Banner University Medical Center Pheonix
Pros
The benefits are very good when in the Banner network. You earn roughly a day off for every 2 weeks you work when working 40 hours.
Cons
The network is poorly managed at all levels. For one thing they have stated they will not be the highest paying employer but they offer nothing else in exchange, they lack the reputation of Mayo and the benefits are good but fairly industry standard. Some of there practices and policies have been abandoned by other hospitals over 20 years ago but Banner doesn't take the effort to be truly cutting edge. They also have a great deal of trouble recruiting doctors which means you get what you get. It leads to questionable results like when a patient became deaf during routine joint replacement surgery. There are also the process improvement goals where everyone has their own six sigma goal they are graded upon. Instead of bring people together to work on a problem in common the administration says "go out and there and fix something" without any support or guidance. The constant cost cutting is also questionable. They have cut training nurses by more then half which is terrifying when you find out that the most senior nurse on your unit has only a few months experience as a nurse, much less a Banner nurse. They make a classic business mistake of wanting to be most elite provider while also being the low cost leader. You can be the best, you can be the cheapest, but you generally cant pull off both.
