As most of you know, I lost my job as an Accountant last November. I spent a month of long, hard days and nights looking for a new job and was offered a position with Cox Health. It wasn't the ideal position, not even one I really wanted, but I had to work and needed the Health Insurance so I took it. I started the first of January working overnights in the Radiology Department out of ER. It's a 9:30p.m.-6:00a.m. job.
I am seven months in and still not adjusted to the nights but I love my co-workers (except for a few jerk doctors!).
I have gone on countless interviews and left feeling good about every single one of them to either never hear from them again or get that dreaded "sorry, we chose another candidate" call.
I was in a situation with the hospital since I missed an entire month after my heart attack, so they put me as inactive since I had been employed less than six months, which meant, that applying and transferring (if offered) to another job was delayed by one month. Not fun at all but I kept telling myself that something will come along and I just have to tough it out until it does.
I waited that extra month and then had the dreaded talk with my boss that I wanted to start applying for a different job at the hospital. She was understanding and knew from the beginning that I wasn't a "lifer" in this position.
So, I began my search and applied for several jobs, getting two interviews. The first interview was an accounting assistant position out of the Regional Services office and the second was a Supervisor position out of the Physician's Billing Office. I never heard a thing back from the first interview, but this past Thursday, I got a call and was offered the job at Physician's Billing. I accepted and met with HR on Friday to negotiate my salary. I received a call late Friday that while they didn't give me the entire amount I asked for, they did give me an increase from the base salary. I am stoked!
I am looking forward to this new opportunity. I am thankful for the management team that I will be joining in seeing my potential and giving me a chance. It's going to be a demanding position, but I'm confident I will succeed. I've been very lucky in my previous jobs to have great co-workers, awesome bosses, and have always left in good standing for bigger and better things(until this last job switch, ha!). So, I am going in with a positive and happy attitude that I will do well!
My last night in Radiology will be the 26th and I get a nice three day weekend before starting my new position on the 30th.
I will miss my gals (and guys) in Radiology. I have met some awesome, fun, caring, silly, crazy, sweet folks and hope to continue the friendships I made!
