Pros
I love the Nurses and CNAs I work with. There is more flexibility working as an administrative person in the hospital setting and you are able to work with intelligent, clinically-minded people who really want to care for those who aren't well and want to make the world a better place once patient at a time.
Cons
Personally, I had to make the very difficult decision to leave this position after 10 years in a town where jobs are extremely scarce. After years of being an administrative assistant I was given the title of Department Coordinator along with more responsibility and many more duties (as to be expected with this kind of change.) What wasn't expected was an absolute 0 salary adjustment to go with that title and added job increase. When questioning my Manager about it I was told they just didn't have any more money in the budget to add to my position and that I needed to do the best I could with the added responsibilities. After years of working beyond what I can with this job and really, no value or appreciation and little recognition despite stellar annual evaluations, I feel the only action I can do is to leave. I am overly sad by this and will miss all of my co-workers. I feel there is something inherently wrong with an organization and especially a department like mine (we've lost 25% of our employees this year) when good employees leave like this. I don't want to leave, but sometimes and in this case, actions are louder than words. I hope care continues to be good at St.Charles Bend, but I may not be able to stay to find out as the job market in this town beyond the hospital is so grim.