medical scribe

clinical documentation specialist

registered nurse - operating room

surgical technologist

surgery scheduler

Virginia Urology

My time here was a whirlwind. Hired with decent pay and what seemed to be a friendly environment. Just a few weeks in and I was hit with nurses talking about one another and the physicians engaging in this poor behavior as well. Lots of nurses “eating their young” and picking on those who don’t learn as quickly or who are different. Heard nurses picking on other staff or talking behind their backs about how they look or their credentials (LPN or MA) not being as important. The nurse manager at the Reynold’s location is as toxic as toxic can be. The culture here is disgusting. Turnover is pretty high. They switch your responsibilities up on you without much notice (ex: someone might call out and rather than the office calling you and telling you to go to another office to cover, they wait until you’re already there and clocked in to switch up). The positives are that the pay is good, but it had to be to attract new and fresh faces and to try to retain them. I recommend staying far away from this proverbial circus. 

Employed for a while… in the beginning, wonderful place to work but as the years went on it went downhill.
Admin doesn’t care if you’re overworked, It’s all about the money.
The place is a glorified urology emergency care center.
Walk-ins are accepted on a daily basis.
Every single department is underpaid.
You’re expected to see a minimum of 19 patients per clinic but overbooks are consistently added.. very overwhelming!!
The providers for the most part are phenomenal.. the ones I worked with are the reason I stayed for so long.
The job itself is good but there is numerous things that need to be worked on but admin has no intentions on fixing the issues.
The turn over rate is extremely high in every department.
Gossip is highly likely… women in the company run with every little thing and it gets twisted 100 different ways.
Poor communication from admin to the clinical staff.
Some get away with things that should have them terminated but they’re still employed while others get in serious trouble for simple things.

Overall, VERY TOXIC.

VU is an urgent clinic disguised as a specialty office. As clinical staff, you will be forced to see walk-in patients and handle everything thrown at you. Administration has no clue what actually goes on in the clinics that go on beneath their feet. Most staff is looking for work elsewhere and turnover is high. Morale is terrible. Patients are allowed to abuse staff with next to no consequences. As staff you are expected to grit and bear at all times by admin. Admin routinely makes it clear that they think little of you and that their grass is the greenest. The “working staff” are awesome to have as co workers. The docs are mostly easy to work beside except for the several that think they’re God. MD’s are also allowed to treat staff poorly with no consequences. You will not be paid according to the amount of work you do, let alone the level of care you provide. VU is a monopoly of Uro care and with all those millions coming in you will NOT be paid your worth. PTO is good. 

-Prepare for last minute schedule due to title as a Float Nurse
-Help with patient triage phone calls, medication refills/prior authorizations to have all completed by the end of the work day
-Maintain fast-paced schedule to see patients scheduled and possible standby patients in treatment room or in clinic with physician
-Help co-workers to complete tasks if behind
-Have lunch with co-workers-most enjoyable part of my job
-Hardest part of my job is completing twice the amount of work due to low number of co-workers, little encouragement and praise from management, limited support from management, last minute schedule changes

A typical day would be first clocking in and going to my work station to log onto all my websites for the company. As well as making sure I verified all my patients information and making sure I was prepared for there examination; including all vital signs and there history. Scheduling surgeries and making arrangements with other surgical centers. I learned how to sterilize equipment and perform EKG's. My management and co-workers were very friendly. The hardest part of my job was saying goodbye to them due to school starting back up. The most enjoyable part of my job was getting to know many patients and there personal stories which were so interesting.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Employees we work as a team effort and everyone would Pitchin we needed


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to learn a new computer system

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Morale is not good right now because of this new computer system there are many people who are struggling to learn it

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I was answering primary telephone calls in the medical records department. This is a 60 doctor practice.

Every job has its up's and downs. Virginia Urology needs a job consultant to steer Management on how to empower and appreciate their staff. A company fails from the head down and that is what's taking place here. Because management doesn't show their employees that they care about them the doors are constantly revolving, and will continue to do so. I don't want to settle for just any career but I am so ready to get out of this place! Awesome doctors. Great nurses. Horrible management from the head on down that pretend to care but only care about the money coming in. 
Apply to a position that will appreciate you as an asset not walk past you as if you don't exist.

A typical day at work would be having morning conversations with my co-workers.  We catch up on any events occuring in the community or we discuss any new changes that may affect the company employees.  Afterwards, employees will retreat to thier office stations to prepare for the day (arranging clinic schedules and  gathering supplies needed to effectively complete assignments). After the morning rounds are completed, the staff will then prepare for the afternoon patient rounds and assignments.  This routine reflects the typical day at the medical practice.

My typical day at Virginia Urology would be very fasted pasted and never dull. I would key the charges for 32 doctors for all the offices. I learned how to key the super bills and send them out to the insurance companies. The management was very outstanding there. They coworkers that I worked with were very outgoing and professional. I got along with everyone that worked in the accounting department. They hardest part of my job was wondering if I was ever going to catch up my work while more came following in. The most enjoyable part of that job was seeing my inbox completely empty and working hands on with the coders.

The people here are nice and supportive, and they're forgiving when it comes to small mistakes. The work environment feels friendly and inclusive, though it does have it's share of gossip, which I try to avoid. The main issue I have is the job itself; there's no sense of purpose to it, and it feels like the skills and effort your put into learning how to be effective at it won't be useful anywhere else. It is the textbook definition of a "stepping stone" position. 

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