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Overall Caring - Community Health Specialist Essentia Health Employee Review

3.0
Sep 22, 2020
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Pros

They have good benefits and the majority of people hired are wonderful. They have a good focus on community health with a sizable budget, which is rare in healthcare. They genuinely care about mental health.

Cons

My pay was based on my past experience that directly related to the job. Since I have a different background, I got offered a low pay rate to start. They didn't take into account my general experience from previous jobs that related to the position. Basically they used a formula and it didn't account for any of my previous experience. Providers are not well trained on how to deal with LGBTQIA+ folks, black, indigenous, or any other minority. I've heard some awful things said about patients who live at the poverty level and patients from the reservation. Their training on how to handle mental health issues is not adequate. Overall I'd say the most frustrating thing about working here is that we have a great community health department who understands these issues, but we get very little time in front of physicians to explain SDOH so they can better serve their patients. Also the structure is still a, get patients in and out the door as fast a possible, model.

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Pros

Overall non-toxic environment, love the colleagues, patients tend to be grateful

Cons

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2.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

I really enjoyed the patients I worked with and a lot of the other providers as well. The new hospital is really nice.

Cons

The CEO is corrupt. You will feel like a number at Essentia. Advanced practitioners have no say in their job. They can change your job duties at any time. They can send you to other locations at any time. And do you have no say in this. The physicians definitely have a better position than any of the advanced practitioners. They are treated a lot better by management. There’s a reason the advanced practitioners voted to unionize. There were plenty of nurses that were making the same amount of money as advanced practitioners there. And the nurses had great locked in benefits with being unionized. Where advanced practitioners would only get two weeks paid for maternity leave.

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