New gig starting March 11th

Hey all,

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help here on the forums. I have read a ton of stuff here, which has really helped me define where I want my career to go.

I have some awesome news too. I found out on Monday that as of March 11th I will be the sole Desktop Support Administrator on second shift for the largest hospital in the state of Alabama. This is a drastic change from the 4 short term contracts I have worked over the past 7 months, and I wouldn't have been as motivated to expand my horizons without reading some of the members stories on these forums.

Thanks again,
Gene

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coreyb80

Congrats on the gig!

Akaricloud

Awesome! Healthcare IT isn't a bad industry to break into by any means.

Is this an increase in pay for you or just an increase in benefits?

biggene

Akaricloud wrote: »

Awesome! Healthcare IT isn't a bad industry to break into by any means.

Is this an increase in pay for you or just an increase in benefits?

Almost a $4.00 per hour increase and I had no benefits on this contract gig at all. I was dumbfounded when I received the benefits book in the mail, it is 38 pages.

Excellent!

Congratulations!

Congrats!

congrats man

Congrats Gene! One of my goals is to also work in Healthcare IT, preferably for a recognized hospital.

If you don't mind shedding some light, do you have any IT experience in a medical setting? Also, how did you hear about the job and were you referred by anyone? Thanks.

biggene

MAPL wrote: »

Congrats Gene! One of my goals is to also work in Healthcare IT, preferably for a recognized hospital.

If you don't mind shedding some light, do you have any IT experience in a medical setting? Also, how did you hear about the job and were you referred by anyone? Thanks.

I have a bit of experience in Healthcare IT. I worked for a contracted help desk to HCR Manorcare nursing homes around 2005-2007 time frame. I remember having to take a HIPA and a Sarbanes-Oxley training class while there, but nothing since.

I was referred for the position by a staffing firm out of Atlanta, GA., named Matrix Resources. The do a lot of the staffing for hospitals here in Birmingham, and I am pretty sure they could set you up with an office close to you if you want to contact them. My recruiters name was Robert Bouchard, feel free to drop my name if you call him.
I also had an advantage over others as one of the SQL admins for the hospital is a friend from church and gave me a good recommendation. I'm looking forward to learning more about HealthCare IT, and may even change my future education plans to reflect this. For now, I just plan on busting my hump and hopefully transferring to one of the server admin teams by the end of the year.

Gene

ptilsen

Congrats and good luck.

cgrimaldo

Congrats!

Master Of Puppets

Great, congrats!

galed

Congrats! I work in a hospital in Maryland and it is not bad at all really. I do desktop support as well.