Just got a phone call and an e-mail late this afternoon, and I've been offered my job at Civista Hospital as a medical scribe. This is clearly very exciting, because I finally get to wear scrubs. ... More seriously it's exciting because it's a fairly neat job, because it pays, because it gives me the option of switching to full time with greater pay in the future, and because it's the first thing in awhile that's clearly gone "right" in the little mental outline/plan I have for myself.
All that said, it will be very difficult to set this up with surgery this coming Tuesday. I'll probably have to make a lot of phone calls, and ask for delays and postponements very nicely. I'm not entirely sure how that will work out, but I am pretty sure it will work out. So I'm just going to be happy for now, knowing that the job itself came through for me.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Interview Day
The scribe interview took place this afternoon and seemed to go well. It didn't go badly, at least, for whatever that's worth.
I'm supposed to find out if I get an offer in the next week or two, I believe. If I do get an offer, I might have some problems trying to set up the beginning of my job training in light of the surgery I'm having on my shoulder next week. But I won't trouble myself over that unless I actually do get the job.
If I do get the job, and if I do make it to to training, I heard that I can switch to full-time later easily enough. If I do that the pay goes up a tiny bit, and I get some other little benefits. Nothing really important, probably just 10 dollars an hour to 12. But I'll take it if it comes to that.
Hopefully it goes well. Everything that needed to get done got done, so we can only wait and see now.
I'm supposed to find out if I get an offer in the next week or two, I believe. If I do get an offer, I might have some problems trying to set up the beginning of my job training in light of the surgery I'm having on my shoulder next week. But I won't trouble myself over that unless I actually do get the job.
If I do get the job, and if I do make it to to training, I heard that I can switch to full-time later easily enough. If I do that the pay goes up a tiny bit, and I get some other little benefits. Nothing really important, probably just 10 dollars an hour to 12. But I'll take it if it comes to that.
Hopefully it goes well. Everything that needed to get done got done, so we can only wait and see now.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Transcripts
Some good news. I went down to get the post-grad transcripts I need the other day and, while I couldn't pick them up directly (they have to be mailed over) I was able to find out that the "blank" grades I was seeing on my computer were a random fluke cause by who knows what, and my actual transcript does have the grades on it. That's a nice break for me - I have no idea how I'd have dealt with an empty transcript, but I'm sure it wouldn't have been fun or easy.
If all goes as it should, they'll be mailed out this Tuesday, and I'll receive them in time for my interview. In the worst case scenario, I'll at least be able to bring the duplicate request forms to show that I asked for them in a timely manner, and they're being mailed out (and I'll have my undergrad transcript on hand as well). So things are looking good.
The only other thing I have to do prior to the interview is find the names/contact info of three people/companies/hospitals I've worked for to put on the (second? continued?) application. That shouldn't be too hard though.
If all goes as it should, they'll be mailed out this Tuesday, and I'll receive them in time for my interview. In the worst case scenario, I'll at least be able to bring the duplicate request forms to show that I asked for them in a timely manner, and they're being mailed out (and I'll have my undergrad transcript on hand as well). So things are looking good.
The only other thing I have to do prior to the interview is find the names/contact info of three people/companies/hospitals I've worked for to put on the (second? continued?) application. That shouldn't be too hard though.
Friday, July 1, 2011
I'm Back in Town (Briefly)
I'm not done with my set of short trips yet, but I'm home for a few days in between two for the 4th of July.
The date of the interview has been set for July 19th, so I'm excited about that. I'm fairly anxious too, both because it would be great to get the job and because I don't really have a good "back-up" job plan at the moment. I don't like the group format of the interview, but I'll just go and do my best. I'm entirely sincere about wanting to work there, and feel I'm entirely qualified, so hopefully it will go well.
I do need to get a transcript copy prior to the interview. I'm going to go attempt to do that today (for my post-grad transcript - I already have several undergrad transcripts on hand). I'm worried over that, because the computer isn't showing grades on my transcript anymore.... which is both odd and problematic. We'll see what happens when I talk to people in person though.
Lastly, I need to start really studying for the MCAT, regardless of whether I take it in September or move it up (yet again.... tragicomically) because of the surgery I'm having in late July/August (I anticipate I'll be on painkillers, and won't be able to study all that well with them). I need to really /do/ something though, instead of just talking about doing something. It's been far to easy to push acts into speech. Maybe this blog has contributed to the problem a bit by giving me an easy outlet to talk about what I "want" to do. But yeah. I need to get very serious about actually doing right now.
The date of the interview has been set for July 19th, so I'm excited about that. I'm fairly anxious too, both because it would be great to get the job and because I don't really have a good "back-up" job plan at the moment. I don't like the group format of the interview, but I'll just go and do my best. I'm entirely sincere about wanting to work there, and feel I'm entirely qualified, so hopefully it will go well.
I do need to get a transcript copy prior to the interview. I'm going to go attempt to do that today (for my post-grad transcript - I already have several undergrad transcripts on hand). I'm worried over that, because the computer isn't showing grades on my transcript anymore.... which is both odd and problematic. We'll see what happens when I talk to people in person though.
Lastly, I need to start really studying for the MCAT, regardless of whether I take it in September or move it up (yet again.... tragicomically) because of the surgery I'm having in late July/August (I anticipate I'll be on painkillers, and won't be able to study all that well with them). I need to really /do/ something though, instead of just talking about doing something. It's been far to easy to push acts into speech. Maybe this blog has contributed to the problem a bit by giving me an easy outlet to talk about what I "want" to do. But yeah. I need to get very serious about actually doing right now.
