registered nurse

agency nurse

patient care technician

licensed practical nurse

echocardiographer

South Georgia Medical Center

Work loads are terrible.  Administration is terrible.  When I first started working there it was fabulous!  Now it's unreal what they ask of you to do with no administration help at all. All they want to do is condemn everything. No appreciation for employees at all.  The last year & a half I worked there were so stressful and crazy. The rules constantly are changing sometimes day to day!  I wouldn't recommend my worst enemy to work there!  Administration just doesn't care at ALL about the employees!!!  The pay is completely horrible for what they ask of each employee.  Only the "chosen" few can advance and even sometimes even they are demoted for no reason at all.  One person came to SGMC and is destroying it from the inside out.  Hundreds of wonderful knowledgeable people were asked to take early retirement or be fired.  Working conditions are so bad that good people are leaving left and right.  It's a revolving door hospital.   PAS dept is a complete disaster!!!    Patient Financial Services all had to reapply for their jobs and even if they had worked there for 20 years in a position some were told that they weren't qualified to work in that position anymore.  Unreal...   The Hospital Authority Board is completely clueless as to what goes on at SGMC.  Administration is clueless as to what goes on in PAS and PFS!!!  The director doesn't even know how to register a patient!!!   NO HELP to employees.  People are forced to work off the clock because the work HAS to be done but NO overtime is allowed...  Ever...

The sign says not for profit hospital, but its all about the money there.  They froze our salaries for 3 years in 2008 saying it was necessary, then bought the administrator a brand new Tahoe, built a brand new 5 story outpatient surgery center all within 6 months. Taking care of the normal staff including the nursing staff was a low priority, Doctors run the place and are allowed to berate the staff at will. Retaliation will be taken if you protest the berating. A typical day is not so bad depending on the department.  Unless of course you are a male nurse or cna then you are automatically barred from the women's health wing, most especially Labor and Delivery, I never cared to work there but it is well known that if your male, don't bother.  Management is basically "Company People" so don't bother to voice a complaint or concern. But like everywhere else it depends on the manager, or department.  Hardest part of the job was dealing with management.  Most enjoyable were the patients and families. I actually started there as an Off Duty Sheriff's Deputy security in the ER in 1991.  We were paid about 15 an hour starting.  A BSN with a 4 year degree started at $12.00

A typical work day in the Medical Affairs Office at South Georgia Medical Center was fast paced, busy, involving constant professional interaction with Medical Staff as well as individuals from other departments of the hospital. In this position, I learned and utilized Robert's Rules of Order in minute taking and reporting. In addition, I learned about the physician recruitment and contracting process. I was able to understand and apply the Medical Staff Bylaws to decision making and understanding processes. 
The current management is outstanding. The management style is encouraging, thought provoking, and fair. The environment in which I worked promoted a team work type of approach to all processes and tasks. I feel that this approach is conducive to productivity in the work place. The hardest part of my job was coordinating physician schedules with those of the C- Suite in order to plan meetings. The key to this was to know the correct contacts and build report with those contacts, so that they could help to facilitate coordination of schedules for meetings. The most enjoyable part of the job was building relationships with the Medical Staff, their office contacts, and other employees throughout the hospital.

I was a Patient Care Technician II. A typical shift for a PCA is taking notes from the previous shift about the patients you have, and if any need special attention or something needs to be done for a patient that the other PCA didn't have time to do-giving you all the info on the patients basically. I was a PCA 2. So I worked desk and floor. They would sometimes give two PCA 2's the same shift and it would really get hectic, because one PCA will want you to work the floor the whole night, the other one wanted to hoard the desk basically... "desk job-easy job" and wouldn't want to share the responsibilities. Your co workers are amazing. SOME. The HR, and management are horrible! If you have a problem, they will act like it's a inconvenience for you to be telling them. Orientation is the longest process I've ever experienced. They should hire people who have experience with healthcare, and not put these young people out on the floor after a week of orientation and say "here's your sick patient, make sure they don't die" basically. If you have no experience with healthcare, you will be so overwhelmed with this job. Management is a joke, and I don't recommend this job because of how poorly they operate.

