I have arrived

The combination of being my mother's daughter and having worked as an Employment Counselor for people in financial crisis leads to a job search style of flexibility.  That means, I'll apply for anything in my field and would consider accepting anything in my field.  However, having been offered this job, it's as if I had been ENTIRELY picky in only applying for what I wanted and gotten the situation that would be absolutely best for me.

I started on Monday as a Medical Social Worker in South Davis Community Hospital's occupational rehabilitation center, Orchard Cove.

I help people cope with being sick.

I am the primary relationship manager between patients and the hospital.

It is my job to make sure that patient's care goes the way the patient wants it to as much as possible.

And it is an AWESOME job!  SDCH is an AMAZING employer.  The kind that you wish you had, but believe went out of existence in your grandfather's generation.  As a professional, my hours are largely up to me.  Most of what I do in those hours is up to me.  I am given a huge amount of flexibility to be creative in how I organize my responsibilities and how I can help our treatment community.  My partner colleague is GREAT and I really am excited to develop our friendship and professional partnership.  Bountiful has a small town feel that fosters a friendly and supportive community atmosphere.

And the best part is that I really care about the community of people who I get to serve.  People who come in for orthopedic treatment are getting better, and have accepted a new type of learning experience where they need to be more vulnerable and patient than they have yet been in their adult lives.  Many of them are from the Great Generation, and it is so fun to learn from their kind, genuine, and classy demeanors.  It's fun to be the one who gets to sit and get to know each resident, the one whose job it is to be patient and kind, and express caring from a staff who really is trying to help them. 

Hurrah for my awesome co-workers!
Hurrah for a great management team!
Hurrah for me who gets to be there too!