Bayfront Medical Center Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Bayfront Medical Center

Pros – Good people, benefits, and opportunities for promotion

Cons – Lack consistency, not holding nursing units accountable - some units are great, some not.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire a consultant to fix patient satisfaction

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bayfront Medical Center full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There are some fantastic Doctors.

Cons – Nearly always 8 - 9 patients plus students and new nurses to train, unprofessional behavior is always overlooked as long as they show up for their shift. Between mid 2011-2012 over 90 nurse graduates were hired, only two remained by the end of 2012 (the "nurses eat their young" mentality is ALIVE AND WELL here). If a manager leaves they may never be replaced as long as they can get away with it. If you speak with a higher up about issues with a tech or another nurse, they WILL tell them what you said, causing animosity which is left unchecked by management.
Often floated to units where you have no experience.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bayfront Medical Center full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – At one time Bayfront provided excellent opportunities to young RNs. To this day it is still a good place to learn as they are a trauma center and support numerous specialties. However, most of the benefits for young nurses have eroded to nothing due to cost cutting (i.e. the earn as you learn program is no more). The only positives are that you can learn a lot due to the diverse patient population available and that the schedule is flexible, but both of these are true of most hospital settings.

Cons – The climate for the nursing staff has become downright hostile. Upper management is abusive in their handling of staff. Nurses are routinely faced with patient loads that are absurdly higher than accepted safe levels. Intensive care unit nurses are tripled routinely. Floor nurses have 8 or 9 patients. Nurses are floated outside of their specialty without concern, compassion, or support. The hospital refuses to use agency nurses to fill staffing gaps. They would rather save a few dollars and have a patient die or a nurse lose their license than they would occasionally pay an agency nurse to bring staffing to safe levels.

Advice to Senior Management – Have a heart. You employ hundreds (thousands?) of college educated professionals who have given you their all for years. Fix the pay scale. Fill the staffing gaps. It is becoming a jungle in there.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Bayfront Medical Center

Pros – Bayfront has good and dedicated people that truly want to make a difference. Many of the staff have had long careers at the hospital.

Cons – Healthcare is a rapidly changing business and requires leaders to stay on top of new trends and be reactive to needs and desires of patients. The current leadership is struggling to compete in the current environment. Capital is almost non-existent and expenses have been cut to the bone. Many Manager and Director positions when vacated are often left unfilled or duties spread among other management staff. Units are often closed for a day or more due to patient census and staff are flexed and sent home rather than be reassigned to save salary dollars. Too many really great people have had to leave for promotional opportunities or salary increases that reflect their job responsibilities.

Advice to Senior Management – The Board needs to seriously look at bringing in new Senior Leadership that has the skill set to manage a facility that is struggling both financially and in finding the direction they need to take.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bayfront Medical Center

Pros – It is a very exciting and challenging place to work as a nurse. You have a lot of educational and growth opportunities. Bayfont is a level 2 trauma center, with lots of interesting patient and family dynamics.

Cons – Lack of flexibility in work hours. They only have 12 hour shift.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend