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Unity Health Care Reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(148 total reviews)

Jessica Henderson Boyd, M.D.

25% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Unity Health Care has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 148 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unity Health Care employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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148 reviews
2.0
10 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work with so many great and committed people. Great mission of providing free or low-cost health care to homeless and indigent patients in DC.

Cons

The bureaucracy gets worse and worse, actually hampering the people on the front lines from doing their jobs. For physicians, part of their compensation starting next year will be provided as an incentive, the bulk of which is for seeing greater numbers of patients. Doctors hate this -- we are taking care of peoples' health. This takes time. Some doctors and some clinics are double and triple booked. They may get a big bonus but the patients will suffer. The organization runs on people paying back the National Health Service Corps, who leave after their 4 years of payback. So it doesn't really matter to management. Little is done to retain providers over the long haul, which is terrible for patients. Many bad-for-morale management decisions that are short sighted (many snow days last winter so management took away 3 holidays....very depressing especially for lower level workers like medical assistants who work really hard for very low pay).

1.0
7 Sept 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Largest organization for working with the underserved in Washington, D.C. If this is your passion then you may find it very rewarding

Cons

Communication is poor between employees and management. Turnover is quite high, most providers stay with the organization out of a contractual obligation to the National Health Service Corps. The management seems to rely on this system for its staffing, rather than focusing on retention. So, most providers leave after their required years are up. Clinics are understaffed and underresourced simply due to lack of communication/organization. Feedback mechanisms are either not in place, or operate unprofessionally. My training and previous work experience focused on indigent care, which I loved, but after this experience I was so dejected and burned out I decided to move into the private sector.

1.0
5 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Convenient location, and the on site parking (Parkside Location). Vacation and Sick Leave instead of a combined PTO accrual.

Cons

Where to begin? Management is a joke! Health center directors are self centered and avoid any and every patient concern. They have no problem overworking their staff, and even if you do bring up your concerns they brush them off. Corporate management is non existent, the training they provide is useless because the staff providing the training are uneducated. Oh, and no room for growth. Providers see an alarming number of patients day to day, which leads to them becoming desensitized, and in turn affects patient care. A good percentage of the staff members (LPN's, MA's, PRC's) are ill mannered, uneducated, and flat out rude. In order to "fit-in" you have to dumb down to their level (and slang) or else you're perceived as stuck up on too good to work there. They also bad mouth their patients in front of OTHER patients and staff members. It's an absolute shame to see what they've become, poor Dr. Goetcheus.

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