I went and had my physical done, so one more thing completed for Cross Country, but then I went to the police station to be fingerprinted and was once again roadblocked. Apparently they only do it every other Wednesday, and the next time isn't until the 25th!! She said the City does it (I think that's what she said), but they only do it on Thursday from 11-1 or somthing like that. I literally cried in the car on the way home.
Am I not supposed to travel nurse?!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
slow process
The application for IL is daunting and I've started and stopped on it a few times. I have to verify employment/experience with my current job, verify education with my nursing college, verify my Texas and MI licenses, be fingerprinted... and I'm probably forgetting what else. You'd think that my having a MI and TX license would be enough to give me one in Illinois, but apparently not.
Tomorrow I will go get my titres checked and my OK to physically and mentally work as well as stop by the police station to be fingerprinted. Once that is done, I can mail the prints to a company in Chicago and they'll process them. I am hoping by Tuesday of next week they will have received and processed them, and emailed me the receipt so I can submit at least the portion of my application that will allow me a temporary license.
I am still trying to get ahold of San Jac to determine exactly how I need to mail my education verification form.
Meanwhile, there is a night shift posting still for Chicago, but there could still be changes between now and September. Shelby is working to try to get me in on a dayshift, or rotating schedule, in September. I looked on their site tonight and saw a posting for Ann Arbor. It's night shift, but it'd be so much closer and I could skip the housing and take the money as the drive wouldn't be too bad. If I worked my nights in a row, I could get a hotel to sleep in during the day and maybe pocket some of the housing subsidy...
Tomorrow I will go get my titres checked and my OK to physically and mentally work as well as stop by the police station to be fingerprinted. Once that is done, I can mail the prints to a company in Chicago and they'll process them. I am hoping by Tuesday of next week they will have received and processed them, and emailed me the receipt so I can submit at least the portion of my application that will allow me a temporary license.
I am still trying to get ahold of San Jac to determine exactly how I need to mail my education verification form.
Meanwhile, there is a night shift posting still for Chicago, but there could still be changes between now and September. Shelby is working to try to get me in on a dayshift, or rotating schedule, in September. I looked on their site tonight and saw a posting for Ann Arbor. It's night shift, but it'd be so much closer and I could skip the housing and take the money as the drive wouldn't be too bad. If I worked my nights in a row, I could get a hotel to sleep in during the day and maybe pocket some of the housing subsidy...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
didn't wait long...
Actually, my PC called yesterday afternoon. Her name is Shelby and although sometimes it is hard to keep up with how fast she talks, I can already see that I'll like her better than Andrea.
Shelby has worked for the company 12 years and I am thrilled to have someone experienced, since I am a first time traveller. She emailed me a list of documentation I need to gather around for her and helped me navigate Illinois' website so I can start my application for a license. She is going to keep a look out for jobs in Texas, Michigan and Chicago for me and hopefully all will work out come September.
When I go back to work tomorrow, I need to talk to my Manager and a Charge Nurse to get the OK to be references, as well as talk to the educator who makes the schedule as the one that is for September- when I'll hopefully be traveling- is due August 2nd.
Shelby has worked for the company 12 years and I am thrilled to have someone experienced, since I am a first time traveller. She emailed me a list of documentation I need to gather around for her and helped me navigate Illinois' website so I can start my application for a license. She is going to keep a look out for jobs in Texas, Michigan and Chicago for me and hopefully all will work out come September.
When I go back to work tomorrow, I need to talk to my Manager and a Charge Nurse to get the OK to be references, as well as talk to the educator who makes the schedule as the one that is for September- when I'll hopefully be traveling- is due August 2nd.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
waiting
So, after getting somewhat excited yesterday with my Chicago job find... I have to patiently wait for my Placement Consultant to contact me for the next step. I am off from work today and Wednesday, so, I'm guessing the PC will call me Thursday or Friday while I'm at work. :(
Monday, July 26, 2010
update
Last week, while at work, my Cross Country recruiter called and left a message on my phone. I finally called her back today and we went over a few more details for my upcoming travel job. I need to get a nurse manager reference and a charge nurse reference. Thankfully, I think I do have both at my current job that will work just fine.
Currently there are 20 positions listed on their website and the one I am most hopeful will still be around in September is a 12hr dayshift position in Chicago for 12 weeks. Of course, I would love to find a position that didn't last 12 weeks, but Chicago is only 5 hours a way and would be perfect for my first assignment. The current listing is for dayshift, which is ideal, and 12 hr shifts, which would give me 4 days a week to explore the city.
I think Chicago would be perfect, and I am excited at the possibility of it being my first assignment. My current recruiter (I will have a new one for the remainder of my employ with them) said that those listings are for now, and so we'll see what will be available in September closer to the end of August, beginning of September. That makes me extremely nervous- to change my status at Covenant to occasional without an official signed assignment is unsettling. But, even if I don't get to go to Chicago, there will be an assigment somewhere.
Anyway, Chicago would be ideal: 5 hr drive, dayshift, and even though it'd be for 12 weeks, it is within driving distance for family and friends to visit. In those 12 weeks, I am certain I would have visitors at least every 2 weeks. And I could come home as well.
Tomorrow I will apply for an Illinois license and then wait for my new Placement Consultant to contact me. In the meantime, I need to take advantage of my dental and vision insurance that I am paying for. My eyes are due for new glasses, probably, as I've had these for 2 years, and I'll need to go in for a dental check up before I lose the insurance.
Currently there are 20 positions listed on their website and the one I am most hopeful will still be around in September is a 12hr dayshift position in Chicago for 12 weeks. Of course, I would love to find a position that didn't last 12 weeks, but Chicago is only 5 hours a way and would be perfect for my first assignment. The current listing is for dayshift, which is ideal, and 12 hr shifts, which would give me 4 days a week to explore the city.
I think Chicago would be perfect, and I am excited at the possibility of it being my first assignment. My current recruiter (I will have a new one for the remainder of my employ with them) said that those listings are for now, and so we'll see what will be available in September closer to the end of August, beginning of September. That makes me extremely nervous- to change my status at Covenant to occasional without an official signed assignment is unsettling. But, even if I don't get to go to Chicago, there will be an assigment somewhere.
Anyway, Chicago would be ideal: 5 hr drive, dayshift, and even though it'd be for 12 weeks, it is within driving distance for family and friends to visit. In those 12 weeks, I am certain I would have visitors at least every 2 weeks. And I could come home as well.
Tomorrow I will apply for an Illinois license and then wait for my new Placement Consultant to contact me. In the meantime, I need to take advantage of my dental and vision insurance that I am paying for. My eyes are due for new glasses, probably, as I've had these for 2 years, and I'll need to go in for a dental check up before I lose the insurance.
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