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Anyone actually get a call back after applying? My goodness! I have applied for so many Attendent jobs and not once call back. I even applied for a job in laundry (It makes more then the group home I am currently working with) and nothing. I really dont think that many people could be applying as its a pretty small community... I have to stop and wonder if they are just placing adds for the fun of it.

I work at foothills too. I am trying to apply to other units but I heard nobody was hiring much. So that's good to hear. What area are you applying for?

Hi, Yes! I was accepted! I got a call from the manager this morning telling me that she's going to send me a job offer and orientation schedule. It's in Unit 27, Dialysis unit

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Was a background check form offered and signed?

Yes Fiona, I signed the form for background check and for the reference check

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Hi, Yes! I was accepted! I got a call from the manager this morning telling me that she's going to send me a job offer and orientation schedule. It's in Unit 27, Dialysis unit

Awesome! Good for you! It's tough getting into AHS these days so you must have done something right. Have you worked dialysis before? I thought about applying there for a casual position in addition to my current part time line. But I have no dialysis experience so figured I wouldn't have a shot

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Dialysis involves an intense training period. I think it's around 12 weeks combined classroom and on the job with a preceptorship. It's hard to get hired on if you have a line elsewhere and want to work casual there. It also takes around six months before you feel comfortable working independently.

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Dialysis involves an intense training period. I think it's around 12 weeks combined classroom and on the job with a preceptorship. It's hard to get hired on if you have a line elsewhere and want to work casual there. It also takes around six months before you feel comfortable working independently.

Did you work Dialysis? How did you like it?

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I've friends who did the training. They said that roughly half the class quit without finishing. Loads of classroom instruction. Think crash course on kidney function and how to work the machinery. My friend got carpal tunnel from knocking the air out of the dialyzer. She said it was boring after a while and the patients are very needy and suspicious. They don't like to have the "new nurses" when they are no longer under an instructors supervision.

The best thing was no Sundays or nights in the satellite units. Three people told me this. You either love it or hate it. Not a lot of skills utilized once you learn to set up and clean the machinery (limited number of aides on the units mean you have to be able to do this) and opening the dressing trays, nearly everyone was diabetic, and everyone wants to leave at the same time!

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I've always seen job postings for LPN in a dialysis unit at AHS website. Does it mean that LPNs are always assigned in that unit instead of RNs?

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50-50 split

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I've always seen job postings for LPN in a dialysis unit at AHS website. Does it mean that LPNs are always assigned in that unit instead of RNs?

Yeah I was wondering why it seems there are always so many LPN postings there as well.

Maybe people don't like it and don't stay long?

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Specializes in geriatrics.

You can never really tell by the number of postings either. It may also be that some of the staff are going on leaves or retiring as well. The postings might keep appearing and they have no intention of filling them all.

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50-50 split

What do you mean by 50-50 split? I don't understand. Can you please ellaborate on that?

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Specializes in geriatrics.

She means the unit is staffed with 50 percent LPNs and 50 percent RNs approximately.

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