Domino effect.

[xiphoid2010]

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One of our most important member of the leadership team is leaving. I think everyone knows the damage will be irreparable. The person leaving has unsurpassed experience and is a workaholic. We are also losing a major leader who stood up for patient care.

Since we were bought, it has been a very demoralizing many months as corporate placed demands but no resources or support. Employees are unhappy, but leadership is even more stressed out. It was only a matter of time one of us said they had enough of the endless battle for every little scrap.

Guess I'm venting. It's just the person leaving is a someone who has given so much, who welcomed me and supported my changes in pharmacy from day one. Now one of our best is gone, and probably others will soon follow like dominos. I need a beer.

 

[joetrisman]

Sorry to hear. Any chance you still have any contacts at the VA so you could get back in and away from this bad situation?

 

[xiphoid2010]

Sorry to hear. Any chance you still have any contacts at the VA so you could get back in and away from this bad situation?

I wish it was that simple. Too many factors. My wife has an amazingly cushy job, and with our second baby due, I can't reasonably ask her to give it for me second time in a roll. It's my duty and turn now.

Given the geographic constraint, DOP job will be few in between, especially when I only have 1 yr experience at a small hospital. So I have to make a step back or tough it out. I have mad some connections in the area, but so far only the step back type are available.

Maybe its my ego or trying too hard to stick to the career plan. Something is gonna give sooner or later unless a miracle happens during the mean time.

 

[thephoenician88]

I wish it was that simple. Too many factors. My wife has an amazingly cushy job, and with our second baby due, I can't reasonably ask her to give it for me second time in a roll. It's my duty and turn now.

Given the geographic constraint, DOP job will be few in between, especially when I only have 1 yr experience at a small hospital. So I have to make a step back or tough it out. I have mad some connections in the area, but so far only the step back type are available.

Maybe its my ego or trying too hard to stick to the career plan. Something is gonna give sooner or later unless a miracle happens during the mean time.

maybe this just means the rest of you will have to put in more work...I realize I have no idea what i'm talking about here, just a thought though.

 

[xiphoid2010]

maybe this just means the rest of you will have to put in more work...I realize I have no idea what i'm talking about here, just a thought though.

We already do, I work 10 hr a day average and on call 24/7, but it's more than that. Give you an example, the new company use another order entry system, do we get someone sent in to train for a reasonable amount of time? 2 days, that's all we got. Lost half of my PRN staff and a hiring freeze. I worked 35 days straight to get pharmacy up to snuff. Nursing had no trainer as far as i know and it was impossible for DON to train 100+ nurses like i did with the much smaller pharmacy staff. Of course Joint commission walked in walked in not long after. Pharmacy cleared but nursing and hospital got several conditionals. The list goes on and on.

 

[Old Timer]

One of our most important member of the leadership team is leaving. I think everyone knows the damage will be irreparable. The person leaving has unsurpassed experience and is a workaholic. We are also losing a major leader who stood up for patient care.

Since we were bought, it has been a very demoralizing many months as corporate placed demands but no resources or support. Employees are unhappy, but leadership is even more stressed out. It was only a matter of time one of us said they had enough of the endless battle for every little scrap.

Guess I'm venting. It's just the person leaving is a someone who has given so much, who welcomed me and supported my changes in pharmacy from day one. Now one of our best is gone, and probably others will soon follow like dominos. I need a beer.

Hmmm. Not much different than retail....

 

[Hello2000]

Get yourself a Domino Pizza franchise.

 

[297point1]

Hmmm. Not much different than retail....

Not much different than most workplaces...

 

[xiphoid2010]

Not much different than most workplaces...

Aye, I realize that. The new company just doesn't measure up to the last. It is so hard to get anything done, and that finally drove the arguably the most important member of our leadership away. She and I are kindred spirits, wanting to do what's right, but we are both miserable and tired fighting the system.

I thought myself as a pragmatist with some clinical training to be able to improve care even within a budget. That was the case under the previous company. Numerous protocol and autosubs saved company money and improved patient care, and they kept budget steady and passed on the cost saving to the pharmacy.

With new ownership, a scanner/fax machine took almost 3 months and is still not setup properly. Provided minimal training for the new order entry software, and I had to learn much of it on my own and then teach the staff. PRN pharmacists lost during the transition was not replaced for 4+ months while I plugged all the weekend/holiday holes unpaid out of (misguided?) sense of duty. Nursing faired worse. In a way, the joint commission findings were a blessing, forcing the company to act, but it shouldn't have come to that.

I'm tired, torn between duty and the feeling of being taken advantage of. I know we serve an underserved area and the company probably knows that and it will never be the same as what I was trained to do. I have enough connections in the area to get a clinical pharmacist job. My wife would like that, but things would get worse here, and my career goals... Or, I could learn to do the minimum and let most things slide. <sigh>.

I guess this is why were were bought. We eeked out a small profit, but it wasn't enough of an ROI. The new company can squeeze out more, but at a cost to our patients. Funny thing is that my former DOP mentioned that once, now he moved up to corporate DOP and still with the old company. I have much to learn but guys, don't think DOP is all golfing and BSing.

 

[pharmdpharmd]

This is life, ups and downs... Nothing lasts.. You just have to endure the downs and enjoy the ups while preparing for the downs.

I remember speaking with my DOP and he was saying that when he was first hired he had major clashes with corporates type people up the ladder.. He was almost fired lol.. He did the right thing always though, and most of the time it was difficult. He is been in his position for 25 years now, he is very well respected within the hospital and our department is one of the best run pharmacy department out there, and While his job is not easy by any means, it is a lot easier that it used to be.

Honestly, just work hard, endure this period, and trust that sooner or later hard work pays off. Just my 2 cents!!