Is ShiftKey safe?
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So I need clarification. I work in the clerical part of the medical field (front desk). I schedule appts, update basic information and verify insurance. The current office im in I feel has me doing things well past my actual job. Refilling meds, telling patients results of labs or other tests. They expect me to know when a patient asks for a refill when they were last seen and if they need scheduled. I feel this is way out of my job expertise and expressed im uncomfortable. Am I wrong?
The phrase The Patient is Always Right has absolutely zero place in a medical facility and needs to be banned from corporate training. A hospital is not a retail store, and treating patients like customers has given people the green light to abuse staff, demand unnecessary narcotics, and refuse basic safety protocols. If a customer is abusive at a restaurant, they get kicked out. Why do we tolerate that exact same behavior in an ICU?
Am I overreacting? I am taking Wednesday off to take my kid to an appointment that is going to take most of the day. I’ve had it scheduled for months now and it’s been on the calendar. My manager has been giving me passive aggressive remarks about how inconvenient it is to have a day off in the middle of the week and “oh I forgot you have a vacation on Wednesday” as if sitting in traffic and going to an appointment is a vacation. Also it’s none of their business how I spend my time off?
I’ve noticed a massive generational divide on our unit where the older clinicians refuse to learn the new equipment and the younger grads refuse to do anything without an app. Neither side respects the other's approach to the workflow. The veteran staff think the kids have no clinical intuition, and the new grads think the veterans are stuck in the stone age. How do we build a bridge here?
I guess it's about as safe as these other workplace marketplace platforms out here. Our facility relied on ShiftKey during staffing droughts. I'd recommend using it only if you want to work at long-term and post-acute healthcare facilities.
I’m thinking of doing long-term, the facilities “near me” offer around $40/hr which is double what I’m making now at my facility. It makes me nervous because are they on the brink of closing to be offering that much? Is my mental health more important?
ShiftKey just partnered with OnShift workforce management software to launch schedule automation marketplace integration. The new integration was able to pull off an 83% decrease in unfilled shifts. The new tool is called SAMI.
Are you thinking of using it yourself or are you looking to staff using ShiftKey? I know a peer who prefers to select the shifts and facilities she likes and she loves the flexibility.
For myself, I’ve been at my current facility for two years now and it’s just become too toxic. It just doesn’t seem worth it anymore. I don’t know if worths stepping out of my comfort zone and choosing my own hours.
They have a privacy policy in place and I haven't heard any mishaps happenings. All i have heard is great reviews about Shiftkey
I’ve wondered the same question. They require a lot of tests and credentials that the other apps don’t. So do they have good shifts?
It depends on how you describe good. I’ve gone to facility that I had a great experience and then the other, I was the only nurse in the whole building and couldn’t get ahold of the administrator.