Vitas Innovative Hospice Care Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care for more than 7 years

Pros – great place to work, GREAT MANAGMENT

Cons – long hours, sometime dagenrous areas

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for more than a year

Pros – Families benefit from the services provided, the field nurses and HHA are compassionate as well as the staff in the inpatient units.

Cons – Motto is sign every referral, worry about appropriate for hospice later. Literally walked into the hospital as patient expired and when I reported the death to my manager both her and the Rep showed no compassion and had the audacity to ask me if I had the family sign consents before the patient expired! Unbelievable....why do they want consents if no services provided...hmmm Maybe Medicare should look into that

Advice to Senior Management – Stop hiring inadequate personnel for management positions, or people to manage others in a position he/she never worked, therefore gives wrong information to employees then penalizes the employee....also hire people who actually have compassion for human beings

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

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Working in patients home one on one you have the time to give quality care

Cons – Management at all levels need to get back to management training 101. They are unethical hiring only family members. If staff disagrees with management they are bullied and overwork till they quit.

Advice to Senior Management – Go to an in service on manners

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

Former Employee – worked at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great advancement if you looking to move forward in a company.You can learn alot if you listen and watch what is done.

Cons – Very mix match in the information that is given to patients as well as to employees. Lacks bonding and feels like a clique in different scopes of practice from Sr mgnt, Nurses down to HHA's. Benefits are not great for the job that we do. Advancement in pay is not so much based on your yearly review as much as it is on what the company is doing financially. If census is low...so is your pay and ability to get a raise.Also do not tell a family one thing and then turn around and do another.Makes for bad business and bad blood.

Advice to Senior Management – "WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER" should be a class thats given and required monthy in services!!!!!!

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

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Most of the nursing field staff support each other. I believe in the companies 4 values wholeheartedly. It is an honor to care for the patients at this private intimate phase of their lives. Normally families and patients are so appreciative of the littliest things that we do for them.

Cons – I feel like it is "us against them" meaning field staff against office management. Concerns fall on deaf ears. Patients and families no longer come first. Management does not support the nurses in the field like they need to be supported. The ones who work there behinds off go unrecognized while others get the better schedules and assignments. Whats good for one is not for all. Use of PTO is unfair. No accountability check system.

Advice to Senior Management – Everyone in management should have some extent of clinical experience so they can better understand our concerns when we present them. Hold true to company core values. Put patients and families first again instead of the corporate dollar.

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

Former Employee – worked at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time

Pros – professional work atmosphere, good structure in place but not followed

Cons – excessive hours become exhausting over time, little help or support

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for more than a year

Pros – Most people are very friendly and very proud of their work. You can easy balance work and family.

Cons – Salaries are not very competitive and opportunity for professional growth is nonexistance.

Advice to Senior Management – There is plenty of people with excellent skill wasted in mediocre tasks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Worked with some of the nicest people that I think I'll ever meet. They seemed to love every second of their job. Outstanding work culture

Cons – Not a very diverse set of employees. Seemed as if just about everyone was a middle aged white woman.

Current Employee – been working at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent, rewarding work. Opportunity to really help and serve people.

Cons – Poor benefits package, poor attitudes from management to staff (i.e. passive aggressive, punitive, lack of compassion), isolating work culture with no sense of community as people are so afraid of making any mistakes and as one reviewer aptly described the ensuing "witch hunt".

Advice to Senior Management – Offer CEUs paid to SWers, be truly supportive both emotionally and professionally of your staff, do away with VRU system, develop a more fair and standardized method for utilizing PTO, improve health care benefits package

Former Employee – worked at Vitas Innovative Hospice Care full-time for less than a year

Pros – No heavy lifting, fairly easy, allows time for outside interests

Cons – You never "close" a sale - you just hope one of your contact refers to you.

Advice to Senior Management – Let employees know about direction of company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend