Interview with a rural hospital

[BeerMe]

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What do you guys think are good reasons to say to the question “why do you want to work/move here?” Because honestly, i dont wanna work there...it’s just that the market is forcing me to move to the middle of nowhere

The job is for a staff position. I dont have hospital experience besides my rotations from 5 years ago so I guess it would be good experience to gain. I was recently let go with only independent pharmacy experience. I’m very open to any opportunities that’s why I’m trying this hospital.

I would appreciate any tips especially from those who had to move to rural areas.

 

[Junfan50]

Depending on the location, I would say I want to be away from all the major traffic and close to hunting and fishing areas 🙂.

 

[TheBlaah]

Instead of focusing on the location, you may want to focus on the particular hospital instead. Look up when kind of services that the hospital provides and what patients they serve. Rural hospitals usually have a few number of pharmacists, so a staff pharmacist usually have to be able to function in a wide variety of roles (buyer, ER, OR, labor/delivery, ect). Maybe the work variety appeals to you.

 

[spacecowgirl]

Rural hospitals are the best. You'll learn so much; you'll be taking care of neonates to hospice and everything in between. You'll have a ton of opportunity and influence for process improvement. You'll be lucky to get the job. Living in a small town you also save a ton of money. I love small town life. Usually the hospital is a major employer in small towns so you'll get to meet and know lots of the town.

 

[PharmDBro2017]

You want an opportunity to learn and grow in a new role/setting

 

[alpha12]

You can tell them you just want peace and quiet.

 

[Dred Pirate]

I used to work in an uber small rural hospital - luckily it was more of them trying to sell me the place but I agree with the others. Basically tell them you want to enjoy an institution that feels like family, where you can see a wide variety of patients, and make us some BS about wanting to enjoy the small town life. You need to make it appear that you want to stay their long term. If you say "I want to get experience" that is code for "I am only gonna stick around here for a year or two"

 

[APN-59 rph]

Stop in at some of the local pharmacies and say hello...visit for a bit....mention the hospital....you might fall into a fairly do-able routine...i have no idea what goes on in hospitals these days.....you might want to find out and be ready to act like you DO...I am running into more and more people who are fleeing the megaplex's (is that a word?) example Los Angeles....SACTO...etc.. (including my cousins) for the smaller burgs....some are pretty hip and happenin....the burgs...not the cousins...well actually they are LA kidz so I guess they are......

 

[BeerMe]

I used to work in an uber small rural hospital - luckily it was more of them trying to sell me the place but I agree with the others. Basically tell them you want to enjoy an institution that feels like family, where you can see a wide variety of patients, and make us some BS about wanting to enjoy the small town life. You need to make it appear that you want to stay their long term. If you say "I want to get experience" that is code for "I am only gonna stick around here for a year or two"

Yea I figured one of their main concern is turnovers. How long did you stay at that place?

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

What do you guys think are good reasons to say to the question “why do you want to work/move here?” Because honestly, i dont wanna work there...it’s just that the market is forcing me to move to the middle of nowhere

The job is for a staff position. I dont have hospital experience besides my rotations from 5 years ago so I guess it would be good experience to gain. I was recently let go with only independent pharmacy experience. I’m very open to any opportunities that’s why I’m trying this hospital.

I would appreciate any tips especially from those who had to move to rural areas.

Are you asking people to teach you the value of deceit?

 

[BeerMe]

Are you asking people to teach you the value of deceit?

Yes

 

[owlegrad]

Are you asking people to teach you the value of deceit?

I thought he was asking for specific deceitful answers, not a theological background on the relative merits of deceit.

 

[Dred Pirate]

Yea I figured one of their main concern is turnovers. How long did you stay at that place?

13 months lol

I think my tech who had been there 20 years had like 10 different directors

 

[BeerMe]

13 months lol

I think my tech who had been there 20 years had like 10 different directors

Yea I would prob only stay about a year too. Max 2 years

 

[Dred Pirate]

Yea I would prob only stay about a year too. Max 2 years

I actually really enjoyed the job, it was the crappy location and the oncall 24/7 that wears you out really really quick, I had back up rphs for oncall and a staffing agency - I am sure they would get mad if I used them too much, but I didn't get to that point

 

[BeerMe]

Update: the hospital HR person emailed me for my availabilities and I responded back. Long story short, he ghosted me after I mentioned the date so I never got around to actually doing this interview. HR ghosting is the worst