Monday, June 13, 2011
What's Going On
So, I haven't posted in awhile, mostly since nothing has happened. I've been waiting on hearing back in regards to that interview and, until today, was having no luck. I was getting pretty close to giving up on that job working out even, which had me feeling like I'd undergone a large setback. I haven't been studying much for my MCAT either, because while it's rescheduled in September I'm supposed to have a shoulder surgery in Late July now, and am skeptical I'll be able to study well at all around that time because of the painkillers that will no doubt follow the operation. That in itself isn't a huge deal, since I'm not able to apply until next summer regardless of when I take my exam, but it got me feeling like I'd suffered a second setback as well.
At any rate, today I finally did get in touch with the HR people. It seems certain my interview is still on, to be scheduled at some point in July. I should have a more specific date in July within a few weeks. So it may have taken awhile, but good news has finally come through. Better news is that it looks like I can start the job part-time, and then opt to turn it into a full time job if I ever get the desire. I probably won't, especially since my theoretical site of work is so far away, but it's something I might want to think about after I take the MCAT.
I'm going on a few short trips in the near future as well, so probably not too much is going to go up here until I'm back. With any luck though, once I'm back and through my surgery, I'll have some interesting things to talk about again.
At any rate, today I finally did get in touch with the HR people. It seems certain my interview is still on, to be scheduled at some point in July. I should have a more specific date in July within a few weeks. So it may have taken awhile, but good news has finally come through. Better news is that it looks like I can start the job part-time, and then opt to turn it into a full time job if I ever get the desire. I probably won't, especially since my theoretical site of work is so far away, but it's something I might want to think about after I take the MCAT.
I'm going on a few short trips in the near future as well, so probably not too much is going to go up here until I'm back. With any luck though, once I'm back and through my surgery, I'll have some interesting things to talk about again.
Friday, May 20, 2011
I'm Hired! (Sort Of)
I'm not actually hired, but I just got a message that there's an opening or two at one of the hospitals I applied to (the one furthest away - go figure), and my application/resume was apparently decent enough that I got invited out for an interview. So suddenly, the odds of me getting work as a medical scribe have shot up from fairly dim to pretty high, as long as I show for the interview in a respectable manner.
I'm actually not sure /how/ to show up though. If it was an interview back in law school, I'd certainly show up in one of my suits. But for some reason it doesn't feel as natural to be showing up for an interview for a fairly bottom tier hospital position in a fancy suit. I'll have to think a bit about what I want to wear... For now though, I think I should just be happy enough I made it this far. We'll see what happens from here.
As far as actual MCAT studying, that's going a bit behind schedule. No need to panic yet, since there's plenty of time to correct it, but it is something I should get to work on correcting. If I get the job, that should help focus me some as I won't get to be sleeping in anymore. If I don't get it, I'll just have to start setting my alarm for the sake of setting my alarm.
I'm actually not sure /how/ to show up though. If it was an interview back in law school, I'd certainly show up in one of my suits. But for some reason it doesn't feel as natural to be showing up for an interview for a fairly bottom tier hospital position in a fancy suit. I'll have to think a bit about what I want to wear... For now though, I think I should just be happy enough I made it this far. We'll see what happens from here.
As far as actual MCAT studying, that's going a bit behind schedule. No need to panic yet, since there's plenty of time to correct it, but it is something I should get to work on correcting. If I get the job, that should help focus me some as I won't get to be sleeping in anymore. If I don't get it, I'll just have to start setting my alarm for the sake of setting my alarm.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Medical Scribe, Take Two
All right then. I spent the last three days working on my application for the job as a medical scribe, which is a bit more time than I spent working on it last year when I tried. Of interest I calculated my post-grad science GPA for the application, and its a 3.63. Not great, but not awful if I can do ok on the MCAT.
I've offered to work at almost every available hospital they have, up to and including the ones with 60 minute commutes. I'll probably hate myself if I get the job and end up there.... (one of those far away hospitals looks very nice and new though, from its website).
It seems like an interesting job at any rate. And I can manage the commute if it stays part time. I enjoy driving, so I have that going for me. My only concern is putting too many miles on my car and having it start to break down early. I could always possibly get lucky and manage to get a job at one of the closer hospitals. Then again, it's always possible I won't get a job at any of the hospitals just like last time. We'll just have to wait and see.
And it looks like we have a bit of a wait, since nothing is supposed to open up until June or July. So until beginning tomorrow morning, I'm officially in full MCAT mode with no other commitments to distract me. Physics, here we come. (Bet you can't keep me down twice!)
I've offered to work at almost every available hospital they have, up to and including the ones with 60 minute commutes. I'll probably hate myself if I get the job and end up there.... (one of those far away hospitals looks very nice and new though, from its website).
It seems like an interesting job at any rate. And I can manage the commute if it stays part time. I enjoy driving, so I have that going for me. My only concern is putting too many miles on my car and having it start to break down early. I could always possibly get lucky and manage to get a job at one of the closer hospitals. Then again, it's always possible I won't get a job at any of the hospitals just like last time. We'll just have to wait and see.
And it looks like we have a bit of a wait, since nothing is supposed to open up until June or July. So until beginning tomorrow morning, I'm officially in full MCAT mode with no other commitments to distract me. Physics, here we come. (Bet you can't keep me down twice!)
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