I can have my cake and eat it too...if I could just find the time
Because of all the confusion surrounding this on-call thing with Grand River Hospital, and what looked like the early signs of a heart attack in my boss at ComCare when I told her I wouldn't be available every other weekend, I called Grand River to clear everything up.
As it turns out, I DO have to be available/on-call every other weekend, BUT I do not have to be available for both 12-hour shift blocks. i.e. I can be available Friday mornings, Saturday nights and either/both for Sunday... as long as I have some availability on all 3 "weekend" days I am ok. So that is good news because I can keep my 10-hour day shifts Saturday for ComCare and just be available for the night shift with the hospital. Mind you, that could mean I end up working 24hours straight, but that wouldn't be a first for me.
Now, to make matters more interesting, one of the coordinators resigned from ComCare this week as she got accepted to a Cardiology Tech program in Toronto. So a full time desk is open, and from what she told me, the nurses she deals with all want me to take it. I spoke to one nurse last night and she was pretty disappointed when I told her I wouldn't be applying for it because of this new thing with the hospital. That said, I know one other after hours person who is applying (she was in my program and graduated one mod ahead of me), and if she gets it (which I am sure she will) then I will be next in line for her shifts at the clinic (the place I get my 10-hour shifts on Saturday). So... if I can arrange to have both of her clinic shifts land on days I haven't promised to the hospital, I will be looking at 30+ hours with ComCare a week, plus whatever hours the hospital gives me...WHEEE!
Now... I just need to figure out when I'll have time to sleep.....
As it turns out, I DO have to be available/on-call every other weekend, BUT I do not have to be available for both 12-hour shift blocks. i.e. I can be available Friday mornings, Saturday nights and either/both for Sunday... as long as I have some availability on all 3 "weekend" days I am ok. So that is good news because I can keep my 10-hour day shifts Saturday for ComCare and just be available for the night shift with the hospital. Mind you, that could mean I end up working 24hours straight, but that wouldn't be a first for me.
Now, to make matters more interesting, one of the coordinators resigned from ComCare this week as she got accepted to a Cardiology Tech program in Toronto. So a full time desk is open, and from what she told me, the nurses she deals with all want me to take it. I spoke to one nurse last night and she was pretty disappointed when I told her I wouldn't be applying for it because of this new thing with the hospital. That said, I know one other after hours person who is applying (she was in my program and graduated one mod ahead of me), and if she gets it (which I am sure she will) then I will be next in line for her shifts at the clinic (the place I get my 10-hour shifts on Saturday). So... if I can arrange to have both of her clinic shifts land on days I haven't promised to the hospital, I will be looking at 30+ hours with ComCare a week, plus whatever hours the hospital gives me...WHEEE!
Now... I just need to figure out when I'll have time to sleep.....