UCLA New Grad RN 2013

[matthewandrew]

Hello to all prospective UCLA Nurses!

My name is Matthew and I'm a CSU Long Beach alumnus.

I'm currently working as a Super User RN for the UCLA Health System.

I hope this thread will be able to answer our questions about the application, interview process and a place for any updates anyone receives for the 2013 new grad program.

With that said, I was told by recruitment that applications will be made available in March. :)

[Nurse_ns]

I applied for psych and I have not heard anything back since my interview... But my friend just told me she got a position at SM ortho!! So happy for her!! So it seems that they are still deciding!! Keep your hopes up!!

[CaliRN07]

After looking for a RN job for over a year now, I was just offered a position at UCLA Santa Monica!!!! Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back!!!!

[solaress]

after looking for a rn job for over a year now, i was just offered a position at ucla santa monica!!!! Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back!!!!

same here!!! Congrats to us!!

[Nurse Danielle]

Me too. Hooray!! Good luck to those that are still waiting to hear back.

[Ticklelicious]

For all the ones who got rejected, do you think it's a good idea to become a superuser again for the ambulatory superuser position? Will this screwed me up? The job will last till april 2014. I graduated a year ago. I am worried. Is it better just to go find an RN job in a skilled nursing facility?

[CaliRN07]

Has anyone received the official offer letter yet from HR?

[solaress]

@CaliRN07 Not yet maybe this week!

[RecentGraduate]

Hi HopefulNewGrad13. I was just wondering if you heard anything back from the unit yet? I also interviewed for General Surgery in RR and unfortunately still haven't received a call or email of anything. Please let me know because I've called HR twice already and there are no clear answers that they are giving me.

[peaceplease]

Hey I also interviewed for Gen Surg. I called HR and they told me to contact the UD. So I called the UD and she said that HR should have already sent out letters because 2 people were already selected for the position. Soon after that call, HR emailed me and called me. So if you haven't heard, I suggest calling just to confirm and get peace of mind. :)

[Raatoon]

What were the interviews like? Were there any behavioral or scenario type questions?

[solaress]

@ ratoon It all depends on the unit you interview for but it is basically behavior based questions. As for the unit I interviewed for intermediate care. They asked about how to treat heart failure patients, what do you do with a heparin, treatment for liver patients. So it was more intense but everyone else I heard was pretty straight forward.

[Newbie, RN]

Has anyone received the official offer letter yet from HR?

I have only gotten the offer letter from HR (the one where you have to accept/decline the job offer).I was contacted by Employee Health to schedule the physical, but they realized that I was up to date on everything, so I didn't need to come in. I got the on-boarding email from Greentree, but then the recruiter told me to disregard it bc I wasn't a new hire. So I am really confused and will be contacting them first thing next week if I don't hear anything definite by Friday...