I have come to the blogosphere to inform you that I have a JOB! Praise the Lord. I was lucky enough to have three different job interviews: as a medical assistant/receptionist, patient care technician and research assistant. I have been offered the patient care technician position and I will be starting orientation on June 7th. I will be in the medicine unit at Highland Park Hospital doing CNA work taking vitals, helping with procedures, getting EKGs, helping with toileting and bathing. it's a 36 hr/week position meaning I'm considered full time but my benefits are multiplied by .9 (ie 9 vacation days instead of 10). I know a lot of my friends are still jobless and searching furiously so I am definitely grateful for this position. Highland Park Hospital is just a quick 20-25 minute drive from my house and the commute takes me further from the city which means the traffic won't be as bad. This will definitely be one of those "it is what you make of it" types of experiences so I'm hoping to make a lot of it.
In related news, my med school application is pretty much done and waiting to be submitted on the first possible day of submission- June 1st. I would LOVE for you all to pray for me as I apply to med schools again. It is such a drawn out, tiring, and expensive process and I'm sure I will be drained once I'm finally done being buried in secondary applications. Second time's a charm, right? One nice thing is that I got a high enough GPA in my masters program that I will definitely be receiving an interview invitation from Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine. I absolutely love that school and would be ecstatic to go there and having an interview guaranteed definitely gets my foot in the door.
I hope all of you are doing well in your various endeavors! I will try to catch up with you all in person, now that I'm done with school for a while.
