Is it possible to find a parking spot? Can't use public transport due to health issues.

I’m exploring job opportunities in Portland. I’m an experienced LDRP nurse. Looking to hear from current/past nurses and residents (or really anyone who spends time on these units) what is the culture like? Positive? Negative? Supportive? Curious… thanks for any feedback :)

My child had surgery at Doernbecher almost a year ago, and the child life specialists were so amazing for our whole family. The toy rooms were especially comforting for my older children. I’m hoping anyone can direct me to information about toy drives if they already do them, or where to find contact info if I was to put together toys they may need for those rooms. Thank you!

My child had surgery at Doernbecher almost a year ago, and the child life specialists were so amazing for our whole family. The toy rooms were especially comforting for my older children. I’m hoping anyone can direct me to information about toy drives if they already do them, or where to find contact info if I was to put together toys they may need for those rooms. Thank you!

Hello,

I am a new grad nurse and trying to apply for jobs and saw OHSU postings for peds acute care medical and peds acute care surgical. I am wondering what the differences are and if you have any experience working at these units. Do they have good work culture? What are some common pt conditions would you see? What is it like working at a peds acute care floor? Any good/bad experience with the parents?

I’m an OHSU employee, and I just received a letter from Billing saying that I qualified for 100% financial assistance for the next 365 days. Sounded like an error to me but I called and they said it was legitimate. Said it had to do with House Bill 3320, passed July 1, and was based on an Experian credit check, and doesn’t use income to determine eligibility.

Anyone know anything more about this, and how best I might use this windfall?

Anybody have thoughts on what researchers might expect in terms of pay increases if the union is able to negotiate some kind of deal? I’d have to think there’d be increases because otherwise what’s the point of the union.

My EIB is really stacking up. Does anybody without serious health problems really get into their EIB?

Can you use it for paternity leave?

I’m traveling to Hawaii in mid-October. Employee Health vaccinations don’t start until the 7th, and I’d like to give it a little more time to get settled before I hop on a plane. Does any employee with Moda health insurance get their vaccines somewhere besides Employee Health?

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Hi! Experience ICU nurse here. I have an upcoming interview for one of the ICU's at OHSU. I was wondering if anyone had any tips/insight into the interview process and the adult critical care cluster evaluation. Also, any thoughts regarding the culture at OHSU, specifically critical care, would be greatly appreciated!

Heyo, I underwent fertility treatments with OHSU fertility consultants and had success in 2022. I've since moved out of the area, but just received a message in MyChart saying that OHSU is partnering with Spring Fertility and that OHSU won't be providing certain services anymore. After more research it sounds like they are actually going to be leasing providers to Spring, along with laying off a bunch of OHSU employees. Some of the reasoning given has been the waitlist, but I don't understand how this is actually going to reduce the waitlist for these services, especially if they are reducing the number of employees. I guess Spring will hire their own employees, probably for much less that OHSU was paying the employees that are being laid off?. The change would not have affected our treatment plan, but it sounds like a lot of people will be affected and will have to switch to Spring for future treatments.

I guess what I'm curious about is what everyone else thinks about this? I'm done building my family, but affordable access to care it still something I care a lot about. Looking into it is kind of giving me an icky feeling that this will not actually be in the patients best interests. OHSU is one of the more affordable places to pursue treatment, and it sounds like Spring will not comment on what their prices will be in comparison. Is this as icky as it appears?

So a couple months ago I spent a couple weeks in the ICU at OHSU. I spent some time in a coma and was pretty out of it when I came to. As I think back I realize that a lot of my memories of my time there were probably imagined. I am quite certain that I imagined doctors, nurses, and whole conversations. Heck, I have memories of asking doctors if something had really happened or if I imagined it and now I'm pretty sure I also imagined asking them.

One thing I remember with great frequency is there being some sort of display in the ceiling with some sort of animated owl face or something similar. It reminded me of a tamogotchi (those old Japanese keychain pets from the 90s).

Now reading what I just wrote above sounds absurd to me, and yet I feel compelled to ask because I feel like I remember seeing it every day. Was I crazy or was there really some sort of digital owl looking at me from the ceiling?

Hi everyone! We are renting our 2BR/2BA by Portland State/downtown - the ask is $2100. Up the hill from the PSU campus and a close drive to OHSU on SW Hall (turn onto 14th Street from Montgomery). We loved this condo and our neighbors, but a relocation to the midwest required we move.

We are offering a move-in of $1000 for the first month, and tenants are allowed to paint the unit as we see fit (we understand the colors are not everyone's jam), along with helping to offset the cost of painting.

This is a 2BR, 2BA with an excellent kitchen, secured garage parking, a storage unit, secure entry, a private covered patio, AND a rooftop deck with a hot tub. The community is small - 15 units including this one - and very caring and supportive.

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Hi everyone! Currently In the process with OHSU for a 6 Month contract role. Curious to know if anyone has experience and what they liked and didn’t liked. This would be My first contract role and hopefully a foot In the door with OHSU.

Thank you! ♥️

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I am planning to apply for OHSU ABSN for next academic year. We can only apply one campus per academic year so if anyone could explain the differences between those campuses or share your experience would be appreciated!

Hi everyone! I just recently got hired on at the marquam hill location and will be relocating to Portland for this position. I want to know how much per month employee parking is? My partner and I will be looking at apartments next week and I'm trying to figure out if I should find an apartment in a location with good public transport or if I can afford to live farther from the city and drive to work everyday. Also, if anyone has any tips on good locations to look at for apartments, that would be really helpful!

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I’m a researcher at OHSU in the process of forming a research workers union, and our colleagues in each of the AFSCME unions have shared this petition asking for the top executives to return the $12.5 million in bonuses they were exclusively awarded by Danny Jacobs last week. OHSU management has repeatedly fought the unions on implementing even mild compensation reforms, but has the money to purchase Legacy, announce a nearly $5 billion operating budget, and even attempt to end insurance coverages for domestic partnerships, including their children (thankfully this was walked back within hours). Employees are tired of reminder after reminder of the greed and disrespect from management, and we’re hoping to band together across the entire campus to call it out. You can sign here if you’re interested:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/decline-egregious-bonuses/

Has anyone ever received a parking ticket? I accidentally parked in patient parking my first day and didn’t receive a ticket.. do they put it on your car or is it by mail?

Hello! I just finished interviewing for a non-clinical management position at OHSU and was wondering if anyone could tell me what the onboarding process looks like should I receive an offer. Mainly:

• For a non-clinical position, will I need to be drug-tested, TB-tested, and provide vaccination records? I had to do this with Providence and it took awhile

• Will I be asked to submit references?

• What does the badging process look like?

Also, what has been your experience at OHSU? I currently work for Providence and am happy here, so I want to make sure this move is the right one. Appreciate any info you can offer!

Does anyone have experience applying and interviewing for jobs within the laboratory at OHSU?

I’d also love feedback from current or former OHSU lab employees about the culture and general vibes in the lab.

TIA!

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Hi all, I’m looking to get some more experience before applying to medical school. I’ll take a couple gap years and I was wondering if scribing is a good idea at OHSU. How’s life in Portland? Do they pay well? Do we get any benefits (insurance or others)? Is it better than medical assistant? Thank you!