What is the salary like at Children's Hospital Colorado?

The benefits and starting pay is decent; everyone at the very beginning of onboarding was super nice.

You might realize sooner rather than later how toxic staff can be; the healthcare hierarchy is still definitely alive and well and there is definitely an air of elitism especially in specialty clinics. Unless you’re a provider or you have multiple degrees, you really have to prove yourself before people can respect you. I’m young and I only have experience in nonprofit work; and I felt like those two things specifically were the worst things to be proud of in such a setting… Children’s hospital is not a place to work at when you’re in your early 20’s, unless you’re a nurse or CNA or student… Be prepared for a bait and switch, the work might be easy at first but you will get overwhelmed and stressed really quickly; especially if it’s your first healthcare job.

Good pay, great team (including the doctors and nurses)

The workload was challenging b there was a lot of turnover

The support is amazing, resources, location, team based approach

Pay is lower compared to other fellowship and jobs as PMHNP

good pay, good hours, decent benefits.

high workload could happen seasonally

Good pay, easy job, flexible hours and days.

A lot of favoritism, hard to move with in the company.

Great culture, wonderful coworkers, mission-driven

Some bureaucracy you have to manage, hard to get data at times, pay is low but fair for an academic center

Pay is fair and culture is good

Health insurance options could be better

The pay is good. 12 hour shift and for the most part guaranteed. Some of the staff is exceptional.

-not enough management educated in Behavioral Health -Large amount of inept staffing or lazy -Always short on staff required a safe unit -Allowing the Denver campus to much power on running a department that they're not on or aware of the actual needs

- The joy you get from the job is unmatched. There is truly no where like working at a Pediatric hospital in the best way. - Great camaraderie with fellow techs and nurses. - Physicians are approachable and willing to explain and teach at all times. It is nice that they are a teaching hospital and used to explaining things. - Good mix of traumas and clinical emergencies if you're looking for exposure to multiple disciplines. - Thoroughly enjoyed working with all the Nurses and Techs on the floor and in Charge. - Core charge group is solid and communicates early and often. Gray and Candise keep the day shift running. Danny, Terra, Tara, and Kathleen own the nights and are great.

Hands down, the WORST management of a group of people I have experienced in the last 12 years of working in healthcare (Kristin Vickrey). Scheduling was constantly an issue for those with family events or enrolled in classes trying to do school and work. Part-time techs also faced scheduling issues with work and school. Communication of expectations were constantly changing and clarifying questions were often never answered or answered untimely. Failure at multiple intervals to advocate for the Techs. Techs are specifically utilized in a disposable manner to serve as: - The Unit Secretary routing consults and tracking admissions, - Flow EMT tracking discharges and available rooms for patients by priority. - Behavioral Health Specialist roles that include, performing suicide watches for an hour to potentially the whole 12-hour shift or restraining violent patients for extended periods. BHS roles are paid more and the EMTs are utilized as 'cheap labor' to perform the same role for less pay. The scope of practice for OTC med administration doesn't make sense on the surface and could expand to reduce the burden of tasks on the Nurses. Techs are allowed to give Tylenol and ibuprofen, but not OTC Benadryl or Zyrtec for example.

Up to date practice, willing to train new grads

Only children's hospital in large region, subsequently pay is low for high cost of living area