From HR to management this place could care less about its employees.  From the application process to the hiring process this place is VERY slow.  HR is unprofessional.  After I was called with an offer I was given time to think about it and it took a week for HR to return my call after sending emails, leaving voicemails, and contacting the hiring authority. SGMC does not even begin to offer pay that is anywhere near comparable to other hospitals in the relevant market (to include facilities within 45 min to 1 hr away).  As a BSN, RN with one year of experience I was given an insulting offer of $21.65 - keep in mind they pay new grads with NO expereince $21.03.  HR stated that SGMC does not take your level of education into consideration (so basically an associates is the same as a BSN in their world).  When comparing SGMC to the relevant market their weekend differential is 15% less, they do not offer float pay, you are required to work every other weekend vs one weekend a month, and are not eligible for PTO until your 91st day.  These are all reasons their turn over is horrible and why they have over 80 nursing positions currently open.

I highly suggest you look elsewhere for employment.

My day ususally consist of collecting the required specimens from patients, and then transporting them to the lab or taking the specimen to the lab then receiving it via by hand or putting the specimen on the central processing machine. The Hospital has recently aquired new data entry soft ware system that everyone is currently learning how to navigate. In my opinion the management system isn't fair and often show favoritism or basis depending on the employee, if your liked or your a particular favorite employee your shown preference or presisdence. but, if not the it seams your treated differently you have a harder workload. The hardest part of my day is dealing with the inconsistencies with the management process. The most enjoyable part of my day is working with the co-workers on my shift. I am a hard worker and it is enjoyable to work with others who are also hard workers themselves.

Phlebotomy management needs to be replaced. They show lots of favoritism. They do not like for you to make friends. They will literally try to cause drama between you and that person. Management talks about each other and about other Phlebotomists. They will like you as long as you are coming in on your days off but soon as you tell them no, they will cause problems for you. They are very unprofessional but wonder why their turnover rate is horrible. I looked at the reviews before applying and was cautious but still applied. I hated it because of the people. Overall, I loved my work and getting to know the patients. That was the best thing about working at SGMC. I highly recommend to apply elsewhere, this place is not worth your peace of mind. The starting pay is only $13. It’s definitely not worth it, considering all the unprofessional and conniving people you will have to tolerate as a Phlebotomist. Good luck. 

 This is not a very good hospital to work at. There are no training processes available for any position. The staff is extremely disorganized and dysfunctional. The management and administration will not provide any support in case of a conflict. They are mostly related to each other and family ties and seniority not logic takes precedence in case of an issue. There are lots of negative tensions between the coworkers and you will be in the middle of it at all times. Healthcare is stressful you do not need the extra stress of a terrible system on top of it. You will neither learn anything nor grow professionally and if they simply do not like you because you choose to maintain a professional distance and not get involved in their unprofessional behavior then you will be terminated.

I enjoy training licensed and ancillary staff on a variety of healthcare applications in the hospital inpatient and outpatient setting.  I have gained valuable and applicable experience in several electronic health record (EHR) applications such as: McKesson Horizon Expert Orders, Expert documentation, AdminRx, Relay Health, Athena Health EMR, and many more.  I participate as part of the implementation team for all EHR project phases:  class scheduling, integrated testing, training/education, and go-live support.  I work with a great team and staff in the Information Services department, and have established great working relationships and networks in the organization.

Productive and very excellent place to work. Some days were stressful but you have to know how to cope and change the environment.It taught me how to be humble and accept all types of challenges. No matter how the day ended it was all worth it because you have to learn that how you start your day will be how it ends, Most days I allowed my good to outweigh everything, My patients and their care was my first priority. The management was excellent and organized. The hardest part of my job was comforting a grieving family while caring their terminally ill loved one, Because it was hard to show them love and without letting your emotions show while you're grieving on the inside with them. The most enjoyable part was knowing that I put a smile on my patients face by giving my all while they were trusting me with their care.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 6 salaries reported	$32.33 per hour
Agency nurse 1 salary reported	$50.00 per hour
Patient care technician 4 salaries reported	$12.94 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 4 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Echocardiographer 1 salary reported	$78,000 per year

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