Over the Moon and Grasping for stars!!!!

So when I woke up for the day and checked my e-mail among all of the notifications from this wonderful forum and the reply from the SPCA. I also had an email for a job opportunity. I haven't held a job in a little over a year as it's really hard to find one 'round here these days.

I uploaded my resume onto a home healthcare agencies website on Friday and today I had the Email asking me to come in and go over job openings etc. I filled out their forms and waivers for Background checks and an motor vehicle report, the lady said that if those two things come back clear then I should know sometime tomorrow when I go in to be finger printed and notified of orientation. I'm extremely stoked, as she told me it wont be a problem to have the two weeks my Husband and I are planning for vacation this summer off. Yeah.. So just thought that I'd share with everyone my extremely happy news.

As life goes, you take the good with the bad, and usually it's only bad if you're looking for it to be.

That's really great news!

What does the job entail?

by the way. My records are squeeky clean. I go to great lengths to make sure they stay that way. So I think I pretty much got this one in the bag!

I am a certified Nursing assistant. So doing home healthcare for me is going to homes of disabled people, some of which are completely immobile and some of which just need help with meal prep, bathing, getting dressed. You know the basic Daily living necessities. If they're capable when I'm done cooking, cleaning doing laundry, changing the bed, giving their bath etc I can also play games with them to keep them company and so on. Every clients needs are different so it'll just depend I suppose.

I like your way of thinking

Nice to read a really positive personal post, wishing you all the best from over the seas, and lots of positive thoughts coming your way Xx

my shifts could be anywhere from one hour in length to a full 8 hours in length, it just will depend on the day I suppose. I will get compensated from driving between client A and B. That kind of thing I'm very much hoping that I will not ever have to transport a client as I do not feel comfortable with that. So, I will however more than likely have to also run errands for them.

Thank you Janey. This couldn't have came at a better time. Life is grand.

congratulations!!!!!!!! ><

keep us updated

Sounds a really interesting job! Fingers, toes & paws all crossed for you! ><

Fryfogle29 wrote:I am a certified Nursing assistant. So doing home healthcare for me is going to homes of disabled people, some of which are completely immobile and some of which just need help with meal prep, bathing, getting dressed. You know the basic Daily living necessities. If they're capable when I'm done cooking, cleaning doing laundry, changing the bed, giving their bath etc I can also play games with them to keep them company and so on. Every clients needs are different so it'll just depend I suppose.

My auntie does something similar to this, I think it's really great and glad to hear you have some good news

It's a lot of hard work. I'm a very compassionate person, I do not know how to do anything without pouring my entire heart into it. You're Auntie is probably a wonderful person. It takes very strong compassionate people to do jobs like these. My best friends are 78 and 92 years old, they're my grandparents, so I LOVE old people

There should be more nursing assistants like you around! ><

Good for you hope all goes well

Any news yet? Fingers and paws all crossed for you

So very pleased to read of your good news, I think nursing is such an under valued career here in the UK. Our nursing staff are not paid anything like the amounts they should be I really do admire any one wanting to do it.

I dont think nursing assistance are paid for their traveling expenses here either or for traveling between clients, but I could be wrong.

Hope it all goes well for you, well done.

Sounds great , thrilled for you xx

Thanks for all the well wishes. Yes I got the job!!! Have to go in at 10:00 AM to get fingerprinted, hoping no mugshots though! ha ha. From what The manager said, I could start as early as Sunday morning with a 9a-2p shift, very first day and shift has to be a bed-bath for whatever reason I'm unsure of. ...

Hubby may well murderize me though as I just looked at my online shopping cart total and it is at $230.00 muahahahaha. BUT I'll make that back in a week! need a new summer wardrobe for our 2 vacations

Kathy wrote:I dont think nursing assistance are paid for their traveling expenses here either or for traveling between clients, but I could be wrong.

There are very few agencies here in the states that compensate for Drive time and mileage between clients as well. I suppose I just got uber lucky. I found out that They're trying to get me a full 40 a week straight off the bat, that would be fantabulous! ha ha. I will also get .46 cents per mile traveled if any of my clients send me out to run errands. That's all on top of the 40 hour pay. Pretty interesting, can't wait to get to it.

I have spent my whole day getting my Scrub Uniforms out of the storage containers I had them in. Finally finished washing all of my work stuff about an hour ago, I have quite a lot. Does that surprise you? I am a woman after all! LOL! I have a Scrub top for every occasion, had to find my St. Patty's day one as that's coming up soon. Sorry for the rambling but it sure feels good to get out there and be a contributing member of society again!

Great news Glad things are looking up for you ><

>< Actually, I just checked my e-mail apparently she wrote me at 2:00 PM when I was far too busy to bother with the laptop and email. Fingerprinting tomorrow morning, Orientation Friday Morning, First "Bed-bath" Saturday morning followed by a 9-2pm shift and then a 3-5pm shift on Sunday! Perfect as I absolutely hate waiting for anything lol

Fantastic news

Fryfogle29 wrote: It's a lot of hard work. I'm a very compassionate person, I do not know how to do anything without pouring my entire heart into it. You're Auntie is probably a wonderful person. It takes very strong compassionate people to do jobs like these. My best friends are 78 and 92 years old, they're my grandparents, so I LOVE old people

I agree totally I love old people too as a mobile hairdresser I go to a lot of oldies and usually end up doing other things for them apart from their hair. They have so many interesting tales totell and so much wisdom. It is satisfying to brighten up their day just for a while. Well done you and so admire the job you do!

Thank you inez. Yes, they definitely have fascinating tales to tell and they are quite funny. I guess when you get to be a certain age you no longer care about being offensive or what others think. Then again, for some that are as old as 90, I suppose they've lived long enough to earn the right not to care.

I am huge into History, we can't have that without the oldies of the world so I embrace them

And I was all ready for my fingers to get all dirtied up with ink today, but when I got there for the fingerprints they just scanned the 4 fingers on my right hand, then the 4 on my left lastly the 2 thumbs together. I thought, why how cool is that!? no messy Ink! I like that very much

Thought I had escaped mugshots, sadly no. That part is tomorrow during Orientation. Just found out today I get paid $12 an hour for holidays !!! awesome.

fabs news let us know how you first day goes!!!