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Thank you so much. I finally was hired for a new job in a concierge medical clinic ?? I applied may 17th and hired June 24th after going through a few interviews.

Thank you so much. I finally was hired for a new job in a concierge medical clinic ?? I applied may 17th and hired June 24th after going through a few interviews.

Thank you so much for your response. I ended up not pursuing wound care. Your input definitely helped.

I have been called back for a second interview. It will be with the 6 doctors within a concierge care clinic. It is a primary care clinic and a new doctor is joining- I will be working under her. I do not believe she will be present during the interview. I have 7 years experience with inpatient hospital care nursing. No clinic experience. Do you have any input or suggestions about interviewing with 6 doctors over zoom? Will they ask me the same kind of interview questions that are typically asked? Is there anything I should focus on specifically since this will be a primary care clinic setting not an inpatient hospital setting? For example, with an inpatient interview I would share that patient safety is a high priority. What kind of topics should I mention in this clinic interview. This position will involve customer service and communication skills so I will touch on that. Any suggestions, experiences and opinions are welcomed about this concierge medical care clinic.

Is it worth changing from inpatient nursing to become a wound care nurse [inpatient or clinic setting]? My main goal is to find a job that has weekends and holidays off. [I have some experience with wound care but have no idea if I would actually like doing wound care every day at work] I am applying to a WOCN program that is 1 year long. It will be fully paid by the hospital I work for. I will need to pay for books and once I finish the program and get the certification- I can then apply for a wound care nurse position at my hospital. However, that is "if" there is an opening at that time and if there is, I would be considered first to fill that position. I have some experience with wound care and the times I have performed wound care or a dressing change it doesn't bother me. I haven't personally thought of becoming a wound care nurse until I found out about this opportunity to enroll into a fully paid for online wound care program. I do well when I am involved with online learning. If I was forced to study for a certification on my own it would be extremely hard for me to have the self control to sit down and study every week. So this program would give me a chance to actually have a certification. I have researched about wound care nurse jobs and what it is like and it sounds very interesting to me and like something I could really enjoy. Once I finish the program I would be required to work at the hospital for at least 2 more years no matter what area I was working in. My goal is to get out of inpatient nursing and into a clinic or outpatient setting. I figured having a certification would help me get into the wound clinic. I am assuming I would have weekends and holidays off and that is very important to me. The past year I have been applying to many different clinic/outpatient jobs but to no avail. I am also on the Pressure injury prevention team on my inpatient unit. So I am the go to person for wound and skin care. I have only been doing that for a few months now and it is interesting. Is it worth apply for the wound care program? [I may not even get chosen because they will only choose a certain amount of nurses] Could I make myself love wound care? I'm totally fine with it but wouldn't say I love it, do I need to love it to do it? How challenging is it to be a wound care nurse vs. An inpatient nurse? Any tips or suggestions on any of this information feel free to give. Thank you in advance ☺

[I have some experience with wound care but have no idea if I would actually like doing wound care every day at work] I am applying to a WOCN program that is 1 year long. It will be fully paid by the hospital I work for. I will need to pay for books and once I finish the program and get the certification- I can then apply for a wound care nurse position at my hospital. However, that is "if" there is an opening at that time and if there is I would be considered first to fill that position. I have some experience with wound care and the times I have performed wound care or a dressing change it doesn't bother me. I haven't personally thought of becoming a wound care nurse until I found out about this opportunity to enroll into a fully paid for online wound care program. I do well when I am involved with online learning. If I was forced to study for a certification on my own it would be extremely hard for me to have the self control to sit down and study every week. So this program would give me a chance to actually have a certification. I have researched about wound care nurse jobs and what it is like and it sounds very interesting to me and like something I could really enjoy. Once I finish the program I would be required to work at the hospital for at least 2 more years no matter what area I was working in. My goal is to get out of inpatient nursing and into a clinic or outpatient setting. I figured having a certification would help me get into the wound clinic. I am assuming I would have weekends and holidays off and that I very important to me as well. The past year I have been applying to many different clinic/outpatient jobs but to no avail. I am also on the Pressure injury prevention team on my inpatient unit. So I am the go to person for wound and skin care. I have only been doing that for a few months now and it is interesting. Is it worth apply for the wound care program? [I may not even get chosen because they will only choose a certain amount of nurses] Could I make myself love wound care? I'm totally fine with it but wouldn't say I love it, do I need to love it to do it? How hard is it to be a wound care nurse vs. An inpatient nurse?

