Hospital interview, when do I call?

[Jen411]

Last week I had an Interview at a Hospital. I met with HR, and then the Director of Nursing, Well 2 DON's of the Hospital. I felt the interview went well. DON stated that they would like to "Have me on board, and offer me a position at the hospital", pending reference checks, and background check. Either way I would hear from her early next week.

My references said they were called, including a past job reference told me they were contacted.

Do I wait for them to call me, or would it be ok if I don't hear from them by Friday, that I give a call to the HR dept to see what's up?

Thanks for any help

[misswhitney]

I would send a thank you e-mail or letter, but I would not call until she has not fulfilled her promise to call you. It sounds like you got the job, but background checks can take up to 10 days to process, so I would wait until at least Tuesday to call.

[Chin up]

I would send a thank you e-mail or letter, but I would not call until she has not fulfilled her promise to call you. It sounds like you got the job, but background checks can take up to 10 days to process, so I would wait until at least Tuesday to call.

I agree.

[sj73201, BSN, RN]

yea. For me it took almost two weeks for me to get an official offer from HR...the managers I interviewed with had told me the same thing about wanting me to work there..it felt like forever cuz I wanted it officially. But HR never returned emails..ugh. The manager was very helpful, but she has nothing to do with HR..hope you hear something soon! Congrats!

[Overland1, RN]

Some background checks take even longer, and some are never completed. I was recently called (a hospital Hunan Resources rep left a message) and asked for a reference, but the only number available was the "callback number", which was a dummy number somewhere. Oh, well...

[Jen411]

Today is Officially a week since the interview and as I read my morning newspaper, there's a big article saying the hospital is laying off 51 LPNs, to hire RN's and nurses aides.

So with that article being in the newspaper today , I didn't want to contact them so soon. Maybe that is the reason noone called yet?

Otherwise I would email them, but apparently they don't have valid email addresses?

I'll keep my fingers crossed.