Coordinator of Nursing Admissions
Okay, so a month or so ago the new interim associate dean announced that they were adding a new staff position where I work - the Coordinator of Nursing Admissions. Many of the responsibilities being assigned to it are responsibilities that were given to one of our other advisors as justification for hiring her into a higher level advisor position. To me, this is basically her job they are hiring someone else in to do. Odd, but oh well. I figured that she would naturally apply for the job - she's been doing a lot of it already, is actually an RN and she's got more than enough education and experience to perform very well in it. The position is full-time, and I'm part-time, so I wasn't willing to apply for it.
Turns out, she's not going to apply for it. She and our new boss don't get along very well due to some bad communication, misconceptions, and well, their personalities SO don't mesh. Neither is willing to play nice. Plus, it's also a lateral move in salary for her. So, my boss came and asked me to reconsider applying for it. I explained to her my reservations about not really being ready for full-time, not liking the idea of having to give presentations, and knowing so little about nursing. (I mostly advise freshmen and sophomores who are not yet admitted to the nursing program, and never really deal with much in the actual field of nursing.) She said that she might could be flexible on the hours, I could delegate the presentations to others if I didn't feel like doing them, and I could learn the nursing stuff. She thinks I'd be great. In fact, everyone I've spoken to thinks I'd be great at it, including my co-worker whose job it kind of already is, and at least half of the committee who is going to be conducting the interviews. We have a nursing admissions coordinator at the Dallas campus, already, and she just told me today that she'd be shocked and appalled if I didn't get the position. So, I did indeed apply for it. My coworkers probably would have kicked me if I didn't apply. It's earlier than I wanted to be going back to full-time, since Ansel's got another year before kindergarten, but it'd be over twice my current pay, and it'd include PAID benefits, rather than me having to pay for them myself.
I am the only internal candidate, and while I'm sure they'll get a ton of applications, I don't expect they'll find anyone comparable. If a bachelor's-prepared RN applied, I think they'd take that person seriously, but RN's willing to work at a university in a low-level staff position, making a lot less than they'd make at a hospital, are few and far between.
And now that I've applied, I'm anxious to get moving on things. I want them to do the interviews. I want them to give me confirmation. I want to move to a new office, get everything settled, start learning the new stuff. I'm really antsy. It'll be an adjustment going back to full-time, but I'm kind of excited. Squee!
Turns out, she's not going to apply for it. She and our new boss don't get along very well due to some bad communication, misconceptions, and well, their personalities SO don't mesh. Neither is willing to play nice. Plus, it's also a lateral move in salary for her. So, my boss came and asked me to reconsider applying for it. I explained to her my reservations about not really being ready for full-time, not liking the idea of having to give presentations, and knowing so little about nursing. (I mostly advise freshmen and sophomores who are not yet admitted to the nursing program, and never really deal with much in the actual field of nursing.) She said that she might could be flexible on the hours, I could delegate the presentations to others if I didn't feel like doing them, and I could learn the nursing stuff. She thinks I'd be great. In fact, everyone I've spoken to thinks I'd be great at it, including my co-worker whose job it kind of already is, and at least half of the committee who is going to be conducting the interviews. We have a nursing admissions coordinator at the Dallas campus, already, and she just told me today that she'd be shocked and appalled if I didn't get the position. So, I did indeed apply for it. My coworkers probably would have kicked me if I didn't apply. It's earlier than I wanted to be going back to full-time, since Ansel's got another year before kindergarten, but it'd be over twice my current pay, and it'd include PAID benefits, rather than me having to pay for them myself.
I am the only internal candidate, and while I'm sure they'll get a ton of applications, I don't expect they'll find anyone comparable. If a bachelor's-prepared RN applied, I think they'd take that person seriously, but RN's willing to work at a university in a low-level staff position, making a lot less than they'd make at a hospital, are few and far between.
And now that I've applied, I'm anxious to get moving on things. I want them to do the interviews. I want them to give me confirmation. I want to move to a new office, get everything settled, start learning the new stuff. I'm really antsy. It'll be an adjustment going back to full-time, but I'm kind of excited. Squee!