Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation

Clinic · Santa Rosa, CA

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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Clinic

What stands out

Experienced nurses
You would spend your days with colleagues people here call supportive, collaborative, and focused on the patient in front of them.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
You would keep learning on the job, which staff still call out even when promotions feel uneven.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
You would chart in Epic, the system a long-tenured NP here already used.
As of 2019-01-26Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
You would be part of Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods, named an IHA top performer for patient-centered care in 2018.
As of 2018-11-20Source: news.sutterhealthplan.org

Working conditions

Charting system: Epic; Source: glassdoor.com
Scheduling: SF Neurosurgery NP posting is full-time Monday–Friday with occasional weekends; a 2019 SPMF NP review reported no on-call.; As of 2025Source 1: talents.vaia.com Source 2: glassdoor.com

Who they are

You would work in a medical group where teammates are often described as supportive and focused on patients, even when communication gets messy. Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods received IHA top-performer recognition for patient-centered care.

Clinic · Santa Rosa, CA

More about Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation

You would document in Epic, according to a long-tenured NP on this medical group.

Patient-centered care is the standard named in the 2018 IHA recognition for Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods.

Working here

Culture and working life

supportive colleaguespatient-care focusuneven management

Themes from public reviews

Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.

Culture and teamwork: Staff describe supportive, collaborative colleagues and a patient-care focus, along with disorganization and communication gaps.; As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Management: Reviewers note interest in growth and feedback but also weak supervisor training and uneven management practices.; As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Advancement and pay equity: Learning opportunities are highlighted, while upward mobility and pay consistency across roles are common complaints.; As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com

More review themes

Workload and flexibility: Flexibility is valued, but workload is sometimes described as overwhelming and hurting satisfaction.; As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
NP experience: A long-tenured NP cited no call, supportive managers, and Epic, but said support staff respected physicians more than NPs.; As of 2019-01-26Source: glassdoor.com
Pay and PTO: A current San Francisco employee in 2025 said pay and PTO accrual do not keep up with the economy.; As of 2025-05-08Source: glassdoor.com

What to weigh

You would also hear about disorganization and communication gaps in the same hallway conversations.

As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Sep 11, 2026

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The units

A closer look at the units

Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.

Oncology Nursing1 open
Vocational Nursing1 open
Neurosurgery (NP, ambulatory/inpatient)
SPMF-South NP role in San Francisco provides full-scope collaborative medical care on-site; full-time, Monday–Friday, occasional weekends.
SPMF-Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation - South · San Francisco, CASource: talents.vaia.com

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