Was this my sign?

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Hello again, all. Hope your holidays were happy and Santa was good to everyone!

I have a question, and want some opinions, please. Y'all may remember that, back in October, I was laid off from an office job where I worked for my (former) primary care doc. I left a very good job that I loved to go and work for a man I trusted, only to be let go after 3 months because "he could not afford me".

In the meantime, the practice I had left went in with another hospital, and my position was dissolved. And there in lies the rub. However, there was no job posted when I went to work there originally (got placed via a headhunter), so the incurable optimist that is me isn't giving up hope. I start a new job next Tuesday, hopefully temporarily, until I can make a move back to where I want to be.

Now, to explain the title...the practice has said that they would have me back in a heartbeat, but the hospital has no position posted. I do know that their locums doc (he wasn't a favorite of mine, you may remember) is leaving as of the end of this year, so they will be working short. I paid a visit to the practice last week, with my usual baked goods (head doc is an A-1 chocoholic), hoping to be able to speak to the head doc, but he was not in the office. His partner was surprised to see me, nearly bowled me over, asked where I was working , had I lost more weight (yay!) and the like. I told him what happened, in short, and he seemed interested. 10 minutes later, he finds me again and gives me a Christmas card from he and the head doc with money inside. I was stunned.

So, here I have been, praying for a sign that I was meant to go back, and I'm thinking that this was it. Any thoughts? Or is it just that I want this so bad, I'm reading into it? Thanks, and Happy New Year!

[Christen, ANP]

LOL - heck yeah, I'd take a sign that you are loved and missed at your former "home!" However, that won't pay your billz. Maybe one day the stars will alighn formally and give you your job back, but until then...well, maybe you can just enjoy the new job and the money that comes along with it! LOL

[hcmanp, NP]

work up a business plan of how many patients you can see/hr, what you can do for this practice, and send in your proposal. I am starting a job that wanted to dissolve the NP position, yet they discovered that we bring in revenue and don't cost as much as a physician. Sell yourself to both your doc and to the practice manager. They see money. The doc sees relief. You see a paycheck. Everybody wins! Good luck.