MD Anderson Cancer Center Employer Reviews

Work days are productive and constant, I've learned how to manage time more effectively. Managers are helpful, co-workers are cheerful and helpful as well. The hardest part of the job is gatering the worklist, most enjoyable thing is patient relations.

I loved working at MD Anderson and helping my patients day in and day out. There was really no hard part to my job except when a patient passed on. Everything about my job was enjoyable from the patients, to co-workers to the doctors.

Awesome place to go if you want to learn different things and feel like family

A typical work day will be opening the office and perparing coffee for our patients and family/friends then taking care of charge slips/encounters, faxing any documents and follow up on referrals also, checking patients in and out. scheduling appointments and answering calls and calling along with triaging patient calls. colleting money and balancing – more... cash. updating patients information and communicating with MDs regarding patients.

What i have learned is practicing patients first from the front end to the back, allows the patient to feel comfortable every time they come.

my co workers and I work very well together. we work as a team to provide the most excellent patient care.

the hardest part about the job is hearing about patients passing away but the best part of the job is being able to take care all of the patients appointments so that they dont have to stress about scheduling and coordinating their appointments on their own. – less

This is the best team that I have ever worked on, and they are definitely saving lives through the work that they do in the OD team.

Fast paced environment. I learned to schedule diagnostic test. Also, customer service was top priority. I learned to coordinate the Intensive Care Unit. I received a Medical Terminology Certificate. They provide tuition reimbursement.

Many of the administrators that I worked with at this hospital are from other US states. They consider the local people to be uneducated and stupid.

I am a locally trained scientist with a Ph.D. so I kept quiet when I heard this kind of language.

The day I was told by one of their physicians that they do not like to have my kind around was the day – more... I started looking for a new job. – less

A typical day at work for me would be checking to be sure all scheduled employees are at their desk, and logged into their system. Someone from the lab has gone to pick up their workload from upstairs. Those employees that forgot to clock in will come and give me their explanation of what happened. I will check to see if any purchase orders have been – more... delivered and still sitting on the dock. I will check to find out who has to be evaluated for the month and begin to prepare their evaluation from the notes of their supervisor. Check my calendar for any scheduled meetings and if there will be food to order or not. Check for any upcoming travel arrangements, if so check the weather for the traveling state. Do some reconciling of purchase orders. Periodically check the break room to be sure employees will not oversleep on break. Check to be sure on-call personnel did show up and there were no problems on the weekend that needs to be addressed. Call each supervisor to come and pick up their ordered items. Alphabetized paychecks for those to be picked up and distributed to those who don't have direct deposit. Call any vendor that has not delivered complete order or find out when will my items be shipped out. Find out any changes in prices or if items are discontinued. – less

I am enjoying my work experience at MD Anderson Cancer Center. It's nice knowing that you work for a company that changes or touches lives on a minute to minute basis. The atmosphere is pleasant. From the patients to the staff, you learn to live on a positive basis.

Phlebotomist / Clinical Investigational Technician Collect specimens ordered for the patient and deliver them to the proper laboratory, process samples (e.g. centrifuge to obtain plasma or serum), labels, pipettes, and transfer to appropriate containers ultimately storing specimens at specified temperatures; record collection of samples and shipments – more... to sponsor drug companies; package samples thus they arrive at destination in a suitable condition; maintain accurate daily logs of all test samples collect and serve as an information source regarding status of samples collected from patients on given protocols; arrange shipment of sample boxes with a suitable airfreight carrier and maintain contact with drug company personnel to coordinate shipment and verify receipt of samples; attend drug protocol start-up meetings with sponsor company representatives and MDACC clinical personnel to assure that sample collection procedures and forms are fully understood. Dispatcher for the Laboratory Technicians – less

Made keeping out qualifications easy with the many classes and in services.

Great place to work and has great insurance benifets. Gives you a wonderful oppurtunity to move up.

The people that I work with are absolutely amazing. It is a very difficult job to work with cancer patients, and I wouldn't have lasted as long as I did if not for my coworkers.

Helped ppl find what they needed from the texas cancer website, guide them on doctors or organizations that would help them.

Manage and direct a team of Patient Access Specialist responsible for verification of third party eligibility and benefits, precertification of admissions, registration, cash collection, bed placement and charge entry.

MD Anderson is a great place to work...Great managers and cool co workers...Awesome benefits. The hardest part of my job is that you walk most of the day and you only get one weekend off in a month...best part is the benefits and the awards

I've worked for MD Anderson for 10yrs. Its been a pleasure interacting and making friendships with a vast array of people from all over the institution.

Answering phones and transferring calls within the hospital. I learned a great deal about cancer. The management team was diverse and that depends on the area you work in. Co-workers were easy to get along with and helpful. The hardest thing about this job was looking as the sick children that cancer had taken over their little bodies. The most enjoyable – more... thing was being able to work close to the doctors who deal with this type of disease. – less

I work in a tobacco cessation program that sees hundreds of study participants across multiple clinical trials. It affords me an opportunity to help people quit smoking by monitoring health risks (vital signs, side effects, etc.). This job is wholly focused on recruitment and maintenance of study participants.

Administratively, however, things are – more... run poorly. Many are hired in through connections and may not be properly qualified, mounting unnecessary stress among existing working conditions. The job requires a high level of awareness and competence that is challenging to maintain amid an ever-increasing list of work duties. Management is very hierarchical and not as receptive to effective ideas or streamlining processes as they portray. These two traits of the job combine to create an atmosphere that is stressful, demanding, and, at times, oppressive. Because of the nature of these studies and the way workers are specialized for those studies, many supervisors cannot afford losing an employee to another department and so the freedom of moving within teams, research projects, departments, or other areas of MD Anderson are limited. Managers are not cooperative in allowing you to move. – less

I really liked this job,however, management was rough. I enjoyed meeting and greeting guest, learning about different cultures. Attending training classes regarding employee benefits and how the institution is ran, policies, procedures.