VCU Health reviews

-Location (rural) and has a high number of local people which can complicate an organization as everyone knows each other when there are bad seeds/ -The salary advancement opportunity (for PT/FT staff) based on a binder on case studies is not a great way to determine quality clinicians warranting a pay increase as frankly anyone can do that and not really become a better clinician in a meaningful way doing that. Advancement of salary should be based on merit such as clinical outcomes and efficiency/low cancel & no show rate as demonstrates great patient care in a time efficient way which is likely the way insurance reimbursement will be going in the near future. -The job schedule flexibility regarding options for PRN staff to go Full Time was a major issue as there is no other option (even if you have a long commute) other than five 8 hr days. You can do a lot of extra things outside of the normal workday that bring benefit to the business that others hadn’t done (community education, marketing, independent podcast creation, and getting the first CEU course to be hosted at the facility ever) and it didn’t matter as a flexible sustainable schedule was not going to be given due to the manager’s concern of upsetting other employees showing the avoidance of conflict which has resulted in numerous people leaving over the years. I couldn’t stay at this place long term due to not being able to advance forward despite my extra efforts and contributions as it doesn’t speak favorably to me as an employee and asking for a more flexible schedule only isn’t that much to ask when there are no policy restrictions against it. -Employee input to change in department on issues not seriously acknowledged and same issues persist for years despite multiple staff bringing up issues. Each year we had to fill out a form of strengths/weaknesses/ideas and we frankly didn't find it worthwhile to do as nothing was going to happen with it. -Inefficiency of front desk system as clinicians have to do much more than they should despite the high number of front desk staff. -Manager avoidance of conflict and being too by the book. -Space issues in clinic and facility -Overall, if you are local to the area and can tolerate a 5-day work week with stability and decent money being your main goal with a good team then it’s a great place for you. If you are an innovative individual who wishes to push forward with positive change and really grow and in return get more benefit for the merit then this is not the long term place for you. If you live far away then don’t expect any schedule flexibility as it won’t be given despite how much extra you do and despite your merit.