If I could just afford to keep my job longer, perhaps I would. - Registered Nurse VHC Health Employee Review

3.0
Sep 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Magnet facility, parking on site, (mostly) self scheduling & awesome coworkers. The benefits are quite costly, but very good.

Cons

It is impossible to afford to live here as a nurse at VHC. You need a sugar daddy or a slew of roommates! I have RN friends in other states who made $10-$12/hour more as new grads at their hospitals from 2008-2016. Starting a nurse out at $26.10/hour in the metro DC area is just cruel punishment. The nurses here who aren’t married off and/or living far away in cheaper suburbs will be forced to move away just to be able to survive. Terrible food options. Oh - when we actually have time to take a break. Sulfur smell (always!!) on ground floor of B/C.

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VHC Health Response
7y
Thank you for this feedback. I'm happy to hear you're enjoying our incredible team, benefits package and flexible nurse scheduling here at VHC. We have made quite a few changes recently to our nurse compensation structure and are committed to conducting ongoing, comprehensive salary reviews for the system. I'm happy to discuss compensation and other career growth opportunities with you. My door is always open - please feel free to reach out to me directly at MDickersonCNO@virginiahospitalcenter.com. Thank you for all that you do for our patients. -- Melody Dickerson, Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer.

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