Indiana University Health reviews

Great teamwork when people are t at each others throats

Generally, my coworkers on the floor were awesome, which was often the saving grace on days where equipment broke down and things piled up. Almost everyone I ever asked for help in learning a process was happy to pause in what they were doing to guide me through it. Everyone there cared about doing things the right way in the name of patient safety. It's not the kind of work you get into for the fun of it, so the people who were there were very intentional, and even in high-stress situations there was a tremendously cooperative mood. Training overall was generally pretty solid when it came to basics, and there are some avenues for specialization among the various things a person can learn there. If you like the kind of work where you're doing a little (or a lot) of everything, sterile processing is worth considering as there are a lot of different processes to be learned and they try to rotate people throughout the week so we all can stay on top of them. If you're like me and are more efficient when enabled to focus on one task/area at a time, they do also try to make that happen, staff count vs. workload permitting. For example, I was trained in endoscope reprocessing under an incredibly competent individual who pretty much lived in that area of the department, and it was one of my favorite places to help out and back up for, and get into a good work rhythm. I was also enjoyed the clinical rounds because you get a little of everything on a smaller scale than the rest of the department so you're usually able to actually finish your workload, which is a gratifying feeling. When I wanted to explore other shift options that would better accommodate my disability, management readily worked with me; I was able to transfer to another hospital in the network and they very kindly kept me in mind when a spot opened at the starting hospital I had wanted to stay at. They were also generally really gracious about allowing people to have flexibility about their shift start/end times, there were a lot of people who had split-shift hours instead of the usual first or second. Pretty solid benefits overall, and while the pay for the area was not great, it was at least livable. I will point out, management does fight to get as much as they can for wage increases for their people, which goes a long way to feeling like they're actually looking out for us. The company overall is pretty chill about things like tattoos and fun hair. They didn't used to be, but their employee retention suffered a lot for it, and patient feedback overwhelmingly indicated that they don't really care if the people caring for them have those things going on as long as they're getting proper care, so the company amended its policies accordingly. That was nice. It's a lot to learn but it's a good foot in the door in healthcare, that you don't generally need specialized education for out of the gate.