Central Valley, Coalinga State Hospital

• Would you take this job? - If you were me...
  • Prison Job - mighty
  • prison job - anon
    • Central Valley, Coalinga State Hospital - OP
  • No way would I work at a prison - notgointhere
    • Agreed! I couldn't stand to make my living (sm) - Been There
      • There is virtually NO adequate healthcare for prisoners. - Know firsthand. They don't care.
  • Please read this.... - JulieP
  • Thank you all so very much for your valuable insight - OP
  • If security is what you want, - anon
  • Can you really pay your bills with only 29K though??? - that seems low
    • Benefits can add up to $10,000 though. (nt) - Worth thinking about.
      • That's still not enough where I live - Maybe do-able in an area with a lower cost of livi
  • it sounds like security - sm
  • I would not relocate for a $29K job. That's nothing. Secretaries make more money. - with your exp. you can do a lot better than that.
  • To take the job or not - DK
    • This is a fantastic idea actually (renting hotel room) - Thank you
      • More Than Welcome - DK
  • I saw this job also and was - Just me
    • See inside - OP
      • Oh my gosh - I live in Exeter - Just me
        • Coool. I'll do some research on this! ~Thank you~ - OP (nm)
  • think I would do it... - mtgal
  • job - Barb

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This was way back in 1980-81 (age 19) in a pretty small town.  Our local hospital in cooperation with state funding had 3 different programs:  Medical Secretary (note--not transcriptionist) which was an 8-month program, as well as Respiratory Therapist and LPN, which were both 2 years if I recall correctly. 

The cost was about $300 (my parents paid) and included ALL materials (books, paper and pencils) for classes 8 hours per day, M-F, from Sept thru May.  The classes consisted of anatomy/physiology, medical terminology, typing and transcribing, English, accounting, and general office practices, all, in 1 room with about 10-12 students in the entire program. 

The last month was spent doing 1 week of practicum for 4 weeks.  We could pick just about any situation we wanted and as long as there was approval by those "offices," it was all right.  I did 1 week in that hospital's pathology dept (transcribing, charting, answering phones--almost got to see an autopsy but was a burn victim, so couldn't); 1 week in another town's hospital MR dept (spending a day or so in each subsection--MT, coding, filing, etc); 1 week our local area's cancer treatment center (again, in each MR subsection), and the final week at our area's tumor registry.  I felt sorry for the 2 girls in the latter; they had ARTs (don't even know if that still exists as a 2-year associate's degree for "accredited records technician"), and all they did was file cards all day long. 

After that, we graduated with a "Certified Medical Secretary" certificate and pin.  I've been an MT ever since, working inhouse (both hospitals and service office for 10 years) and now at home for the past 17 years. 

Also, is it a large teaching hospital? If so you have to consider there will be A LOT of different residents dictating, usually a lot of ESLs at teaching hospitals, and the residents rotate out and new ones rotate in every summer. So you can't expect to get the same dictators and build up your macros because the dictators change all the time.

I would say 9 cpl would be a pretty good offer for a small to medium community hospital where you will be doing the same dictators on a daily basis.  But for bigger, urban or teaching hospitals I would want at least 12 to 15 cpl. 

Tell what the first letter of the company is and every company with that initial will be suspect.  I would imagine that everyone who works for that company has received an inquiry from department of labor, so they would all be aware of it. 

Why do we persist in setting up companies to be torn down when there is no reason for it.  If a company is suspect, then give the name of the company, don't give big hints that cover at least 5 companies, 4 of which may be the best companies to work for, but fall into the category of an alphabetical letter, etc. 

Can't find anything in archives.  You have to reveal so much with these companies so would like to know about your experiences with them.

Thanks.

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