DaVita Employer Reviews

love the company... just depends which region you work for.

went to be a very unsafe place to work at.i felt a lot of unfairness.,the company picks on the good empoyers,and really need to foucs of the bad empoler

A typical day at work starts out very early for me, about three am. I am the charge nurse, so I gather report from the staff charge nurse, decide patient acutiy and asign quilified staff. At the end of the day, I make sure all documentation is correct and in order, and report to my boss. I learned how to better solve conflict in the work place between – more... co-workers. The hardest part of my job is the drive, I drive an hour one way on a good day. The most enjoyable part of my job is touching anothers life with my care and knowledge. – less

Arrogant , uneducated staff with poor people skills. Techs, nurses, management the most unprofessional people I have ever met. More concerned about their social life than quality patient care. Management encouraged staff to not follow company policy if they were uncomfortable with it or thought it "cost too much to do it that way" Expect you to give – more... lots of uncompensated hours to complete mandatory education. Promise you the world for hours and deliver far less and expect you to accept that as OK. If you try to do things the right way or mention that doctor orders are not being followed, you become the outcast and are "too picky". – less

Great place to work. Good people, good values. Fast work-paced environment. Patients are great, standard policy and procedure. Easy to follow guidelines.

People are fun to work with but the days are very long. The hardest part of the job is starting at 4:45. The pt's are wonderful.

It was a pleasure to complete my 180 externship hours at DaVita. It's an all around pleasant place to be. The staff members are friendly, easy-going and great with the patients. The patients always talk about how much they enjoy being at DaVita and it makes you feel really great about what you're doing every day.

My typical work day consisted of answering – more... the telephones and transferring calls as needed, as well as checking in and greeting patients and visitors. I also served as an Administrative Assistant to the Facility Adminstrator, so I was responsible for filing, faxing, returning phone calls, and doing data entry for her.

The most enjoyable part of this job is the overwhelming sense of family that comes with being a part of a team. The patients and staff all care very much about each other and it's a company goal to make sure that every single day there is a fun one, which definitely makes for a great working enviroment and adds great quailty to the patients lives. – less

Start of my day starts at 5am. Davita has taught me how to manage my time well. My FA truly cares about our patients which is very important to me. The hardest part about my job is trying to get my patients to be complaint with their treatment and trying to get them to follow their diet. I love everything about dialysis! It's a pleasure to see the patient – more... incline in their care. I love hands on patient care! – less

professional workers, dependable equipment, friendly workers

Working for Davita is awesome, how ever I am seeking a trade job to aquire dual careers. I get all the hours that I need and I enjoy the bonuses. I really do love the hands on experience with patient interaction. In this job you can actually see the difference that you make.
I start my day there at %am and clock out at 1130pm on MWF. T/TH/Sat we work – more... from 5am to 6pm.
Time management is very crucial in this job.
I learned a great deal about dialysis. – less

Probably the best company i have ever worked for. Competitive salary, excellent management, company really cares about employees as well as patients.

My hours changed like the wind and I was expected to adjust my personal life to accommodate. FA and regional director were numbers oriented and turned a blind eye to unsafe practices and sub-par employees. Our clinic employees turned over 3 times in less than 2 years. Patients refused to call kidney council for fear of retaliation from DaVita employees – more... - and they were right to think that way. – less

Fun place to work, but to lenient on people not doing their job. Kind Management, often to kind and afraid to take charge and tell people what they need to do.

Long, long hours with little appreciation, and a constant push to do more .Employee's are treated like robots. Revolving door of employment due to unsatisfactory working conditions. Newly trained staff does not stay. The list goes on.

• Maintained and updated DaVita’s monthly Profit and Loss Statements
• Worked with Trend Reports, Balanced Scorecards, Monthly and YTD Budget Variance spreadsheets for the Region
• Worked with Social Worker, Dietian, Register Nurses, PCT’s and Physicians on various issues
• Staffing issues, including advertisements for nurses, maintained personnel files – more... for nurses and physicians, insuring licenses were up to date
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Team Process for the Region
• Marketing analysis for future centers
• Verified patient insurance
• Governed Board meetings setup and participation – less

Learning experience in terms of leading teammates, organization, and multi-tasking.

I love my job and DaVita but ready to do something different.

• Delivery of all dialysis related nursing services for the End Stage Renal Disease patient in a chronic setting.
• Provide chronic hemodialysis therapy including but not limited to formulating a dialysis plan for ultra-filtration, initiating dialysis via various accesses complying with all safety measures, and monitoring patient vital signs applicable – more... to ESRD patients according to Plan of Care
• Administer medications( IV antibiotics, vaccination, other IV medications) fluid therapy or other appropriate treatments per physician orders; document in the patient treatment record
• Perform patient assessment including but not limited to vital signs and all other parameters of the ESRD patients, review dialysis orders, determine general physical and mental condition of patient through observations and interview, assist in determining compliance to dietary or medication regimen, document compliance to dietary or medication regimen, document all observations appropriately – less

This is one of the!! worst companies to work for. The focus is not on patient care but about making money. Staff moral was low and the FA was rarely there.there was no team effort but every man for himself.It was an awful environment to work in!! I'm glad I left and would never work for DaVita again.

My daily workday consists of resteralization of artificial dialyzers used by patients with kidney failure, ordering of monthly clinical supplies, opening of the facility at 4:30 am.Data entry of daily usage of inventory including medications.