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We made it to Friday!
I spent yesterday alternately busting my ass and loafing. I did a lot of calls, but there were also breaks in the middle where I poked the schedule to see if I could do anything with it, (spoiler, I couldn't) and filled in a few more cardiac slots (MRI and CT both). By 2pm, I had filled all the cardiac MRIs for Columbia. It was about 16 slots total, with a limited diagnosis pool that they'd do. It involved a lot of digging. Check the patient to see where they were geographically. Check the diagnosis. Check the answers to the questions. Call pt. Hope you get a person. Present it like you are an angel from heaven, doing them a personal favor.
The nice thing is that it generally made people very happy. Obviously, their doctor wants a Cardiac Scan, and that can be scary. The shorter amount of time you need to think about it, the better. I feel good about doing it, but it was a lot of work. And joy, that was only filling February's slots. March is still to come.
Once we get past March, they'll get scheduled normally by the call center, but while they're learning, they want to have bespoke scheduling.
I'm in that weird hinterland of radiology. I know enough about medicine to know what each study entails, and I can convey that to the patient to relax them. But I can't answer medical questions even when I know the answer. Instead, I'll talk about the Nothing But Bundt Cakes near the one office, or the Chinese restaurant near the other. I have a good prattle, is what I'm saying.
I don't know exactly what the new job will be, honestly. I'm excited to find out. I think it'll probably put me officially in charge of the Cardiac slots instead of me just doing them. There may be some schedule Jenga? I really don't have a clue.
Today, I go for my interview. I've got my clothes ready. I decided to go simple. Nice dark heather gray pants, vivid green shirt, black shoes. Nothing flashy. I may or may not put on makeup. Maybe a little concealer? I'll see how I feel when it comes time.
I hope I get it, because then I have some leverage in salary negotiation with Radiology. Not that I think Radiology will try to stiff me. They created a job specifically to retain me, I don't think they're going to cheap out about it.
I'm hoping said job gets posted today so that I can apply. I want that in play before I get an answer on the other job.
Not gonna lie, I'm still agog at all of this. I spent 7 years with IKEA being passed over for every supervisory position. I made it to Specialist, and then stalled out. And then the shitshow that was 911, where the daily refrain was "You're not good enough." I stumbled into this job at an all time low. And they've helped to repair my ego and made me feel like I could do things well. But those old thoughts linger. And now they're going to make me a lead specialist. I probably won't be supervising anyone, but I will be in a position of semi-authority. And I will be getting that pay bump, which will be lovely.
With Alaska and other adventures still to come, the extra money will be useful. Plus, I was recently reminded how much I like getting meat from local butchers and how much better the meat is, so I'd like to continue that.
My seafood box came yesterday. It's a whole lot of cod and shrimp this month. I'm going to steam me some shrimp today for lunch, definitely. It's an 8 oz bag, which will be perfect to have with crackers as a shrimp salad. Plenty of old bay, a little mustard. I don't think I have celery, so we'll have to do without that.
I don't know what we'll be doing for dinner tonight. I've got my interview at 4, so by the time I get home, it'll probably be 5-5:30, and we eat at 6 when my sister gets home. I might be ordering something.
Last night, we had steak and gorgonzola pasta. I liked everything, but next time, I will add a little more pepper, and maybe more onions and garlic and make more sauce. Maybe also some bacon. That could be tasty as well. It turned out very well, so I was happy, even as I scrutinized ways to make it better.
Game was fun. The players got to unravel a mystery, and burn the Gävlebocken in the name of preventing the old gods and monsters from returning. Tonight shall be the first of my disaster babies for the weekend, my former Strahd, now Vecna group, which are alway
I spent yesterday alternately busting my ass and loafing. I did a lot of calls, but there were also breaks in the middle where I poked the schedule to see if I could do anything with it, (spoiler, I couldn't) and filled in a few more cardiac slots (MRI and CT both). By 2pm, I had filled all the cardiac MRIs for Columbia. It was about 16 slots total, with a limited diagnosis pool that they'd do. It involved a lot of digging. Check the patient to see where they were geographically. Check the diagnosis. Check the answers to the questions. Call pt. Hope you get a person. Present it like you are an angel from heaven, doing them a personal favor.
The nice thing is that it generally made people very happy. Obviously, their doctor wants a Cardiac Scan, and that can be scary. The shorter amount of time you need to think about it, the better. I feel good about doing it, but it was a lot of work. And joy, that was only filling February's slots. March is still to come.
Once we get past March, they'll get scheduled normally by the call center, but while they're learning, they want to have bespoke scheduling.
I'm in that weird hinterland of radiology. I know enough about medicine to know what each study entails, and I can convey that to the patient to relax them. But I can't answer medical questions even when I know the answer. Instead, I'll talk about the Nothing But Bundt Cakes near the one office, or the Chinese restaurant near the other. I have a good prattle, is what I'm saying.
I don't know exactly what the new job will be, honestly. I'm excited to find out. I think it'll probably put me officially in charge of the Cardiac slots instead of me just doing them. There may be some schedule Jenga? I really don't have a clue.
Today, I go for my interview. I've got my clothes ready. I decided to go simple. Nice dark heather gray pants, vivid green shirt, black shoes. Nothing flashy. I may or may not put on makeup. Maybe a little concealer? I'll see how I feel when it comes time.
I hope I get it, because then I have some leverage in salary negotiation with Radiology. Not that I think Radiology will try to stiff me. They created a job specifically to retain me, I don't think they're going to cheap out about it.
I'm hoping said job gets posted today so that I can apply. I want that in play before I get an answer on the other job.
Not gonna lie, I'm still agog at all of this. I spent 7 years with IKEA being passed over for every supervisory position. I made it to Specialist, and then stalled out. And then the shitshow that was 911, where the daily refrain was "You're not good enough." I stumbled into this job at an all time low. And they've helped to repair my ego and made me feel like I could do things well. But those old thoughts linger. And now they're going to make me a lead specialist. I probably won't be supervising anyone, but I will be in a position of semi-authority. And I will be getting that pay bump, which will be lovely.
With Alaska and other adventures still to come, the extra money will be useful. Plus, I was recently reminded how much I like getting meat from local butchers and how much better the meat is, so I'd like to continue that.
My seafood box came yesterday. It's a whole lot of cod and shrimp this month. I'm going to steam me some shrimp today for lunch, definitely. It's an 8 oz bag, which will be perfect to have with crackers as a shrimp salad. Plenty of old bay, a little mustard. I don't think I have celery, so we'll have to do without that.
I don't know what we'll be doing for dinner tonight. I've got my interview at 4, so by the time I get home, it'll probably be 5-5:30, and we eat at 6 when my sister gets home. I might be ordering something.
Last night, we had steak and gorgonzola pasta. I liked everything, but next time, I will add a little more pepper, and maybe more onions and garlic and make more sauce. Maybe also some bacon. That could be tasty as well. It turned out very well, so I was happy, even as I scrutinized ways to make it better.
Game was fun. The players got to unravel a mystery, and burn the Gävlebocken in the name of preventing the old gods and monsters from returning. Tonight shall be the first of my disaster babies for the weekend, my former Strahd, now Vecna group, which are alway
