Northridge Hospital Medical Center

Msmmcool · Dec 22, 2010

Anyone heard from Northridge yet? It's close to the end of December and I still haven't received any phone calls/emails/letters =/ I'm getting a little worried...

vball369 · Dec 23, 2010

Hey roxygirl, I got a phone call from them 2 weeks ago and she said I was selected to move to the next step which was completing a career battery assessment. She said only a very small group of ppl were selected to move to this step...probably becasue they have some internal candidates that they will be taking.

Msmmcool · Dec 24, 2010

aww i guess i didn't make the cut then =/

Congrats vball369! You must be very proud of yourself, knowing that you're one of the few that were selected to move forward in the process! Did you have any hospital experience working as a CNA, EMT etc? I just want to know what type of candidates they're looking so I can prepare myself better for the next round of applications

vball369 · Dec 24, 2010

Hey Roxygirl. Thanks so much! I don't have any experience as a CNA or really any hospital experience. I do have my BSN and also my Bachelors of Health Science with good GPAs. I don't know if that helped my application. Good luck to you!

galeon · Dec 28, 2010

I spoke to the nurse recruiter. She said there were only 6 spots.

zephryn · Jan 11, 2011

I was told 19 people for their Versant program when I interviewed last week.

(Keeping my fingers crossed that I didn't totally fail my interview).

vball369 · Jan 11, 2011

19 people is great! I have my interview this friday for the ICU...what unit did you interview for? I'm assuming it is a panel interview???

zephryn · Jan 11, 2011

19 people is great! I have my interview this friday for the ICU...what unit did you interview for? I'm assuming it is a panel interview???

Cardiovascular Unit (CVU, Telemetry, I think). There were only 2 people there to interview me - the Versant Program director and a Unit Manager. They take turns asking questions and are very pleasant. You might want to ask how many people they're going to hire for the unit you're applying for (there will only be 2 for CVU).

Blondie24 · Jan 11, 2011

Do you guys have BSN's?

zephryn · Jan 11, 2011

Do you guys have BSN's?

Yes. RN-BSN... no prior work experience in healthcare though. Northridge is working on getting a Magnet designation so they're looking to hire mostly those with a BSN.

Blondie24 · Jan 11, 2011

Yes. RN-BSN... no prior work experience in healthcare though. Northridge is working on getting a Magnet designation so they're looking to hire mostly those with a BSN.

Congratulations on getting the opportunity to work at Northridge. It's unfortunate though that they don't want to hire ADN graduates that do have healthcare experience though. Don't get me wrong, it's nothing against you. It's just frustrating that hospitals are more concerned with awards than anything else.

Just venting my frustrations, sorry. Again, congrats!

zephryn · Jan 11, 2011

Congratulations on getting the opportunity to work at Northridge. It's unfortunate though that they don't want to hire ADN graduates that do have healthcare experience though. Don't get me wrong, it's nothing against you. It's just frustrating that hospitals are more concerned with awards than anything else.
Just venting my frustrations, sorry. Again, congrats!

Thanks, but I'm still waiting to see how my interview went (crosses fingers). I'm supposed to get call sometime this week to see if they're going to hire me. That being said I don't know for sure that they're only hiring BSN graduates.