angiern76

I wish! Unfortunately at Children's there is not a pay scale from clinic nurses (which I was not aware of when I gave them my minimum pay) so I am making the same pay I would make in SoCal (at least at Rady.) And I'm paying a lot more for my studio near Oakland then I would pay for a much bigger 1 bedroom down there. Ah well...I'll just keep applying so they know I want to go back south. :-) I'm also not interested in starting over on night shift jobs so I'm sort of limiting myself, but I'm 40 not 23 and I don't want to have to work nights again-I gained 100lbs last time. :-) Sorry for changing the subject on the thread!!

I have been a nurse for almost 13 years and work at Children's in Oakland. I work in a clinic and took the the job so that I could stop travel nursing. I have really great experience and people like me and I can't get a job. When I say people like me I mean: I always got extended and offered permanent jobs on travel assignments, my current job doesn't want me to leave and I am always told I'm at the "top of the list" for interviews. The problem out here (I'm from KS) is that all the hospitals are union and they have to hire from within first so if it comes down to you or a current staff member even if they are less qualified or likable they have to give it to them. Also, the more experience you have the more they have to pay so you are at a slight advantage to me. I'm also not seeing many jobs available. I noticed Rady in SD has NICU openings and when I emailed the nurse recruiter email listed on their page the actually wrote back which was great! If you can get a travel assignment at a hospital you want then that might be a way to get in. Plus NorCal and SoCal are very different and I keep getting asked why I want to move from NorCal so it seems they don't trust I will want to stay in SoCal. So keep all that in mind! :-)

Hi All- I tried to search, but it's hard to on this forum without going through a million pages. :-) I'm wondering if anyone has had a phone interview and then had to go to the location for an in person interview? It's about 500 miles away and while I'm able to go, I feel super guilty leaving my current position to go. But then that's a whole different issue. :-) Also, I'm wondering how long after? When I interviewed for my current job I was called within 2 days to get the offer. All the jobs I had before that were travel assignments other than my very first new grad job-and I already worked on that unit so I was really guaranteed the position. So in 13 years of turing this is only my 2nd time to have to really stress about an interview. :-) The other big issue I have is my current lease is not up until April 25 and while I could probably do a month or month and a half of rent in 2 places I can't do much more than that! Any thoughts on how long they will wait? I guess if they won't I just can't do it anyway. I'm used to HR taking forever so I thought I was safe applying now! Any insight about Rady Children's? I worked there as a traveler but want to go back to San Diego! I'm mostly curious at this point about what new employee orientation is all about there for ambulatory care positions. And curious about the dates if anyone has access to the calendar. :-)