Hey guys, I finally had an interview today. It was at an assisted living facility. It sounds like it will be much different than the jail or nursing home. I have mixed feelings on it. It "should" be less stressful than what I'm used to, but sounds like it has more busy work rather than just trying to pass all your meds as fast as you can. Since the residents are more independent there won't be as many treatment and the dreaded falls and it's paperwork are less likely, but I probably won't get much practice on skills that you might get in the nursing home or hospital (which I still have'nt had a chance to do many of them such as catheters and such). The place is nice and the activities director seems friendly, but she only offered me 12-15 hours a week. There is a chance to get more hours later though as they are adding on right now. Then I got a message today from a first call for help for a contingency position to start that sounds like could open open to part-time by the end of next month. I still have to call them back as I could'nt get through today. It should be different too and I think it may be interesting. Not sure what to do as it sounds like they are not doing interviews until next week and the AL did'nt really say how soon they wanted to hear from me or when the job would start. I guess it would'nt hurt to try to work both along with my NH job, just cut back on my pick-up days. It sure would be nice to have 1 FT job, but I do still got unemployment to fall back on in case these don't work out and continue to look for one.
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