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Richmond theatres is run by a toxic and backwards theatre management team who bully their staff to get the desired outcome. Such a shame because there are some fantastic staff working there - not long before the management team break them down. You are not equal to them and they have no respect for you.
 
Completely KPI and finance driven and do not care if they burn their employees in the process. It’s run like a cattle station - patients in and out for surgery as fast as possible even if it compromises their safety. Will not get agency as it costs too much but will run staff into the ground. The culture is toxic and staff are fearful to stand up and speak. Agency hate going there. Staff hate working there - only perk is salary packaging working with some good employees and surgeons. 

As long as the management team get their bonuses at the end of the day they do not care about yo. FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO WORK IF YOU WANT YOUR DIGNITY PRESERVED  

New Management - unprofessional, unapproachable, no desire to listen, all talk no action. 

Management with no people or leadership skills that cause the workplace to become a toxic environment. 

There are not many pros for this job. Staff are sick and tired of their jobs because the management are not supportive. They work you like a robot or a slave.

The rostering is poorly created and managed, employees; full time permanent, part time and casual are requested to work in excess of a 6-day weekly roster. There is no backup option if a staff member calls in sick.

My Advice to management:

Hire future managers with proper people & leadership skills. If staff have an issue or a problem, be open by allowing proper reporting and stop dismissing issues immediately. Allow staff to report issues directly to Human Resources if being bullied.

Epworth hospital is the biggest private hospital in Melbourne. Fortunately, I did placement in Epworth hospital in Richmond this year that was really good. The nurses who work there that was friendly and nice. I often followed my buddy nurses to travel to patient's house and did risk assessment, taking bloods and vital signs, change dressings and check medication as well as evaluate clients' current situations that I learned for this placement. The time management and nursing planning is excellent to meet various requirements for clients. I really enjoyed this kind of Job, hopefully I could get it and try my best to be the best person for that role in the future.

If you'd like to loose all your sanity, this is the perfect place for it. Working at Epworth Freemasons Theatre Complex is no different to living in North Korea. They like to call themselves a family but if you are not a robot and slightly attempt to be a caring human being, the slightest hiccups are used against you by both staff and management. You don't get properly orientated and forced on leave or sent home weekly usually without pay even though contracted. Follow up education is non existent, lack of accountability and hiprocasy is rampant and just a general sense of anxiety lives throughout the operating theatres from the "well known" surgeons with superiority complexes and down. Its actually quite worrying that these type of people are tasked with caring for the sick.

Pros:
Good location
Nice Patients
Mostly pleasant Staff

Con:
Minimal training and assessment of staff. Ineffective audits. Many outdated policies and practice. Lack of accountability. If you speak up for patient safety and submit Risk Management reports, you will be marginalised, threatened, and silenced. If you want to make positive changes, you will meet fierce resistance. All day, everyday, you will see inadequate care provided to patients from VMOs and Nurses. They are ok with widespread failure to utilise standard safety measures. They will contradict their own statements and policies  regularly. High rate of MET calls and code blues that could have been avoided by actually using contemporary practices. Very poor safety culture.


- Non-profit organisation that has a good work culture for its employees. 

- Team camaraderie was a big plus, as was working for the community and providing a valuable healthcare service. I took great pride and personal reward in these aspects of the job.

- I enjoy the resposibility of teaching/training new staff members and mentoring them through the initial stages of their new role, and providing ongoing support and working relationships with those people.

- The ability to help management and voice my opinion, when appropriate, to make changes/improvements to daily/weekly work scenarios was very rewarding for me in this role.

This place is definitely for profit. It’s all about $$$. Epworth disrespect the patients and bully the employees. They also do not vet the surgeons properly. They allow unsafe surgeons to operate at Epworth as long as it’s good for profit. There’s no education for the staff. Patients and staff are not safe there. Everything is just a cover up. Staff are unable to say anything because they risk losing their jobs/career. Once in a while someone does find the courage to stand up for their patients, their colleagues or themselves by talking to management or question the surgeons. When that happens, that person gets fired or have their daily work life made unbearable so they will quit. 

An interesting and varied role incorporating clinical administration and events management for a not-for-profit private heath care organisation in Melbourne, Australia.

A typical day includes supporting senior medical specialists and coordinating large educational medical events, audit and executive meetings for various speciality groups, which is both interesting and rewarding.

Epworth work well to provide staff benefits which include salary packaging, discounted Myki travel pass, awards programmes etc. in addition to in-house staff events, dinners, charity events and encourage a good work life balance.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is positive aspect that I could mention.
They are good to spy on you  and your job. Great micro management that you could see there.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Always there are people around you that they could watch you and the job you delivering for the patients. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You can try. I did it. Now I am disgusted.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Nothing . Not feel safe. I felt that I was loosing my skills and my confidence.

Unpleasant environment.
Superstar surgeons and nurses poorly welcoming new members.
Absolutely lack of concern of asseptic international regulations of sterile theatre PPE (surgeons wearing old dirty shoes in the theatre, big circulation of people at disgusting floor cleaning condition with same shoe protective equipment) very dirty theatres.
Shocking lack of space for equipment storage in the corridors.
Lack of care to patient modesty, directly exposed to open windows where builders were .
Surprised with low level of care.
Highly underwhelming.

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