Job News

Back in December I saw an ad in the Massachusetts Nursing newsletter for a new program they are starting called Career Connections. I signed up to get a nurse mentor and I was paired with the Nurse Executive at the VA. Brian and I went to meet her - her name is Ceci and she is incredibly nice!! She gave me lots of great ideas and knows a lot of people in the nursing field, which is just what I need. Her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, Luz, is a psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and she also started getting my name out there. Well, not long after did I get 2 phone calls for interviews from referrals by Luz. One was at a hospital a little over an hour away for the inpatient psych unit and the other was for a clinic downtown, both per diem (as needed) jobs. I also had another interview the following week for another hospital psych inpatient per diem position about 45 min away. Of course it snowed on each of these days (but not any of the other days during that week), so it was quite interesting getting around without my boots on and my hair was hardly curled by the time I got to the interview, but it makes for fun memories.

Today was my first day of orientation at the clinic and I am going to start observing the nurses this week to see what I will need to do. It seems like a really neat place to work, with a lot of great perks for benefited employees (not me). I haven't heard yet from the other two jobs, but it is possible that I might get them both as well, which would be great. We'll see what happens! If not, I definitely can keep babysitting and dog walking in the meantime.