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Great projects to make our community even a better communit
Community Voices Intern (Former Employee), Denver, CO – May 21, 2013
Gave me an opportunity to start my career in healthcare administration. Director worked hard to support and lead great projects to serve our community.
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Fun workplace with amazing coworkers
EMT-B (Former Employee), Denver, CO – March 26, 2013
Pros: great coworkers, interesting patients!
Cons: the wait for a doctors appointment for employees is very long!
You never know what patients you are going to get! Keeps the job interesting. Coworkers are amazing, and management will always listen to your suggestions. Loved it there!
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beware of poison center
poison call center RN (Former Employee), Denver, CO – March 11, 2013
Pros: good wages, interesting subject, good coworkers.
Cons: vacation time, management, training
Horrible experience in the poison center. No training feedback. Managers seem to be in lots of secret behind-closed-door meetings. If you like having every word you say and every word you write critiqued and analyzed, this is the job for you. Outdated charting systems. Management was slow to use new technologies. Although you get five weeks of vacation, – more... the days can't be used because vacation time is picked by seniority and you are the least senior. Managers take turns training you and they act like it's a constant burden when it's their "turn." Call volumes continue to decline. Outsourcing a very real possibility in the future. Lots of very helpful and sympathetic coworkers. Toxicology docs were great to work with. – less
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Rockymountain – April 6, 2013

Wow as a CSPI there NOW, I had the exact opposite experience! Its a challenging place to work, but toxicology is fascinating. The staff is a great family and many of us are friends with each other outside of work. The supervisors and trainer are great. They do have alot of meetings, but thats what managers do I suppose! They are not secretive though. The training program is long, but they give you total support along the way. It's really about whether the poison center is a good fit and if it's not (for both parties) then it's best to call it quits. You either love the place or leave. I'm in for the long haul!

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Outstanding workplace!
Interviewer (Former Employee), Denver, CO – February 14, 2013
Pros: on going training.
Cons: part time job.
Our team of interviewers were trained and managed extremely well!
The segment of people we interviewed and tested were homeless IV
drug users. Each day we would travel to a different location in Denver. We offered $50.00 King Soopers gift cards in exchange for
and hour interview to collect life information and to perform an HIV test. I learned how to – more... conduct an interview and perform HIV testing.
The hardest part of this job was to see some of our clients suffer with sever drug addiction. The best part of my job was getting to know some clients and offering services and organizations that could
be of help with their drug addictions! – less
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True Medical Environment
Clerical Support Specialist (Current Employee), Denver – December 25, 2012
Pros: great experience
Cons: salary, one break, no work/life balance, mangement.
I've always wanted to work in a hospital or clinic and are extremely grateful for the opprotunity Denver Health provided however it is truly an environment one must truly want to work in.
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Workplace was a good enviroment. Had great team players.
Clerical Support Specialist (Former Employee), Denver, CO – December 18, 2012
My days at work, were very busy days. I had a priortized list of my daily duties that I did on a daily basis. I learned new ways of priortizing my days. Management could have been available at more times then others when needed with help with coverage at front desk and incoming calls. My co-workers were great team players and we always helped eachother – more... out. The hardest part of my job was making sure we didn't have our patients waiting more than ten minutes in the waiting room. The most enjoyable part of my job, was the patients. Internal and external. Customer Sevice is very important to me and making sure our patients were smiling. – less
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Watch out for even minor mistakes and what you say!
RN (Former Employee), Denver Health – November 27, 2012
Pros: able to work your hours, always high patient census
Cons: poor management
Talk about feeling like there is a gun pointed at your head while you are working. God forbid should you make a small error! Everything is reported, even though you do stuff right 99.9% of the time, they will focus on that 0.1% of mistakes. There are managers there with very little actual RN experience lecturing you on how to become a better RN, pointing – more... out your mistakes. Most co-workers are nice, but you have your usual one's that rather than talk to to you in person, they will go run straight to management if they feel you did something or said something in error. There are better, less stressful places to work. While my individual boss was great, the management there as a whole is terrible. I would say find other places to work. – less
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Poison center has terrible managment.
CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN POISON INFORMATION (Former Employee), Bannock St Denver – October 25, 2012
Pros: good salary
Cons: everything else
Very difficult job and no support from management. Terrible communication. Mostly lies and micro- management. Terrible hours and very short staffed. Work through lunch and breaks to try and keep up with job load. Very very busy and high pressure. System is very outdated. They change your schedule at any time from days to nights and then back to evenings.
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Clinically a very rewarding place to work.
Senior Respiratory Therapist (Former Employee), Respiratory Therapy department – October 23, 2012
Pros: able to use clinical skills, good benefits, feel like you make a difference.
Cons: providing some unnecessary care due to teaching institution
In the respiratory therapy department a typical work day was pretty busy. We were able to use our patient assessment skills and knowledge to make recommendations to other clinical staff, physicians and physicians in training. We were able to stay up to date on current practices due to continuing education in the department as well as on the hospital – more... databases. Management was supportive of staff, hiring new staff when needed. The hardest part of the job and the most enjoyable part of the job was working with such a diverse patient population
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BEWARE PHLEBOTOMY DEPARTMENT
CURRECT EMPLOYEE (Former Employee), DENVER COLORADO – October 5, 2012
Pros: good insurance
Cons: low pay
NASTY CO-WORKER , GOSSIP , RUDE , NEVER HELP YOU WHEN YOU ARE A NEW EMPLOYEE. THATS WHY IS ALWAYS OPENING FOR THIS POSITION . IF YOU ARE A PROFESIONAL PHLEBOTMIST DONT WORK HERE.
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Saved – October 13, 2012

I actually work at another hospital with a former DH phleb. She is exactly like the person you are describing. A terrible phlebotomist too. Thanks for saving me from applying for the same nightmare!

