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When it comes to working at Rady's, there's a lot of both good and a lot of not-so-great things about the place. The work culture is the nicest and most friendly and inviting I've ever experienced in all my years and experiences working over there. Everyone is treated very well and like family. It's easy to talk to staff and we are often looking out for each other. 

However, when it comes to the actual work itself, it's a lot of hard work and often as a PCA/CNA, I'm managing a multitude of different roles or responsibilities at the same time, compared to the one role I was originally assigned to, leading to myself doing a lot at once compared to other similar team members who perform the bare minimum and get the same level of pay compared to myself. Management sometimes helps in these cases, but often not they don't and simply thank us for the job without proper compensation or considerations at times. And that's as a CNA, for nurses and other staff outside of management, CEO's, doctors and such, also feel that same constraints and responsibilities and often out with very minimal pay compared to other hospitals.

It's the double-edged sword of working at the ONLY children's hospital in San Diego, good business and a lot of people and places and help to give out to the community. But with very minimal pay to the staff that work on the floors of the hospital compared to upper management and doctors that are often continuing to get these pay increases, the good work culture and friendly atmosphere can only get one so far as a workplace. It's a wonderful place to start working and if lucky, to expand and advance in. But if you cannot get past being in minimal pay work positions and or the positive work culture isn't enough, apply with caution to being here.  

When I initially applied to Rady's CAPS, I was thrilled! I thought everyone was friendly and cared about their job, but it was all a front. As soon as I began working full-time, I noticed the awful things about this place. First, working the night shift is horrid! Aside from the poor staffing, the work-life balance was not livable! 8x5s = no sleep, no social life, no well-being. The worst parts of CAPS were how unsafe the unit was and how toxic the work environment was. Coworkers were unprofessional and slept on the job constantly despite warnings. Management did NOT care about night shift. And they especially didn't care about the patients' safety! I can't count how many safety reports I filed and how many emails I sent about patient safety. Not ONE thing was done about it. One staff member was allowed to get away with everything unsafe and many staff members quit to avoid losing their licenses over her. The evening staff was/is too happy to restrain patients and did so left and right with no debriefing to avoid future restraints. Night shift was left to comfort the kids and do all of the admissions. But don't worry, they made sure the tape was safely locked away so patients couldn't reach it!

Everyone's licenses are/were at risk here. If you're a new grad, please apply to any other unit (except psychiatry ED - it's the same management). The most enjoyable part of the job? Going home!

I loved what I did at Rady's, I personally enjoy being on my toes, in a fast paced environment and you got on and off spurts of patients.  I worked in the ER as a PAR II.  The job consistent of registering your patients on a NEMO or a computer on wheels. You made copies of DL, INS cards and collected co-payments at the time of registering. We were rotated to different areas of the ER, which are color coded and registered in that area. I enjoyed working the front in the ER registration especially if we were swamped. The downside were the hours they were horrible, I would begin anytime from 3pm-9pm.  I was lucky if I began at 3pm or 5pm but was rare. The employees that have been there a long time have the early set hours. The hardest part of my job were working the late hours. The work culture is calm everyone is nice. I cannot say enough good things of management.  The ladies are very nice and more than willing to help out and help you succeed. No one is hired straight out. You start working at Rady's as a contract employee and they may or may not extend your contract. I knew someone there who before I quit, was informed his contract would not be extended. He had worked there two years already.  So becoming permanent is not easily done.

Working at Rady's is very rewarding. I facilitate communication between the doctor and the patient therefore I am in and out of every single department in the hospital and it's outlying clinics. Everyday I learn something new whether it is relating to a new procedure, technology, treatment or research. 
Management has had the trend of cutting back staff in every department and consolidating as many of these departments as possible making it so that most departments have managers and supervisors who have little knowledge of what their employees actually do. This in  my opinion creates a great disconnect which leads to admin/managers having unrealistic expectations of employees. I hope the new CEO creates positive changes regarding this issue.
The majority of the staff are warm, caring and very dedicated to tending to the medical needs of the children and go above and beyond to provide comfort, support and instill hope for the families being served. 
The hardest part of my job is delivering bad news to families but it's part of the job. I most enjoy the interaction with such a wide variety of people from every walk of life as well as the opportunity to learn about every discipline within the field of medicine.

