Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent benefits including hospital's own health insurance plan.
Encouragement for education and training.
Nice co-workers.
Management seems to be trying hard to support employees.

Cons – Growing very fast and incoming divisions and groups don't feel comfortable. Very large organization.
People not very good at talking to each other or airing out differences.
Parking is at remote lots.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to improve and encourage employee participation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network full-time for more than a year

Pros – Magnet certified. Great Experience. good benefits.

Cons – They expect the world and spread you thin with nothing in return.

Advice to Senior Management – Put yourself in our shoes for one week!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – ***Everything here pertains to the IS Department***
-Work/Life balance is excellent, do your work, then go home
-Stable place to work
-Excellent place for clinical staff who want a change
-Co-workers are fairly laid back
-Encouraged to explore different applications and roles within IS

Cons – -Oncall Rotation - When you are on it is 24/7
-Project Management specific - The IS Department is a very functional organization
-Can be boring and not too challenging

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the comfortable atmosphere and enjoyable environment, but try to provide opportunities for people to move outside the IS department if they wish.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Best health care organization and Emergency/Trauma Services in the Lehigh Valley Area.

Cons – Staff burns out quickly due to understaffed floors and units. Salary for nurses is not competitive to other hospitals.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire extra floating nurse for break coverage/relief.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -Progressive care/mindset
-Large Network allows opportunity for multiple learning experiences
-Generally have equipment, supplies, etc when necessary
-Positive working environment
-Self scheduling

Cons – Pay is not competitive
Shift differiential is poor
Ancillary help not always provided
Minimal incentive to remain as long term employee

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network part-time for less than a year

Pros – - Usually great co-workers
- Taught by nurses while working, they don't snub their noses at you
- okay pay, good benefits

Cons – Better not to work in the Float Pool section if you like to know where you are going to be working everyday. But then again it was interesting getting to work on different floors, I wish I would have got to choose a floor then.
-Worked hard all day without much of a break doing the work of the CNA,LPN, and Technical Partner, phlebotomist, ect.
- Sometimes not enough staff on each floor.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Pros – friendly, clean, good people, work environment healthy

Cons – nothing that i can think of

Advice to Senior Management – great job

Current Employee – been working at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Pros – Great benefits. Flexible scheduling. Friendly atmosphere. Updated equipment. State of the art treatment programs. Top notch surgeons.

Cons – Salary compenstion is lower than the surrounding areas

Advice to Senior Management – Increase salaries to be competitive with the greater Philadelphia area

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Pros – Lehigh Valley Health Network is a Great place to work!

Cons – Must pay for Health benefits now

Advice to Senior Management – More feedback from employees before changes are made.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend