GROVES MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Employee Reviews

Groves is a lovely rural hospital with a friendly environment. Staff are skilled and welcoming. RN’s and RPN salaries are based on the provincial salary grid for nurses . Beautiful new facility.

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Lacking opportunities

Communication Clerk (Current Employee) - Fergus, ON - 14 November 2021

No room for personal or career growth, not enough opportunities to advance upward in the healthcare field. Not to mention the values of “fair and equitable” only apply to some candidates. Not a great environment overall.

Pros

A lot of great staff

Cons

Long hours, terrible scheduling, unfair pay

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Insights into GROVES MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Based on 3 survey responses

Areas for improvement

Time and location flexibility
Trust in colleagues
Support from manager

Too many politics

Millwright (Former Employee) - Fergus, ON - 11 June 2020

As a red seal journeyman I was greatly underpaid. Management doesn't deal professionally with issues that arise with any of the management team therefore causing bad relations between employees and management.

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Good to gain experience

Registered Practical Nurse (Current Employee) - Fergus, ON - 8 February 2020

Good hospital to start out at and gain experience to build nursing skills because it is a smaller hospital. You have to do a lot more than what bigger hospitals may expect of you.

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A great place to work

Dietary Aide (Former Employee) - Arnprior, ON - 25 January 2020

Friendly employees (sometimes can be short on psws though) great teamwork, amazing residents. Working here you'll feel as though the residents are your family . ❤ Overall a great place to work.

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Medical floor nursing in community hospital

RN (Former Employee) - Fergus, ON - 27 November 2018

Very busy floor, often caring for patients waiting for alternate level of care (nursing home, rehab, etc), Often see silo nursing- unable to find someone to help out or unwilling to help you out. However, some staff are amazing, particularly the housekeeping staff. Needs a re-shifting in culture in order to be a great place to work. Clients get good care by nurses and doctors. Doctors are generally approachable, willing to teach, and great at what they do. Floor is often over capacity and management does not allow extra staff to come in to help out. Feel like you are putting your nursing license on the line sometimes. Management not helpful, supportive, flexible, or fair. I had more bad days then good here. Some nursing staff are lazy and unwilling to help, but others are exceptional at what they do and go above and beyond. High turn over, especially with RN's. I learned a lot about medical conditions, medications, nursing in general, and work culture. Some staff truly love working here and have had a much more positive experience than I. Often order lunch in on a weekend shift and have lunch together- which was nice for the morale. Some clients had interesting diagnoses which made the nursing care more interesting.

Pros

good wage and benefits, great pension plan, some great colleagues

Cons

poor management, unrecognized

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Small town culture

RPN (Former Employee) - Fergus, ON - 3 September 2018

The change in Senior Management significantly impacted the culture. No room for career advancement & salaries are far below median. People work well together, but there is a lot of frustration on the floors. SMT needs to re-focus.

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Bad senior management

Leader (Former Employee) - Fergus, ON - 29 August 2018

Pros

Small town feel, friendly staff

Cons

Long hours, no room to advance, no recognition, bad management

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Community Hospital

Obstetrical, Surgical and CCCU Registered Nurse (Current Employee) - Fergus, ON - 18 October 2017

Management needs to work on their retention of staff. Lots of turn around with nursing staff. Of the nursing staff that is currently employed they are very helpful and willing to help train new employees.

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Small town hospital

Student Nurse, 1st Floor (Former Employee) - Fergus, ON - 5 April 2017

Challenging and educational experience. The staff were, for the most part, kind and helpful. Be prepared to hit the floor running! Unionized. You won't necessarily be able to get the shifts/hours that you want. EVER.

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