NSHA Employee Reviews

Good, very good, good work life balance. Nice environment, nice people, good job. Very nice. People are kind. You will love it, best ever, lovely, best

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Insights into NSHA

Based on 23 survey responses

What people like

Feeling of personal appreciation
Ability to learn new things
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Energizing work tasks
Trust in colleagues

Excellent coworkerS

Research Coordinator (Current Employee) - HALIFAX, ns - 12 May 2023

Love working here. Many great coworkers. Supportive management and willingness to help get the job done highly recommended applying to NSHA for any job

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Great Co-workers

Casual Ward Clerk (Former Employee) - Nova Scotia - 9 May 2023

Great place to work. Hard to get a full time position which makes it hard to schedule life with kids. Management can be touch and go best for the most part a happy place to work.

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Pros/Cons

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 31 March 2023

Pros: Good Benefits, Meaningful work, CoworkersCons: Understaffed, Management has no experience in field, little to no recognition/support for field from health authority

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Interesting research projects

Research Assistant (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 9 March 2023

Interesting job, good compensation, but can be slow and way too relaxed. Really depends on your manager and a team you are working with. Overall - not bad.

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Terrible place to work.terrible place

Stores Clerk (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 9 March 2023

Inexperienced management..terrible .never hired permanently full timers alway hiring casuals. sucks to work at stores in burnside.nothing good about working there

Pros

Sucke

Cons

Nothing .no free lunches no Xmas dinners

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ok but short staffed. Great benefits. Vacation time hard to get and most times refused.

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) (Current Employee) - Nova Scotia - 4 March 2023

Working at NSHA is ok but always short staffed, heavy workload and vacation refusals are common. Not sure who is getting the hiring bonuses because none was offered to me.

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Poor pay short staff

Casual RN (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 26 December 2022

Coorperate heavy management and short staffing low wages in comparison to other provinces, low value of staff unless management. Management culture protects each other therefore if challenged references could be compromised in province sadly

Pros

Steady work and OT opportunities

Cons

Poor growth for frontline, heavy emphasis on credentials rather than experience

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Don't believe them - run away

Front Line Staff (Former Employee) - Sydney, NS - 11 December 2022

Workplace culture is toxic, short staffed and Management loves this as it saves them $$; by doubling current staffs' workload.Management will not support you even though during interviews they will promise you the sun and the stars and future support. They will not tell you the truth, and won't recognize your previous experience nor are they open to any new ideas of improvement. When they have you, they will treat you like an indentured servant and make you as miserable as their current staff (who are great but trapped in a toxic work environment); Managers figure you won't leave if you bought a house or have family ties, etc.. They advertise "Come from Away" but my advice is to run away.

Pros

none

Cons

short staffed, workers have no voice, no workalike balance, lower pay than other provinces

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CCA (Current Employee) - Cape Breton, NS - 7 December 2022

Everyone working there is fantastic, supportive, and very easy to work alongside. Nonjudgmental, and always smiling. I would recommend to any CCA, Lpn, or RN. Great bunch of workers!

Pros

Everything

Cons

Can’t think of one

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Hard and severe burn out

Covid Screener (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 26 October 2022

Patients were super rude and abused staff, when managers were notified they did nothing to help protect their employees. A lot of internal drama between staff and higher ups and definitely a high-school feel to how they operate

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Liked the people, but it wasn't for me

Health Care Worker (Former Employee) - Truro, NS - 8 October 2022

Staff were great, but we were understaffed which made it stressful. Didn't experience issues with management myself but everyone else seemed to. Not a lot of senior staff which contributed to stressful atmosphere

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Don't even think about working here

CTA (Former Employee) - Kentville, NS - 24 September 2022

Staff lies if they don't like you.Manager makes up lies to let you go.If casual you better pick up every shift as they will say if you don't you get fired.Bad management and toxic work place

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Too much to write

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Great Place to work

Continuing Care Assistant (Current Employee) - Windsor, NS - 6 May 2022

Once hired the on boarding can take some time. HR is slow to communicate. But, once orientation starts its worth it! As with any workplace there can be drama amongst staff and some power struggles but we all work as a team and the unit I'm on the co-workers are like a second family. Pay rate is above average and lots of chances to pick up over time if you want it. Management isn't great at communication with staff but it is something that's being worked on. I will say with the many years of work experience I have it's the best place I've worked and the health benefits and pension are amazing compared to others I've had.

Pros

Great health benefits, great co-workers

Cons

Slow hiring process, poor communication from management

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fast paced, flexible hours

Booking and Registration Clerk (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 25 March 2022

I enjoyed the fast paced ever changing environment, supervisor was pleasant and approachable. The downside was the non working chairs or available basic office supplies, the air quality, dirty floors. Workplace culture was different, some senior permanent staff didn't seem helpful or friendly. Most enjoyable was helping people book their appointments.

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Poor management, long hour

Utility Worker (Current Employee) - Halifax Regional Municipality, NS - 10 February 2022

Working environment is not pleasant. staff always looks tired and stressful. Not enough support from management most of the time have to figure out things myself. Most helpful colleagues are from other departments.

Pros

Job secure

Cons

Stressful long hour

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Great team.

Primary Care NP (Family All Ages) (Current Employee) - Middleton, NS - 8 February 2022

Good team and supportive admin staff. Lots of folks with no PCP so lots of very ill people to care for.Overall happy with work environment. Would like to work from home for more hours per week.

Pros

Multidisciplinary team

Cons

No overtime available

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Management is clueless. You’re just a number in the system

Occupational Therapist (Former Employee) - Nova Scotia - 5 February 2022

Poor management, poor pay. Hierarchy is clear and folks are not treated as equal or competent. Don’t expect any training in person, all don’t online with dated presentations.

Pros

Job security and benefits

Cons

Poor management, poor communication, lack of training and guidance

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Terrible place to work

Registered Nurse (RN) (Current Employee) - Windsor, NS - 17 January 2022

I have worked for NSHA for many years ansits slides downhill every year. Managers don’t care about there employees only there own professional advancement. There is no such thing as patient centered care. Non existent relationships between floors. Constant revolving doors of employees.

Pros

Benefits and pension

Cons

Poor pay, expensive licensing and non existent union, uncaring management, poor work environment, non existent patient experience. And poor relationships between floors.

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Good place

LPN (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 30 November 2021

Not bad place to work but management are too uptight and on a power trip they only hire who they want no how good you do on your interview you never give them what they want to hear not a fair competition for some people