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ER is a great place to learn and grow
Tech (Current Employee), ER – September 30, 2012
Pros: experience, atmosphere, teamwork
Cons: few to no breaks in the er.
As with any ER... There are a lot of strong personalities, but most everyone that walks in the door is there to work their rears off. There's a reason people work in the Denver Health ED, and that's because we want to walk out of work after a 12-13hr shift and actually feel like we did actually did something. The team atmosphere can feel blurred at – more... times, but when it matters (cinco de mayo, New Year's Eve, Friday nights, etc) the whole place is rocking and all differences get thrown to the wind and the team works well together and hard.

Don't walk in the door expecting to get your 15min breaks and 1/2hr lunches though... Alls fair in love and war, and this place has the potential to feel like a war zone where there's no time in the shift to do everything that's necessary.

An ability to prioritize, multitask, and be a team player are necessities. You also must have the ability to care for those who are unable to, have lost the desire to, or just don't want care for themselves. It is a very diverse place in which you have to walk in ready to care for the regular drunk, the stabbed gang banger, the septic grandmother, and the middle aged car wreck all in the same night.

Lastly, be open to learning. This is a teaching hospital. You will be expected to teach others, and to be open to learning as well. Don't come in as a know-it-all, but come in willing to share and learn. – less
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ED is a great team environment
Registered Nurse (Current Employee), Denver, CO – September 13, 2012
Pros: great staff
Cons: challenging patients
This is a great place to learn endless amounts of information, save lives, and have fun doing it. The employees are what keep the ED running and it is the best place I have ever worked.
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BEWARE! They laid off almost this entire service last March
NP (Former Employee), Denver, Colorado – August 4, 2012
Pros: great retirement benefits, interesting pt cases
Cons: recent lay offs, poor pay, long hours, weekend and night shifts
I worked on this hospitalist service until 12/11. In March 2012 the medical director got all the hospitalist NPs and PAs together and told them that he had no respect for "midlevel providers" and that if he or anyone he cared about was admitted to the hospital he would insist they had an MD admit them. It is an interesting and challenging position but – more... could be difficult for a new grad as they do not have a formal training and orientation process.

Having said that, Denver Health in general is a fantastic place to work. – less
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Throw your co-workers under the bus - corporate philosophy
Medical Interpreter (Former Employee), Denver, CO – July 28, 2012
Pros: great patients
Cons: many - some of which are listed above.
What a horrible place to work! Everything you say or do will be reported to your supervisor by co-workers. Keep your head down, your mouth shut, or you'll be ostracized. Never seen anything like it, but this is not only sanctioned by the top brass, but encouraged. A nightmare place to work for anyone with intelligence and initiative. Never mind that – more... you have advanced degrees... the position only pays $17 an hour, unless you are a new hire, then you can make more starting than anyone who has been there sweating it with the supervisor for years. They don't value tenure or education, or certification as a Medical Interpreter. Find somewhere else to work. – less
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Productive, fast- paced workplace.
Assistant, Front/Back office, Receptionist (Former Employee), Denver, CO – June 23, 2012
Enjoyed everyday at work. I adored all my patients, Very hands on and the staff were awesome.
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we are a level one hospital that provides excellent care to all.
Behavioral Health Tech Adult Psych (Current Employee), Denver, CO – June 4, 2012
I enjoy working for a hospital that cares for all in an exceptional way. We have very educated staff that are fun to work with and we get the job done.
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TJTJ – July 28, 2012

The Psych Ward was an exception - yes, you are a very caring group of people - I worked with you as an interpreter, but you are the EXCEPTION at DH. So much back-stabbing gossip going on it is incredible.

Wondering – November 26, 2012

I notice most all the position's require that applicants are bilingual. Do most employees speak two languages here?

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BEWARE!!!!!!!
Central Supply Tech (Former Employee), Denver – April 27, 2012
Pros: location
Cons: that whole hospital
I was an ex employee too and i was let go do to the same thing that place is corrupt the security guards we taking there girlfriends to doctors offices and having relations with them on there desks and bragging about it like it was funny. There is so much corruption going on over there employees sleeping when there suppost to be working there was a – more... patient that was dying and a nurse called for supplys and the supply techs were just walking to there room imagine if that was one of your family members. I just want to let a future employee know when you work there KEEP TO YOUR SELF AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED!!!!!!!! – less
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Horrible and corrept
Clerical Support Specialist III (Former Employee), Denver, CO – April 4, 2012
Pros: great location
Cons: no diversity
I was let go due to gossip and co workers lying on about myself and my manege support those lies , I did not partition in any of the HR issues.I was let go by a co worker lying regrading the joke i said

I got let go for saying a JOKE!!!!
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Excellent teaching institution
Clinic (Former Employee), LPN/RN – November 10, 2011
Pros: stable work environment
Cons: good work not always recognized
I spent 21 1/2 years with this organization, I have had a remarkable nursing career there.
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Denver Health is an integrated, efficient, high-quality health care system serving as a model for other safety net institutions – Read more