Barton AssociatesReviews of bartonassociates.com

Better communication much better

Could not help

There’s was too much confusion on what the assignment actually is when you get there and the expectation for the day .

Disorganization on job coordination and expectations. Needed prompting for follow ups and I have not been paid for my work for a month.

Recruiter seemingly made minimal efforts to find my preferred setting and location. Accommodations set up by Barton associates were unsafe. I felt that I had to advocate for myself repeatedly directly with my assignments due to subpar support and representation from Barton Associates personnel.

Poor experience

Poor communication. Disorganized.

I work for Barton and associates for a year and a half May 2019 to December 2020. I represented repeat business for Barton because the assignment side returned to in 20 in Massachusetts were originally started in 19. Unfortunately when I arrived at the assignment they were asking me to cover geriatrics and the emergency room and I was only supposed to cover the inpatient unit 10 patients a day. The nurse practitioner who's supposed to be on the unit was older and was out sick 75% of the time, the Doctor who was leaving the assignment has started in October and already had given notice and I was replacing that doctor and she was also from Barton as a matter of fact she was going back to Spain and she was supposed to stay until April 2021. I deserve better I am an ivy League train for certified psychiatrist who gave Barton my dedication and services and when there was a problem on the assignment I was completely abandoned by the recruiter and the account rep and this was repeat business for Barton in Massachusetts at a very good client =Cambridge Health alliance As an MD working for Barton I should have been supported, I had given a year and a half of service and had made Barton a great deal of capital$$. Instead the newly recruited recruiter place blame on Barton's doctor instead of working with the client to resolve the issue of an assignment not being what I agree to do when I got there instead of inpatient Psychiatry they relegated me to geriatric Psychiatry the emergency room it was a mess I reached out to Barton and the client for resolution of no avail. I work for Barton at Cambridge Health alliance with repeat business had excellent references, then I went on to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn work from December 2, 2019 to March 2020, 14 weeks, and had excellent references from that facility as well. Currently I'm willing to work for Barton again at Cambridge Health alliance with improved rates and I can work locally in the Greater Philadelphia area as an outpatient psychiatrist. But after that bad experience with the December assignment in 2020 I would be reluctant to work with Barton again unless they make some changes. Do not undermine the success of your own doctor, do not put negative information in a Barton doctor's file that has proven to be productive financially for the Barton. So be honest and transparent with your doctor don't make up stories to manipulate the rate that your doctors losing money, and also if you say you're going to get a car service for your doctor on an assignment, abandon this commitment, just say "oh we can only do mileage" that's a disgrace. I lost so much money needing to pay for a car service at the last minute that could pick me up 5 days a week to take me from Jersey City New Jersey to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn NY. I was stuck paying a driver at the last minute $750 a week, which equals $3,000 a month, Barton was supposed to pay for an Uber or car service on Barton's corporate account Which would have been a lot less expensive because it would have been a corporate account instead I was stuck with that and I didn't want to give up on the assignment. Barton delayed housing Barton informed me that they can't pay for an apartment corporate apartment until you've been on assignment for at least two weeks so they stuck me with paying for my own corporate apartment for 4 weeks out of the 13-14 week assignment. I lost $2600 for 3 Months. Currently my practice manager informed that I can work for Barton again but only the rates are at least $200/hr for outpatient and local within the Greater Philadelphia area where I won't get stuck with paying for my own housing or car service fees. This is helpful to you all and that you don't undermine the success of your own doctors on assignment for Barton in the future. Attempted to investigate what went wrong I was told the problem was locum's Mart was in between the client and Barton and that's why it was a poor experience. The positives about Barton included direct deposit weekly, and prior to the change and recruiters there was more honesty about the details of the assignment. Again I was told locum's Mart was the reason the other assignment fell apart. The best thing to do is don't undermine, cheat your doctors out of their earned income and don't abandon them when it comes to travel and lodging expenses. Make sure your doctors are comfortable and not left out to fend for themselves and put out a lot of expenses that should have been covered by Barton not the doctor on assignment for Barton.