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Room for growth

Feeding Assistant (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 17 May 2017

TheI am optimistic that the new expansion will do wonders for this hospital. I think this is the opportunity this hospital has needed for many years to become the hospital Burlington deserves

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Good place to learn

Intensive Care Unit, RN (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 20 December 2017

Monitoring critically ill patients and cardiac patients. Was able to learn from co-workers who were willing to teach. fun place to work.

Physicians on call and not physically in the unit

Pros

8 critical beds and 8 cardiac beds

Cons

continental shifts

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You can do better...

Registered Nurse (Current Employee) – Burlington, ON – 18 September 2017

Honestly, if you're a health care professional who appreciates the humanistic side of caring, steer clear of Joe Brant.

Patient ratios are as high as 7:1 on day shifts, and 10:1 on night shifts. Not only is this unsafe, but due to lack of support staff, you will be providing all elements of care for the patients including bathing and dressing.

My colleagues and I have handed in numerous unsafe workload forms to our union with little to no effect. Management outright lies to new hires about the working conditions in order to combat the abhorrently high turnover rate.

We are burning out and there doesn't seem to be any end in site. Being a Wal-Mart greeter, although not an RN wage, is a healthier, less stressful, better managed job than nursing at Joe Brant.

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this was a very rewarding place to vounteer

VOLUNTEER (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 2 April 2017

I worked with the elderly here and the best part of my job was listening to their stories. The look on their faces when they see that you are actually interested is priceless. If you are just looking to give back to the community, this is the place to volunteer.

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A chance to discover what nursing can be.

Registered Nurse (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 21 December 2016

Great education, wonderful education adviser on floor, accessible. Team approach with many supports. Supportive Doctors, advanced equipment, nursing supervisor that is in touch with actual nursing.

Pros

Great team, good benefits

Cons

no flexible schedule

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Minimal management and poor supervision.

Dietary (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 19 October 2016

The job pays well, however management is terrible.

If you are interested in a work environment where people constantly put others down then this is the place for you!

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St. Joseph Brant Hospital

Registered Nurse (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 31 March 2016

Was at St. Joseph Brant Hospital as a new Graduate in 2003, at this time I knew very little about Nursing and Caring properly for patients. I did not feel that JBMH was instrumental in moulding their new, young Graduates in to becoming well rounded nurses.
I felt the area I was working on, staff were complacent and not willing to help

Pros

Good learning experience

Cons

Not the type of Nursing for me

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great place to work

Unit Clerk III (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 25 February 2016

great friendly place to work and room for advancement
I learned to deal with co workers and patients in the hardest times and support my colleagues, patients and families

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productive

dietary aid (Current Employee) – burlington – 27 May 2015

meal collections for each floor according to the diets then you must cook the meals and deliver to each patient then clean up and give out nourishment.

The staff is friendly and respectful

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Great nurses not thrilled with management

Registered Nurse (Geriatrics) (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 9 March 2015

I have arthritis. I did nights for years part time. Later on it became a problem. They insisted that I had to do days. It was impossible for me with the pain I was having. So I quit. Don't care about nurses suggestions.

Pros

love the girls I worked with

Cons

understaffed. management

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productive and fun place to work

Pharmacy Technician (Current Employee) – Burlington, ON – 25 November 2014

-busy and allows the employees to be motivated
- co-workers are easy to get along
- there really is not a hard part to the job but the most enjoyable part is knowing that we're helping others

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Work itself is great, but...

Staff member (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 5 November 2013

Overall, I enjoyed my time at JB, and I loved the actual work itself. However, the departments I worked in were poorly managed, and some staff were allowed to get away with some things, while others were not. People were always treated differently.
I loved working with the patients, but there are a lot of issues at that place, so it's "buyer beware." If you're one who can stay out of the line of fire, not get wrapped up in the politics (and drama) and stick to the work, then you'll survive this place.

In the areas I worked, the staff were overworked and tired, and there was always someone on leave for stress-related issues. The workload was excessively heavy; staff who worked at other hospitals said they never saw workloads like that before. It concerned me because over-worked, tired staff can make errors which can put patient safety at risk.

I heard of many times when department managers and OH forced staff to come to work while they were emotionally/mentally unstable (eg a close relative died), physically/medically unwell (including with infectious diseases) or when the weather was too dangerous to drive to work through - things that put both patient safety and staff safety at risk.

After the deadly C.Diff outbreak, infection control improved significantly, but I (as well as my coworkers) continued to see many practices that promoted cross-contamination, which worried me - yet ANOTHER patient safety issue.

One thing that bothered me was that the hospital seems to waste a lot of healthcare dollars on frivolous items. They spent tens of thousands on network more... phones that cost $900 a phone, RNs wasted expensive medications, and the newest "rebranding" of the hospital apparently cost in the range of $150K or more. Granted, a hospital has to be modern and functional, but when it's hemorrhaging money while patients are waiting for beds, there's a bigger problem - and that problem has been a consistent, pervasive problem that management and administration have chosen to ignore for a long time.
The work itself was great, and I loved working with the patients, but there are a lot of issues at that place, so it's "buyer beware." If you're one who can stay out of the line of fire, not get wrapped up in the politics (and drama) and stick to the work, then you'll survive this place.

I learned a lot in my time there, and professionally, it was a great experience. I wouldn't mind working there again down the road (as long as management and the workload have been improved). less

Pros

Smaller community hospital; expanding in next few years; beautiful grounds next to the lake, across from the beach.

Cons

Heavy workloads; many departmental & management issues; always short staffed

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Good Place to work for

Occupational/Physiotherapy Assistant (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 18 April 2012

The grounds at the hospital are beautiful. They have a great court yard with flowers and trees so that you could clear your head when you went outside for a break. It is also wheelchair accessible for patients and their families. In the summer they would have an outdoor bbq for staff appreciation.

Pros

nice, clean environment

Cons

short staff most of the time

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staff nurse

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) – Burlington, ON – 9 April 2012

caring for inpatients , basic care. Learned to start IV's cardiac monitoring.

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