't pay your time on the books.  Use your time before you leave employment there. There is a bullying management style. They try to break your spirit. Dangerous work environment for patients and staff. If you even mention bringing in a union  there it sends management in to a frenzy. I've never been this abused in any other nursing job I have ever had.  Many employees are trapped there as they don't want to move  in search of new employment. Oswego Health is the only hospital in the immediate area. The management knows this too. They know they can be abusive and most employees will have to put up with it.
Fortunately I was able to leave. I feel bad for my coworkers I left behind.

My experience was not what I had anticipated for a non-profit health system.  Although I gained vast knowledge of health care from provider contracts to patient care to the behind the scenes of how medical practices are run, it was all eye opening.  The most difficult part of the job was the lack of communication to employees from the top down.  Whether leadership left out the big or small details, avoided difficult conversations or simply did not respond to important issues - the lack of this very important exchange of information made the job and other job extremely difficult.  I also left a feeling that you were becoming a product of your environment & that there could potentially be holes in the hiring process when it comes to quality vs. quantity.  Example would be "filling a warm body."  The most enjoyable part would be interacting with patients and learning about other departments and attending medical staff events.  

Oswego Health Outpatient Clinic is ideal for professionals looking to get approved post-degree licensing requirements with accredited supervision and clinical hours. Ability to work in various locations and populations with children and family as clinic based or school based, as well as with adults. One thing to note, is that regardless of what your specialty is, you are going to be referenced as a Social Worker in the system and doing the work most like a case manager, which ultimately gives you exposure to many different aspects of the work, enhancing your professional skills. The recent  new leadership has made much needed change to Oswego Health. 

Small town mentality here. Behind the times when compared to bigger hospitals. Employees are expected to cover low census by staying home on call @ $2.00 /hr. You need to use you Vac time or Pl time to make up the lost shift in your paycheck. You will be told this when getting hired but it is very frequent. You have the option to float but it usually means you get abused . It becomes difficult to take real time off if you use up your time sitting home on call. You may be expected to come in, then go home, only to get called right back in. Some employees come in late routinely while others get fired for time and attendance issues. Shift report includes a lot of local gossip. They constantly talk about privacy but if you work here and are hospitalized everyone hears about it. Management needs to be replaced with real management people. Documentation is horrible and seems to be getting worse. Always firing people so you never feel safe in your job here. I could go on but I think you get the picture.

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