The company as a whole has a very good concept of how employees should be treated. However, all managers don't have the same vision as the companies objectives and goals. Its unfortunate. The benefits are great.They offer PPO and HMO medical plan (cigna), Dental (metlife), and Vision. If you work under a "understandable managert" flexibility to request Paid Time Off is wonderful (if you have it, you may use it). In the Financial Counseling Department doesn't work that way, its like pulling teeth to request time off, hours are inconsistent, application for assistance are far behind (8months), Not everyone share the weekend shift, others are privileged to have their set work schedule (mon-fri). Yes, I know its not fair. It's never straight across the board. If your lucky; you may end up with a understanding supervisor/manager. I find that working at the Copley location, you have a solid schedule, things are more organized. So, it depends on what department you work for. Rady is obviously a great hospital to work at. Like everywhere else; you just never know what kind of manager you will be assigned to.

Working in same dept for more than 8 years, Ive witnessed a high turnover in admin staff, surgeons  supervisors and directors. That's quite a lot. Not sure what seems to be the problem exactly,  but  we lost a lot of good, caring hard working people. Now that new leadership has come and is trying to make all these changes, more of the original staff still present are on the way out. Some not by choice!!  It's a really sad situation that makes you think that Radys has no loyalty to original dedicated staff who have been here for over 20 years , ones who have stuck it out and worked so so hard day and night 24/7.  
My job was fullfilling, I got to help a lot of families. I enjoyed working here but there was no growth and when I witnessed how badly others were treated after working here for more than 20 years, even 5 years. Moral was low, especially after new leadership came in here  trying to change everything discreetly and not utilizing present staff that is more than capable or even trying to get to know present staff. Couldnt even remember my name after 6 mos... what does that tell you? ...it's a shame

A typical day at work was getting everything done as much as we could besides taking care of the sick children coming in. What I learned was that we have to work as a team to be able to get work done when needed. Management was very poor due to the person in charge at that site, she had preferences with others and never had a nice professional way to tell you what or how to improve things at the moment. The workplace  culture was nice everyone respected each other as well as, helping others who needed translation at the moment, it made them feel good that others who spoke the same language as them. The hardest part of the job was having to deal with not only parents but also, front office employees and Principal. The most enjoyable of the job was that I got along with some workers in the work place and were very helpful. I loved that fact that I was hired through Children's Hospital but, not who was supervising at the site, the supervisor made me feel very uncomfortable and I always had that feeling of wanting to quit therefor, I left the job.

Rady Children's really cares as an employer and as a medical facility for the children of San Diego. They go above and beyond for their employees and they provide the most excellent care for the children and the families that they serve. There is an excellent benefits package they are union for their nurses and their tax the food there is great for the patients and in the cafeteria Ronald McDonald House has a gym that is available to work out for employees there's a coffee cart with Starbucks beautiful there's plenty of parking the leadership over backwards to help you with your work-life balance the only negative I have to say is that the human resources department is very not transparent and can be deceptive not as for right or truthful as the rest of the honorable leadership at Rady

 The authorizations and referrals dept was easy to navigate, however, the change in management did impact the employees. A typical day consisted of phone calls to parents, providers, and insurance companies.  I learned a great deal directly related to RCH but nothing outside of that( I was experienced and knowledgeable in the specialty before I started employment there.) Management.....I hope it changes for the better. The hardest part of the job was communication and accountability from management and communicating with out-of-state providers in different time zones to assist patients on time. What I enjoyed the most was my co-workers and the interpersonal relationships I built with them and their families. 

Rady Childrens Pediatric Clinic is one of the busiest places I have worked. The wide range of culture and race that visits this clinic is evidence they need to expand their clinic. There are several providers and staff members that are seeing patients on a continual schedule. The providers and staff are fabulous. The director is genuinely caring and wants to promote closeness among the staff. She has a long history of working at Rady Childrens Hospital and therefore is an enormous advocate on their hospital philosophy. The physicians at the Cardiac Clinic are dedicated to improving the welfare of children and the families these children go home with. The education given to the families is phenomenal. This clinic is exceptionally efficient in treating their outpatient cardiac pediatric population.

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