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Mental Health Associate (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – December 22, 2017

Poor staffing, no resources for staff, dangerous place to work. This was the first job i got out of college and i will never come back here to work again.

Pros

staff was cool

Cons

Poor management

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Genuine care for patients.

Art Therapist (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – March 13, 2018

Staff was wonderful to work with - definitely saw the progress in patients well being. Pay could be better for services delivered. Overall, not a bad experience.

Pros

Staff cohesiveness.

Cons

Communication between departments.

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Difficult but rewarding

Discharge Planner, Court Liaison, Patient Liaison (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – January 5, 2018

The hospital is a difficult place to work but can be rewarding. The job itself is challenging, but the people that you work with make it all worth it.

Pros

flexible schedule

Cons

short staffing

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Wouldn't recommend working here

Registered Nurse (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – December 13, 2017

They lied to me about the shift they were putting me on. They then hired a brand new nurse who came right out of school months later for the position I was hired for. They just tell you what you want to hear and do whats the best for them. They are always short staffed and no one is there to relieve you for breaks. Most of the time they just have extra MHAs to relive each other and no one is there to relieve the nurses. The supervisors are very rude and not helpful.

Pros

none

Cons

under staffed, never get breaks

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understaff

Nursing Supervisor (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – July 22, 2017

Staffing of these 5 units needs a lot of improvement.
Employees does stay long, staff feels overworked and under paid and are exposed to high violence rate.
Working environment not pleasant.
Some staff were hired and are very unprofessional

Pros

empathetic staff

Cons

staffing ratio

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Horrible

Dietary Aide (Food Service Worker) (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – April 28, 2017

This place is horrible the pay isn't worth it because of all the work you do. Coworkers are good but the management is ridiculous. They don't give raises

Pros

Free coffee and juice

Cons

Too many to name

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Overall, a fine place to work

Non-Direct Care (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – April 10, 2017

This facility is a fine place to work for someone who has a sincere interest in improving the condition of people with behavioral health and/or addictions issues.

Most of my co-workers are personable, supportive,. and competent. Working with them is a pleasure. Fair pay, and benefits options are good. The learning experience, especially for those new to the field, is tremendous.

While the pace, at times, can be challenging it is manageable.

Pros

Terrific co-workers, variety, great learning experience, fair pay and good choice of benefits

Cons

Can be challenging at times

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Terrible place to work, will drain you and suck the life out of you

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – April 10, 2017

Unreal staffing ratios, no EMR, no pyxis, no division of involuntary and voluntary patients, . one security guard for the whole hospital. i think the only nurses that stay are nurses who do not have a BSN and cannot get a job at any other hospital.

Pros

Free coffee

Cons

Everything i just mentioned.

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Great Job

Organized/ lead (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – August 25, 2016

Great work environment
Co-workers very helpful
Mangers are welcoming
Deal with all type of people
Be very patient, caring

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Mental Health Clinician (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – August 1, 2016

A typical day of work consisted of seeing clients and helping with implementation of treatment plans. I have learned a variety of clinical aspects due to the population at hand. My co-workers were great at being a collective team and would help in any ay they could when needed. The hardest part of the job was trying to talk someone out of ending their life and convincing them that life is worth living. The most enjoyable part of the job was when I made an impact in someone else's life.

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Worst place to work, even for a foot in the door

Mental Health Associate (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – July 19, 2016

over worked. underpaid. no work ethic. plays favorites. does not run legal limits and somehow gets away with it. illegal activities happen. unpaid and work through breaks. units are not a team.

Pros

none

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Horrible, unsafe facility to work at. New Grads, run!!

Per Diem RN (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – April 20, 2016

I have worked at Psychiatric facilities before and this by far is the worst one. They have a serious staffing issue and this is related to the extremely high turn over ratio. There are no assistants on the night shift so if there is an emergency good luck. The management here is poor, and this facility is very disorganized. The permanent staff complain, as a matter of fact on my first night the charge nurse told me how horrible it was to work here. Additionally, l was assigned to be a mental health assistant even though I was a registered nurse on my first night as well.
I did not do any registered nurse work whatsoever. Being that I was per diem I only got one day of orientation and it was not on the unit. They are not computerized so all the charting is by hand and if you are not full-time staff you pretty much just have to figure things out. Save yourself the time and energy.

Pros

Supportive Nursing staff

Cons

No staff, poor management, disorganized

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A positive place to work.

Mental Health Assistant/Mental Health Worker (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – December 31, 2015

A very nice place to work, good co-workers, good supervisors , though work may be tough some times but having good people around you makes less stressful, talking to patients when they are down makes it worthwhile.

Pros

great people.

Cons

short breaks

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enjoy working there

Per Diem RN (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – September 28, 2015

under staffed but i find it more manageable than my peers. enjoy spending time with patients. would like if they'd consider 12 hour shifts

Pros

competative salary

Cons

management a little out of touch with staff, food service needs variety for patients

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Good place

LCSW/LCADC (Current Employee) – Summit NJ – September 22, 2015

good place, nice staff, clean facility, paper charts some computer work. can sometimes be a bit overwhelming non stop through out the day. need to learn to balance time management

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My experience

Per diem social (Current Employee) – summit, new jersey – August 19, 2015

I been involved with Summit Oaks since September. I really like it there. I do a variety of things like meeting with patients and doing assessments, facilitating group therapy, and communicate with families. My co workers are great, we get along well. The hardest part is because we are acute care we don't always have time to provide the best help to the patients.

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productive place to work fun employees

Per diem environmental service aide (Former Employee) – Summit, NJ – August 27, 2014

the hardest part of the job was lack of employees nobody pulls their weight work overload

Pros

employees where nice

Cons

not enough pay for housekeepers

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Mental Health Associate

Utilization Review Case Manager (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – March 20, 2014

Working on the units with the patients and assisting in their ADLs.

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Stressful work environment

Registered Nurse / Psychiatric Nurse (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – March 12, 2014

A typical day consists of medicating and monitoring patients, doing admission assessments, discharging, and transferring patients to other units. I learned how to multitask, how to lead a nursing group, and how to deescalate patients. The management does not seem to care that the facility is chronically short staffed. My co-workers are wonderful and work as team members. The hardest part of the job is having to work in crisis mode where 2 nurses are responsible for 26 patients and are getting bombarded with new admissions coming in. There is no unit secretary and the nurses have an excessive amount of paper work to do. There is only one security person for the entire facility. The most enjoyable part of the job is when patients thank me for helping them.

Pros

Co-workers help each other

Cons

Employees feel they are working in an unsafe environment

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Fast paced, multi-tasking skill needed.

Charge/Staff Nurse (Current Employee) – Summit, NJ – March 12, 2014

Busy, dynamic, and always improving skills, as you work on each unit. Ability to mulitask is essential ,with good organization, and time management skills necessary. Co workers are basically dedicated and caring, and management are down to earth, and approachable. The hardest part of the work is: the amount of paperwork (no computerization, or EMR) all documentation is hand written. Best part? Getting done and leaving on time. Health care is not ever called "easy or fun" but it has its' rewards when done well, and you then see the good results reflected in reviews and patient surveys.

Pros

Friendly staff, free coffee, meals available, clean atmosphere

Cons

Busy, fast paced, not getting paperwork completed by end of shift

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Management needed treatment just as much as the patients

assessment counselor (Former Employee) – Nj – November 13, 2013

Worst department to work in is assessment and referral. Staff is pinned against each other and management will never back it's employees.

Pros

Cons

management has favorites

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