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    MedStar Health Reviews

    Updated January 14, 2019
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    • "Expensive health plans, not much room for advancement" (in 10 reviews)

    • "Work/life balance is beyond abysmal" (in 9 reviews)

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    1. "Excellent employer for social workers"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time

      Pros

      Good management at Union Memorial, competitive benefits, interesting work

      Cons

      No pension, stressful working environment

    2. "Patient care technician"

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      Current Employee - Patient Care Technician in Washington, DC
      Current Employee - Patient Care Technician in Washington, DC

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great place to work great people

      Cons

      It depends on the type of employee u are.

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    3. "Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      I worked at MedStar Health full-time

      Pros

      Great benefits, awesome co workers

      Cons

      Not much room for growth

    4. "Awesome place"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at MedStar Health full-time

      Pros

      Great culture and innovative atmosphere

      Cons

      Not many at all! Great place!

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Just like any hospital"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time

      Pros

      Competitive pay, shift differentials, occasional bonuses for OT.

      Cons

      The hiring/orientation process is a major headache and does not well prepare you for your duties. Once you learn your way, it's just like any other hospital. Nursing ratios are average, 6:1 on medsurg. Often don't have techs or secretaries causing dangerous conditions.

      Advice to Management

      Your system utilizes too many "crutches" for nursing staff causing them to lose their basic nursing skills. For example: Nurses struggle to read tele strips or identify critical rhythms and rely on tele monitoring techs. Poor IV skills due to no nursing driven phlebotomy and the ability to call charge nurses or the rapid nurse for IV starts. Many nurses can't identify wounds to even begin to choose the proper wound treatment or continue ordered treatments like wound vacs or ostomy care without a Wound RN. Incompetent staff need to be weeded out, not have their poor skills covered up by ancillary staff.

    6. "Night pharmacist"

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      Current Employee - Night Pharmacist in Sherman, TX
      Current Employee - Night Pharmacist in Sherman, TX
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Small friendly staff with good hospitalist

      Cons

      Only pharmacist during the night

    7. "Great Company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      great people, great leadership, awesome work/life balance

      Cons

      not a lot of room for advancement

    8. "Unit secretary"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time

      Pros

      Great benefits in the company

      Cons

      Short staff all the time

    9. "Clinical Dietitian"

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      Current Employee - Clinical Dietitian in Leonardtown, MD
      Current Employee - Clinical Dietitian in Leonardtown, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great boss, great co-workers, everyone is nice and easy to work with.

      Cons

      Understaffed, the nurses are too busy and there are too few CNAs.

      Advice to Management

      Hire more CNAs, RNs and RDs

    10. "Good, not great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at MedStar Health full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits and 403b match

      Cons

      Little opportunity for personal or professional growth