In short

My interview went well this morning. I didn't get the job though. I am not going to get to discouraged about it and hope I get the Front Desk job. The interview for that is sometime during the week after break.. it has not been scheduled yet though.

Score!

Interview #1 for Rotation 3 set

Surgical Day 9am on Friday

Details to come on Friday afternoon

Updated List of possible Roation Three Internship Sites

Rotation 3 Internship Sites

Options not available: Paitent Registration, Endoscopy

Options (Updated 2/25)

Choice 1 Surgical Day See above post in brief

Choice 2 Front Desk Interview still in the process of being set up

Choice 3 Mail (already taken- Congats Allie)

Choice 3 A 4 North

Options that have not been completly ruled out but the job trainers haven't heard back from departments yet

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  Dictation


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  Surgical Day I don't even know what this job would entail at this point. At first I heard data entry but availabilty and tasks have not yet been finalized

The shadowing process has begun. I have shadowed three departments in the past two days Paitent Registration, Endoscopy and 4 North. Endoscopy and Paitent Registration did not have internship rotations open for this final rotation of Project Search but I figured that it might be a good idea to shadow different departments to see where I would best fit for a position at the end of the program. Paitent Registration involves a lot of customer service something I am good at.Tasks would include entering paitent info into the computer, directing people to where their appointment sites and in some cases transporting them and answering phones and transferring calls to various departments or paitent rooms. Other tasks include delivering the mail and delivering flowers to paitent rooms. Endoscopy involves cleaning the mircoscopes that are used in colonoscopy proceadures and rehooking them up to the machinery in the proceadure room once they are done being cleaned. The job also involves collecting dirty laundry and changing the sheets on the beds in the recovery ward. The job seemed interesting but it didn't seem like something that would be a great fit for me in the big scheme of things. I like the floor. It would keep me busy with restocking closests and emptying the dirty laundry in all the paitent rooms. The nurses on the floor seem really nice too.

The interview process is the next step...more on that next week

An announcement unrelated to Project Search

Something very excited to annouce.

Yesterday I was talking to Laurie Corbett from Plus Company during my half hour break after I got done with work at Cardiac Rehab. She told me about a breakfast she had gone to in the morning with graduates from the program from last year. She handed out resume cards for this year's interns and said that a medical center is interested in a few of this year's interns... including ME for a data entry job that is opening in April. I do not have any info yet on the when the interview will be but I am very excited. Perhaps I may even have a job before Project Search ends. That would be absolutely FABULOUS!!


Furthur updates to follow when I get more info.

Halfway Point

We are at the halfway point of Project Search. Time has flown and we are already stating to discuss what we want to do for the third and final rotation. Overall I have had a good expreience in Project Search though I wish there had been more internships to accomodate my strength which is data entry. I do some data entry in Cardiac Rehab but not enough to really showcase how good I am at it which is kind of disappointing. Today I had a meeting with my mom, my insturctor, Laurie Corbett from Plus Company and my case manager from Gateways. The main thing we talked about was the placement for next rotation and finding out where I fit best for an internship but more importantly what kind of job Iwill get after the program ends in June. My top priority is to try to get an internship at the Front Desk since I think I would do really well in that position. That position doesn't have a lot of data entry but I am a very social person so that job is great for me because it involves a lot of paitent interaction because I transport people back and forth to their appointments. Dictation may be another option. This mostly would involve taking notes at meeting and transcribing them into the computer. I am not definitely sure if this is even a position yet because they are still looking into it but I am crossing my fingers and hoping it will be a possibility.

Here is my list of options for 3rd Rotation
1. Mail Delivery (I shadowed my friend Eric today and really enjoyed it. It really got me to seeing departments I hadn't seen before)
2. Front Desk
3. Dictation (if it's an option)

Back Ups 3North, Endoscopy, Surgical Day

The intereview process starts up again in two weeks. Let the insantiy begin.