Indian Health Service Employer Reviews

The NIH is such a wonderful place to volunteer at. All around you, science is working to solve some of our greatest problems and you are right there to help it. The people I worked with in the eye clinic loved their jobs and were so warm and welcoming to me, it really get like a family.

We have diabetic, surgicals, ETOH withdrawals, peds, geriatrics, COPD, Cardiac, telemetry to name a few.
I have acted in the capacity of Charge Nurse more than a majority of the times I work.
Coworkers try to help each other out.
The hardest part: We have no NAs, No MSA, not to mention no respiratory therapy, PT or wound care. We do everything.
The – more... most enjoyable: Being able to help someone and make a difference in someones life even if it is only for 12hrs. – less

always deliver great customer service in immunization . many mobile sites for citizens shots north , south ,west, east areas have access to immunizations services etc.

This was one of the best places that I've worked. I learned a lot while working at NIH. I stayed busy but I could also take a break. It was a very balanced and calm job. I also had very good co-workers. They were willing to help out when necessary.

A typle day at work always interacted with all youth ages as a team and always managed to draw smiles and make children happy about the things they learned from little scavengers that we gave and also try to help those in need in different communites.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. I was working as a BO Universe Designer and Report Developer for Human Resource and Budget & Financials projects.

A typical day at work is reviewing and reconciling vouchers, journal entries, and process payments. I have learned both general accounting and auditing. Management is very organized and have positive attitude toward all employees. All co-workers are like Family and are productive both in team and individual works. The hardest part is there is no advancement – more... in the Job. The most enjoyable part is you look forward to going to work because the management and all coworkers are very close to each other, which makes it fun and enjoyable working with them. – less

The PHX Area was great to work for, but the bureaucracy gets you down. The CA Area OEHE, particularly SFC, gives no support to their employees and will hose you you if they get a chance. If you want to get in so you can move shortly elsewhere, go ahead and risk it, but your experience in CA will disappoint anyone seeking a job where you are respected – more... for your work and rewarded for your efforts. It is the top management down that needs to be replaced with people who actually care about how they spend tax dollars and give the best service to Indians possible. Avoid CA IHS!! – less

Getting into the program was rather painful, but the experience was good.

Prepared plans and proposed plans for communities. And assisted in construction of water treatment plants and surveys.

Downloaded data and notes collected in field for final plot.

Review caseload upon arrival in your Que.
Customer patients, Snap procedures.
Management had lots of responsibilities on a daily basis changes daily.
Not Friendly
Production all day Data entry.
Going home

A very nice work place where we can learn get lots of technical knowledge.

• Ensured housing and environmental compliance with the “NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”
• Monitored and made gross observations of animal health recognizing symptoms of specific disease conditions and reported and maintained detailed findings daily
• Developed and trained personnel in new laboratory methods
• Improved existing – more... laboratory methods and implemented those improvements with laboratory personnel
• Operated and troubleshot laboratory instrumentation
• Prioritized daily/weekly/long term duties, projects, and goals and able to re-prioritize these items as needed – less

Very busy and demanding with little room for error. I have learned to deal with people in all socioeconomic levels. The hardest part of the job is removing the children.

challenging, rewarding and given opportunity to advance each department

Typical day:

*Answering telephone /routing calls

*Receiving/routing mail

*Keeping records

*Filing

*Faxing

*Copying

I worked with the Navajo people and found it rewarding. The management, salary, and housing were very bad. Typical day consisted of running from patient to patient, justifying orders to pharmacy, and doing my own admin work. The hardest part was the housing and lack of appreciation from the medical staff. The most enjoyable part was working with the – more... people in the remote areas. – less

Overall rating: **

Compensation/Benefits: These are great!

Culture/Values: Are seriously lacking. Though programs are in place to reduce prejudicious, comments can be overheard being made among the staff; however, more importantly prejudicial treatment is evident in the writing of family/parental treatment plans that are impossible to complete within – more... the court appointed time-frames thus setting the entire family for failure and permanent disruption.
Job Security/Advancement: Once hired; NEVER fired - regardless of mistakes!
Management: It would appear that DFPS prides itself on hiring MSWs. Unfortunately, most of the MSWs hired do not have the clinical expertise of the LCSW, which is the 3000 hours of experience that would bring the focus back around to "the well-being of the child, the family, and their environment" - something DFPS so desperately Needs!
Work/Life Balance: DFPS will wear you out with casework overload unless you are trained to with self-care to say "no". Staff are expected to maintained anywhere between 25 cases and up. – less

Absolutely boring. Perfect for a high school teenager that want to earn easy money during the summer time.

I had the opportunity to experiences cultures, traditions and family life and customs of the Native Americans that I would never had unless I had gone to California.
Lots of drug addiction, diabetes, alcholism, hypertension, depression, cutting, anger, and resentment underlay much of the clinical issues seen everyday.