Working at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre: Employee Reviews

3.0

hospital with great potential but poor work culture

Resource Nurse (Former Employee) – Child and Youth, NICU – 8 January 2019

Hospital has great potential but the workplace culture and support is sorely lacking. Encountered significant horizontal workplace bullying and lack of engagement amoung many nurses with a management team that turns over at a rapid pace, so little is done to solve the issues, let alone larger practice issues to keep specialized areas on par with other centres.

Pros

part of HOOPP, lots of room for movement.

Cons

poor culture and quick management turnover

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3.0

too corporate

Unit Clerk (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 29 December 2018

hard to advance career here
fun, busy atmosphere
good options at cafeteria
great co-workers
wonderful patients
hardest part is seeing other people advance when they kiss up

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2.0

Staff culture needs to improve

Risk and Patient Safety Specialist (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 1 October 2018

As a staff member you were never sure who would be the next one ~walked~ out. If management didn't like you...you were gone!
I believe there are many great people that work here, however, a review of upper management is needed in order for trust to start to rebuild in this organization.

Pros

Lots of great people work here

Cons

Senior Management

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5.0

Welcoming Environment

Co-op Placement (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 10 August 2018

From the moment I stepped into Rvh, everyone was very welcoming and very helpful. Also it was a very good experience, I learned a lot about where I wanted to go to school and what field I wanted to work in.

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4.0

great hourly pay, but not take home

Logistics Attendant/Receiver (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 31 July 2018

has a great pension, great benefits, and a great hourly wage, but so many deductions that a single person can't get by on the take home wage. great staff to work with, but management turn over is quite high.

Pros

pension, benefits

Cons

poor take home pay unless you are in a specialized area

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2.0

Very top down, dictatorship-style management culture.

Leadership (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 18 April 2018

Managers are not valued but put under enormous pressure to meet upper management sometimes unrealistic expectations. RVH and CEO look great on paper, but at what cost to middle management to produce such outcomes. Toxic culture in leadership. Front line staff and care are great.

Pros

Wages, benefits

Cons

Terrible culture

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1.0

Management does not support their staff

Clinical Registered Dietitian (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 9 April 2018

Management does not support their staff and stand-by, as staff are bullied by their colleagues. Felt micromanaged. Can be a very unproductive place to work -not much room for advancement.

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5.0

Fun work Environment

Practical Nursing Student Emergency Department (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 5 March 2018

I spent multiple placements at the Royal Victoria hospital throughout my schooling. They offered a variety of learning opportunities with supportive staff members that help deliver the best care to their patients. management treated me with respect even though i was only a student and all resources available to staff were also made available for myself.

Pros

Positive work environment

Cons

Long Hours

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3.0

Great place to work

Anesthesia assistant (Current Employee) – Barrie, ON – 17 August 2017

Poor communication from management to staff.
Would like to see better communication regarding staffing issues and concerns.
Good culture of patient safety - excellent anesthesia care team

Pros

Great teamwork

Cons

Poor management-staff communication

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4.0

Some areas have really great staff members to work with

Registered Nurse (Current Employee) – Barrie, ON – 8 June 2017

Typical schedule is 7-7 either day or night. They offer many educational opportunities,some even paid for by the organization. The hardest part is dealing with management or staffing, sometimes they just don't get it.

Pros

Free Gym at work site

Cons

poor vacation scheduling

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4.0

Great co workers

Registered Practical Nurse (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 4 June 2017

Proud to be working there. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. My day consists of being assigned to a clinic (gyne, plastics, ent, cysto or gen surg) and running my day like a clinic.m along side the MD. We typically see about 20 patients per 8 hour day

Pros

Ability to pick up extra shifts

Cons

Full time hard to get

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5.0

very helpfull employee and the best team leader ever

Medical lab assistant technician (Current Employee) – Barrie, ON – 7 November 2016

excellent atmosphere to work and very helpful team leader of course too much patient but vary from day to day but all in general excellent place to work .

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4.0

Great Place

Rotary Lodge Clerk (Current Employee) – Barrie, ON – 1 June 2016

Overall it has been a great place to work and I enjoy the clients that I see on a daily basis. It has been a great place to grown and develop as a person.

Pros

Clients

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5.0

emergency

Medical Laboratory Technician (Former Employee) – Barrie, ON – 5 August 2015

I enjoy working under pressure and getting the job done been compassionate and getting the best treatment to patients.
providing extra mile to make them feel comfortable and and ease also the responsabilities when you are drawing blood from a patient after surgery or quimiotherapy

Pros

good benefits

Cons

not hiring

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