Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Reviews

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – Collaborative environment, evidence based practices, shared governance. My co-workers are happy to be there and work as a team to improve our care. Excellent Dept. Manager who actually leads us on our journey towards excellence

Cons – 1. High cost of meals in the cafeteria. 2. So many employees, it is sometimes hard to get to know other people on different units

Advice to Senior Management – Remember the "Baby Boomers" and help us stay in your workforce longer. We may need to work less days or shorter hours but our enthusiasm,knowledge and years of experience can be invaluable

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital full-time for more than a year

Pros – Health professionals sincerely care about their patients and give outstanding care. Amazing benefits!

Cons – MANY of the employees need a huge attitude check. An overwhelming amount of employees exhibit very negative, selfish, rude, and petty behavior on a day to day basis. Makes it harder to work in an environment that tends to already be stressful enough as it is. (High volume of patients, not enough staff, etc)

Advice to Senior Management – Watch carefully and disciple or threaten to discipline employees who talk negatively about each other and engage in any type of dramatic, constant complaining, catty, rude, etc behavior. That type of energy is conducive to a more stressful/negative work environment for everyone.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital full-time for less than a year

Pros – -Nice central location in Santa Barbara
-Good food
-New expansion

Cons – -Department wasn't motivated to keep good employees. Employee feedback seems to fall on deaf ears.
-Pay scale is average at best.

Advice to Senior Management – Be truthful and transparent.
If you say something, back it up.

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – The benefits are good for long term employees; less so for newer employees

Cons – fragmentation of communication between campuses

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – Great benefit program
Employee Housing
Good compensation
Flexible work schedule
Teamwork

Cons – Some managers better than others.
Some managers don't distribute raises fairly within department.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – It's a small hospital that has a lot of opportunities. Santa Barbara is one of the nicest places to live in California and the hospital has a great location in the midst of it all. Although the hospital is fairly small for the city, it is in the middle of making a large and expensive expansion. The neighborhood around the hospital is speckled with many specialists and physicians offices that continue to grow and expand, making SBCH a great learning hospital. It gives this little 6 story hospital a small town feeling, without the small town and with the perks of a larger hospital.

Cons – Because Santa Barbara doesn't have other hospitals to compete with, its pay isn't equal to the cost of living in Santa Barbara. It also lacks unions, so pay is just mediocre for the area. It could be a great travel assignment though.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – Benefits are important, and this business offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, in addition to a few more unusual benefits, such as partially subsidized seated chair massage sessions, gym memberships to use the equipment in the physical therapy department, and weight-loss group sessions. There are occasional bus trips to see games of various sorts, or plays, in Los Angeles.

Cons – As in all hospitals, there are many jobs where you are required to work nights or weekends, and holidays. A hospital never closes. There are some jobs though that don't require those types of shifts, and with seniority comes better options for shifts as well.

Advice to Senior Management – I wish they would let staff buy health insurance from them at cost when they retire. Since it would be at their cost, it wouldn't cost the hospital anything, but would be a tremendous boon to employees and would create another enticement to working at Cottage Hospital.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – The benefits are great, the people that work there are friendly and a fun bunch.

Cons – The pay is somewhat lacking compared to other hospitals of similar size.

Advice to Senior Management – Push for a more reasonable payscale.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – Good per diem pay hourly

Cons – Devalued. Lacking teamwork. Low turnover so low chance for advancement. Only hospital in SB

I have been working at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Pros – Beautiful place to live, good teaching hospital, good pay.

Cons – Too much criticism and rarely much praise/encouragement. Also, NONE of the chairs are ergonomic to sit in.,.............very BAD.......end up with a neck and back ache after every shift because none of the chairs adjust to different sitting positions, and NONE have lumbar support...........

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention, and respect and recognition in a SINCERE way to all the fantastic nursing staff, because without us, there would be NO hospital.........

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend