Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Reviews

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Managment might have some issues like every other place

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The culture of the company is about profits not patients. Chi constantly pushes its ideological beliefs into every day practices at Virginia Mason. The unique culture that put patients at the top is a distant memory replaced by a push to see a minimum number of patients regardless of complexity. As an employee it is next to impossible to align with an organization so out of touch as chi and vm. Truly sad to see a decline of a fantastic healthcare system.

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Low staffing and administrative people are not personal

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It's easy to end up stuck in a very unfair situation. For as much as Virginia Mason talks about being a place where everyone has a voice, you don't want to find out what happens when you take them up on it. If you do choose to work here, I recommend keeping your head down and your eyes on the ground, so to speak. Get your bonus check, work a year, and get out of there without getting injured or becoming cynical or jaded in the process. More, the consensus among the staff seems to be that quality of patient care has seriously diminished after the merger with outrageous pseudo-conservative organization Common Spirit, which takes its direction for the Catholic Order of Bishops. I'm not anti-Christian or anti-Catholic whatsoever, but I'm concerned about the encroachment of the Catholic Church in American Health Care. I understand that financial difficulties led to the merger, but it's been entirely awkward for the staff, to say the least for the patients. The first encroachment to 'Common Spirit' was the end of "death with dignity" in hospice care. It's likely that CS will eventually try to make a move on abortion. It's also a non-union workplace, which means you don't have any recourse when you're being treated unfairly. More advice to prospective clinical staff at Virginia Mason, I would avoid talking to Human Resources almost at any cost. If you have a concern, try your best to handle it horizontally or let it go. I'm very sorry to say this, but it's true all the more so if you are a minority. The only job-safe question to Human Resources is a very simple question of clarification about your benefits. I would go as far to say that it's better for you if the Human Resources staff don't know you by your name, again, especially so if you are a minority. You can end up with an accusation levelled against you, it will be humiliating. Staff understand this to be a kind of reflexive self-defensiveness on their part. If you can't afford a lawyer, you don't have any recourse whatsoever. It's also quite possible to end up in a situation that is unsafe to you physically when you work here. You may witness patients in less than safe circumstances and feel helpless.

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Staffing issues and limited resources

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Now part of one of the largest “non-profit” catholic healthcare systems. Despite market increases still challenging to fill positions d/t being on the low end of pay scales for the Seattle market. Adopted parent organization management structures which have increased direct reports and decreased manager/leader availability for their staff.

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Cerner EMR (switching to Epic without a definitive timeline). Old downtown infrastructure. Merger with CHI means there is no escaping volume-driven care.

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Violence against staff by patients, visitors/family members, people outside the hospital and even our own security team is not being addressed by the hospital. Search online for the news article where our Union filed a complaint with the Department of L&I

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change of culture, less mission focused