I applied for a Junior Public Health Nurse (JPHN) position with the NYC Office of School Health (OSH) in the fall of 2013. In early November, I went to a day of group interviews held at a large hotel in downtown Brooklyn. I was given a test, shown a power-point on benefits and salary, and interviewed by a team of two nurses. The interview went well, and they recommended me to the next interviewer. She reviewed my qualifications with me and conducted a no-nonsense interview. At the end of the interview, she said that I was qualified for hire, and asked if the wage was agreeable.
She also told me to not quit my job until I was actually hired and assigned to a school.
A week or two later, I was emailed a salary agreement to sign and fax, as well as a health clearance form that required my physician's signature to mail to OSH in Queens. I completed both ASAP. Soon after that, I received an email to say that the tentative start date would be January 6, 2014.
Since then, I received a call and email to say that the job offer has been rescinded (annulled), but that my application would be kept for one year. A few days after that, I received an email saying that I had a conditional offer and asked to complete online forms at the NYC Careers Portal. I submitted those forms ASAP also. However, after being in touch with a very nice nurse recruiter last week, I leaned that I am not being offered a job.
My hope is that 2014 will bring another offer, because every child in school in this great city deserves to have a nurse on duty, and I want to be of service.
Did anyone else go through this process? Were you hired, and have you begun to train, or was your offer also rescinded? I'm curious.
