Vancouver General Hospital Employee Reviews

It is opened minded and futurist .It gives the opportunity to people from every people with different back ground to work together in a respectfully way.

Pros

Long days and less commute to work

Cons

Parking fights

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I'm sorry, was never my intent to offend

Chief Engineer and Utilities/Plant Systems Manager (Former Employee) - 12th and Oak, Vancouver, B.C. - 17 October 2023

For Vancouver??You look no further than Hwy 99 and the Oak Street Bridge. Any person who navigates this daily is a hero. You ask the hardest question.I learned quickly that I know people and their motivations. I learned this in life.My best part of the job, and hardest, was (and is) assignation or denial of a certification. I know I will always be about safety, I have no choice on that.

Pros

Company Truck, See Daughter

Cons

Plane Hours

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Insights into Vancouver General Hospital

Based on 14 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Feeling of personal appreciation
Time and location flexibility

This place is run by privilege employees

Dietary Aide (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 5 July 2023

It’s a unionized work environment,and most employees have been working here since 90’s , job is not easy and you get less hours if you’re a newly hired employee, the only reason it works for me is because I need my daytime for side hustle, that’s how I make profits to survive expensive life in Vancouver

Pros

Good benefits

Cons

Less hours for newly hired (I know not everyone is in my shoes), and you need a lot of patience working with privilege co workers (I dont really work with them now, so it’s good for me)

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Always valued and helpful team that supports each other.

Radiology Service Technician Level IV (Former Employee) - Heather Pavilion - 7 December 2022

A team of 75-125 radiology and radiography experts that are very supportive of each other.Typical Day: Preventative Maint of X-ray Imaging Systems, Responding to Equipment Failures.What I Learned: The latest system features.Mgmt: Very SupportiveWorkplace Culture: Everyone Helpful with each other.Hardest Part of Job: None !Most Enjoyable Part of Job: Meeting Challenges and Exceeding expected outcomes!

Pros

Valued team member

Cons

None!

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Not fun to work with. Stressful environment. No care to staff.

HCA (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 14 July 2022

Very stressful environment to work with, not approachable manager and very strict in terms of absences and special leave. Less pay and over all not a good experience at all no support from the management of vch worst experience during Covid 2020.

Pros

None

Cons

Long hours, management always check one mistake then you go to HR.

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Lots to learn

Distribution Attendant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 20 November 2021

Large hospital so requires a few months to learn the several routes. Sometimes heavy lifting and lots of walking. Coworkers are helpful and understanding when working with you. Most people people are friendly. It's a tough way to start a career because you are at the bottom of the relief call list to cover sic calls from fulltime employees. Have a second job handy. If you are dedicated to building you're seniority, take any calls and do the different roles you are trained for.

Pros

Great people to work with or meet.

Cons

Its a big hospital and gets stressful trying to find places you've never seen before as a new hire

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Good friendly environment

Medical Imaging Department in porter capacity (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 1 August 2020

I am feeling satisfied & happy while working here. All my colleagues are very friendly and helping. I am blessed that i have them. My Manager is also super nice to everyone.

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competitive workplace, fast paced and detail oriented

Registered Nurse (Casual) (Current Employee) - Metro Vancouver, BC - 28 June 2020

supportive management, fun but very competitive workplace, stressful most of the times but support system is good. benefits and wage are good as well but may not be enough if you're planning to live around the area.

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ADMINSTRATION\DISPATCHER (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 2 June 2020

i loved to work at VGH call center is was awesome position staff was great and job was i must say very fast paced and stressful we used to take 100 calls at least in a shift

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Excellent hospital to work at.

Clinician (Current Employee) - Medical - 25 April 2020

Hardest part of the job was having an acting manager who went around the department being a bully. Staff complained about him, but still he stayed on~ for far too long. Other staff are great, good team work. Interesting and challenging work.

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Jobs at Vancouver General Hospital

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Casual Medical Device Reprocessing Technician (MDRT) (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 13 March 2020

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Wonderful experience and nice staff

Inventory Control Specialist (Former Employee) - VGH - 20 February 2020

Worked as Area Supply Attendant and Inventory Control. Workload was easy and mostly self-paced. Management and staff are nice and helpful. Overall very nice place to work.

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Its a nice place to work

Environmental service supervisor (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 25 January 2020

I work at Vancouver general hospital pm shift I am looking for sm shift job as I have a son who is 11 years old and staying alone at home for his security. And looking for a job which is not too far from house Thank you

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NIce place to work

Scheduling Clerk (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 29 November 2019

I felt comfortable here from the first day I started. my fellow employees welcomed me and helped me until I had a better understanding of my job. I will

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Health care setting

Ambulatory Booking Clerk-Solid Organ Transplant (Current Employee) - Outpatient clinic - 5 November 2019

It is a health care setting. I enjoy providing services to patients and families. It makes the position much more rewarding. It is a flexible workplace. The constantly challenging me to work hard.

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Toxic work environment

Journeyman Service Plumber & Steamfitter (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 7 October 2019

This place is filled with miserable people that have been around to long and throw you under the bus if they don’t like you Toxic! Toxic! Toxic! Stay away.

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Great place for immersing oneself in the medical industry among astute professionals.

Volunteer through Vancouver Coastal Health (Former Employee) - Information Desk - 30 August 2019

Everyone is friendly, the hours are flexible for volunteers, and the volunteer coordinators are amazing! I learned more than I expected to through my volunteering over at the hospital.

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Fun place to work

Medical Office Assistant & Secretary (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 25 August 2019

I work for a specific doctor at the Diamond Centre (Specialists), but VGH is a great hospital to work for. They are organized and get things done in a timely matter. The IT/building support team is fantastic. This place makes you feel important, so you feel great.

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Many great opportunity to step up or promoted and recognized as long as you work so hard and being passionate with your job.

Dietary Aide (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 23 August 2019

I am responsible for overseeing my team members as they progress. I double check if they need help with them with any issues. I keep in touch with the clients to update with them. I think learning and working with other people is good start of my career. Management is very important especially at work without managing your time your task wont be finish. Working with multicultural environment is challenging for me because, you learned so many different thing from their culture. I think when I started my new job I found my self I was not an organized as I wanted to be. I think meeting with new people and talking with them is the best part of our work.

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really nice

Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Clinician (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 30 July 2019

i work at Vancouver General Hospital as a Registered Nurse - Wound Ostomy Continence Clinician. I provide consultation to the multi disciplinary team with my specialty knowledge. People are usually very nice and reasonable - and work itself if very fun

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Lack of support

Emergency Nurse (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 8 May 2019

It is a place of acutely ill patients giving you the ability to learn and develop your skills. Staff give it their all! BUT... VCH struggles with the demands on the healthcare system. Lots of layers of mgt but little staff on the floor giving care. Staff are burnt out and getting sick or having injuries. Mgt does not know how to problem solve with complex issues and often avoid them. Bullying occurs and if you are unable to cope independently with it you will be defeated.