BC Children's Hospital Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?The care, happiness, and love I feel from each person who work there for the patients, the infrastructure, and the job they do. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I think it could be those times you see a child sick and you know that no matter how much you are willing to help, it might not provide the cure. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?I feel absolutely comfortable with being there. Everything there is though and done to try making things lighter and easier for kids and their parents. What is a typical day like for you at the company?I would say, every day can be considered a typical day there! I don’t have any doubts about how much I love being there to help in some way.

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Good learning opportunities, supportive

Research Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 25 October 2023

I got autonomy and independence as a research assistant. Pay is standard for research assistants. Learned a lot from a multidisciplinary team and also published 2-3 papers

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Insights into BC Children's Hospital

Based on 10 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Clear sense of purpose
Time and location flexibility

Areas for improvement

Fair pay for job
Support from manager

Hiring process

Unit Clerk (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 4 March 2023

Hiring process was easy and fast. Place seems like a nice environment to work. Haven’t started yet but will leave a review when I start working there for sometime

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Toxic

Motion Graphic Animator (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 13 April 2022

The team tries to build a positive and cheerful environment, but in reality the work culture and people are passive aggressive, can’t speak out honestly.

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Overall a good place to work at. Great benefits and work-life balance.

Medical Laboratory Technologist (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 28 December 2021

Great benefits and pension plan. You start off with 4 weeks of vacation and accumulate one extra day of vacation every year after your 5th year. Great work life balance, you're not expected to work past your shift. Work can sometimes be mundane and there isn't a lot of room for advancement. Lots of people who are resistant to change and it takes forever to implement anything. Can feel very hierarchical.

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Program Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 11 December 2019

This contract position gave me new insight into a very specific area of BCCH, located at Sunny Hill. Most of my day to day role was liaising with provincial stakeholders in the province and getting to know the inner workings of Nursing Support Services. The team was creative and intelligent and taught me a lot. Everyone treated me like a valued member of something bigger, and I appreciated the opportunity I had, even if it was only for a year.

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great experience

Volunteer (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 11 September 2019

learned to think on my feet and gained a great reference. I recommend if you have just graduated and are looking for experience. You get out what you give to the time you spend there.

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Nursing

Registered Nurse (RN) (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 9 May 2019

Great training for new grads. Friendly staff. At times unsafe working conditions due to low staffing. Lots of supports and resources. Minimal formal training post job.

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nice

Causal Unit Clerk (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 10 April 2019

always a fun and nice place to work all the nurses doctors and patients you meet. I love working a bc childrens hospital definality recomend it.You will always see a smile on everyones face

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Collaborative Work Place

Research Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 19 March 2019

Working at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, it is clear it is a place of innovation and collaboration to achieve the best possible research to aid those working in health care around the world.

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Jobs at BC Children's Hospital

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Good job but too far to commute

Registrations and booking clerk (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 12 February 2019

I've been here for over a year and found the drive just too far, as I live in the suburbs. The job itself if quite simple and straightforward. Since we are unionized, we are bound by the contract, which is good and bad. Great extended benefits.

Pros

Good benefits

Cons

Long comute

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Great Friendly Helpful staff who really care.

House Keeping (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 7 October 2018

I enjoyed working here staff and management were very helpful in assisting me and helped me figure out such a large hospital surroundings and very organized and clean working environment. definitely a great career choice for those who would like to clean and help elderly and sick children who could use your services and friendly smiles,

Pros

friendly staff great benefits for those willing to commit, excellent management team.

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Support growth.

RN (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 3 October 2018

Difficult to move laterally within PHSA, more realistic to move up then to a different kind of nursing. Overall the management is supportive though of your growth WITHIN your current practice.

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great place and great staff!

Porter Service and Medical Equipment Depot (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 23 August 2018

Great place to work and such a dynamic environment where you can advance your skills and knowledge. BCCH has the most advanced technology in healthcare which makes the delivery of care more effective.

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good

Volunteer Research Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 11 August 2017

Volunteered in a lab at BC children's hospital as a research assistant. Everyone there was nice, helpful, and supportive of my own goals and learning. Would recommend to others.

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its a good workplace and i hope to have more days but we are full staff

MOA part-time (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 8 July 2014

Its a fast pace job and challenging, but i like it, its learning and fun to mingled people. co-workers are great, very professionals. Hardest part are when parents are rude and grumpy. but enjoyable part are when patients and parents are so nice and when the doctors treat us for coffee and muffin :).

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productive

Support Worker, Volunteer (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 12 February 2014

It was rewarding to be able to help the ill children in the school inside the hospital.

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Inspiring place to work

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 3 June 2013

A typical day at work is busy and requires lots of ineraction with clientelle I have learned many things since working at Children's, too much to write about. The most enjoyable part of the job is ineracting with the children and families

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