The hospital has posted some new positions as they switch over their new computer system "Epic". Nathan has been involved with Epic since the ground floor being the representative from his floor to help design what is needed on the Psych templates within this program.Now, he has applied and interviewed for one of the two year positions.
One of the things he had to prepare besides questions for this 30 minute interview was a presentation of a 7-day survival kit for himself if he were lost in a snow storm. He took a bag of things. First off a box of Special K snack bars which he described as "the bomb" and gave each of the interviewers one for later as a snack. (They loved that!) He kept them in stitches laughing, he reports, as he had new underwear, some feebreeze, socks, pictures of his kids, & a bag of M& Ms (for eating playing poker, creating pictures - but rather boring for reading.) Also included were Duct tape, toothpaste, deodorant, SPAM, diet coke and a flashlight with a laser pointer. The interview went well, he felt like he gave a great representation of who he is. As we sat and talked later, he doesn't want to become someone else, so if he's not right for the job, he hopes he won't be selected. But he feels he did a good job of portraying himself as a good guy for this teaching position.
This job will be a position of training - three weeks of being trained by EPIC on how to train, and then he would be responsible for a group within the hospital, conceivably the Physicians, or the Emergency staff, or the OB floor, etc. He would work/train all shifts(but mostly days), and be "the guy" for that group. He was specifically asked how he works with the physicians. There were 9 interviews on June 12 and he will hear soon.
If not selected, he very much likes his position now. While accepting the new position would guarantee a place back on his unit at the completion of the position, it would not necessarily guarantee him night status. It may also increase his hours, as he's currently working a 72 hour pay shift instead of 80. That works best now for nights to only do 72. We'll let you know!