Thank you everyone for your input. I did send the hiring manager my info and professionally through email introduced myself. She responded saying she was looking over applicants but would look at my resume. I sent a follow up email a week later and unfortunately she has not responded yet-2 weeks later

Hello, I am curious to know if it is appropriate to email the manager of the department I applied to. I work within the same hospital that I applied. I work inpatient but the job I applied to is an outpatient clinic. I have never spoken to nor met the clinic manager. However, I have heard or inpatient nurses emailing other inpatient managers to introduce themselves and share they are interested in working that particular other floor.  Thanks for your input in advance.

Hello, I am curious to know if it is appropriate to email the manager of the department I applied to. I work within the same hospital that I applied. I work inpatient but the job I applied to is an outpatient clinic. I have never spoken to nor met the clinic manager. However, I have heard or inpatient nurses emailing other inpatient managers to introduce themselves and share they are interested in working that particular other floor. Thanks for your input in advance.

I have applied for a total of 8 different clinic positions [about 2 weeks ago and have heard nothing from HR] at the hospital I am currently employed for working inpatient but clearly wanting to work outpatient. My manager is aware of this as well. Should I keep applying to the clinic job postings even though they are each in a different clinic department. Does this look bad to HR? I really want to work a job that is 4 ten hour shifts and so I have applied to those such as the pain clinic and GI lab. I would love to work in the pain clinic and my mother in law was recently hired to the pain rehab there. I thought potentially she may be able to put in a good word for me but who knows when a pain clinic post will show up.  So my goal is to work in a clinic setting preferably 4 ten hour shifts but Monday through Friday 8 to 530 is okay too.  Should I wait for what I really want? Even though I'm so burnt out on my inpatient floor? Or should I keep applying and see what doors open the soonest for me?

I have done inpatient for 7 years now and I am ready for a change to work outpatient or clinic setting. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to work in a hospital but I know it can make a nurse more "marketable." Long term nursing career wise when u have got the inpatient experience even if it'd just a couple years it's great to have on the resume. However, even though I have inpatient experience the outpatient jobs I keep applying for haven't called for an interview yet ?

I have applied for a total of 8 different clinic positions [about 2 weeks ago and have heard nothing from HR] at the hospital I am currently employed for working inpatient but clearly wanting to work outpatient. My manager is aware of this as well. Should I keep applying to the clinic job postings even though they are each in a different clinic department. Does this look bad to HR? I really want to work a job that is 4 ten hour shifts and so I have applied to those such as the pain clinic and GI lab. I would love to work in the pain clinic and my mother in law was recently hired to the pain rehab there. I thought potentially she may be able to put in a good word for me but who knows when a pain clinic post will show up. So my goal is to work in a clinic setting preferably 4 ten hour shifts but Monday through Friday 8 to 530 is okay too. Should I wait for what I really want? Even though I'm so burnt out on my inpatient floor? Or should I keep applying and see what doors open the soonest for me?

Yea I'm thinking that it should have been listed but it says must have BLS and something like "may need other certifications required of the department." It says that on every job posting basically. So it very well could have required ACLS. The posting was filled so I'm not sure I will ever know exactly what is involved. Everyone who posted articles and descriptions were helpful though to my understanding.

I am going to apply for a "regional anesthesia (staff) nurse position. What interests me about it is the schedule is 6am to 230pm m to Friday and every 8th weekend, and one major holiday requirement. It says only a BLS is required not ACLS. So im unsure if this would be even in the OR. I imagine it may be a nurse that works under the pain management service that goes on the inpatient floors to check on epidurals and what not. (I have heard of such nurse that does this) but unsure really what would be involved in a position like this. I have inpatient hemonc and pcu experience. I have worked with epidurals but very few times over the past 7 yrs. I have great assessment and critical thinking skills. I did have my ACLS but it expired last year and is not required on the med surg hemonc floor. Any advice and information would help

I am going to apply for a "regional anesthesia (staff) nurse position. What interests me about it is the schedule is 6am to 230pm m to Friday and every 8th weekend, and one major holiday requirement. It says only a BLS is required not ACLS. So im unsure if this would be even in the OR. I imagine it may be a nurse that works under the pain management service that goes on the inpatient floors to check on epidurals and what not. (I have heard of such nurse that does this) but unsure really what would be involved in a position like this. I have inpatient hemonc and pcu experience. I have worked with epidurals but very few times over the past 7 yrs. I have great assessment and critical thinking skills. I did have my ACLS but it expired last year and is not required on the med surg hemonc floor. Any advice and information would help!