North Star Initiative’s Post

I hang this in every office I’m in. It is the last thing I take down when I leave. I look to it and use it as a filter through which I judge whether I fought for what is right for myself, for my clients, and this profession. I’ve lost jobs because I worked at an agency that was raided due to Medicaid fraud, an outpatient agency who unknowingly had unethical staff that caused irreparable damage, a corporate company that closed their outpatient programming because of profit expectations, and most recently was fired. I can be outspoken when it comes to client care. I have a passion for my clients needs, their rights, and their services. I didn’t get to this point because I always knew what was right. My biggest mistakes gave me my biggest lessons. Every #failure enlightened me to an area of self that needed work; a role I played in my #termination. I learned that I didn’t know what I was doing in the agency that was raided when my next role required me to learn operations. I learned the need for #accountability and compliance when staff used telehealth during Covid to commit fraud. I took that small outpatient trauma focused model and used it in my next job working for corporate to help my clients feel seen. I used the voice that couldn’t be heard in a corporate world to stand my ground on client care, program management, and #compliance in my next role. Here, I found my confidence to keep my head up despite a toxic culture and I learned I had more work to do on myself when I emotionally reacted to leadership that was triggering me with their practices. It kicks my ass to do the work but I value the process. If we don’t do our inventory and see where we play a part in the outcomes, we dont grow. My #integrity is not conditional on a salary. It comes from a previous life lived without integrity, being homeless, and surviving the streets. Today, I won’t compromise client care or look the other way when I’m an agent for change. I know how to live broke. “…and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly…”

FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT This is great advice, know why? Because everyone is faking it. Working in lived experience practice can feel like we are ‘blagging’ sometimes. A new professional workforce, still finding its rooting & voice in the NHS.  For individuals working in peer and lived experience roles, it can feel like even greater imposter syndrome, holding the service user position and now transitioning to staff, treading the tightrope that is bridging these 2 different voices at times. Realising, we are all winging it to a certain degree is important is having a sense of legitimacy in our work but also ourselves.  In acting there were 2 ways to find a role, inside out or outside in.  Sometimes faking it is about looking it on the outside until the inside catches up! Have you ever felt like you’re winging it?

My observations on how to be a valued employee: Note - I have posted this several times but it has disappeared - not sure why! I occasionally hear stories about people unable to find a job, even in today’s hot U.S. job market with the lowest unemployment rates in the past 50 years (see above chart). I hope that these thoughts are useful. They are based on my experience as a pathologist and attorney over the past 40 years. I changed some facts to preserve privacy: * I worked for a small group filling in for a pathologist on vacation. Another pathologist pulled me aside (I don’t remember why), and said: “You have to make yourself valuable to the people here. They are only hiring you to make their life easier. If you are not doing that you won’t be invited back.” * One pathologist asked me for help looking for a job. I could not find any reason why nobody wanted him. But he worked for a prominent pathologist whose recommendation should have landed him many jobs. Obviously (to me), he was not being recommended. Why not? I am not sure he ever asked. It may be difficult, but it helps to ask your boss what shortcomings you have so you can try to fix them. Of course, you have to try to fix them. More at https://lnkd.in/eXWq6UnR

Are Long-Tail Keywords Impacting My Career Development in Medical Field?   #FirefighterLife #JobStruggles #CareerAdvice Hey there, fellow firefighters! 🚒 Need some advice or guidance in a tough situation. Here's the scoop: So, my job essentially pushed me to resign due to a lack of confidence in my decision-making skills, even though I excel at my tasks and reports. Now, I'm facing questions from an investigator about why I left. 😬 Here are some suggestions on how t... Source: https://lnkd.in/g6SmJyKQ #mymetric360

Are Long-Tail Keywords Impacting My Career Development in Medical Field?   #FirefighterLife #JobStruggles #CareerAdvice Hey there, fellow firefighters! 🚒 Need some advice or guidance in a tough situation. Here's the scoop: So, my job essentially pushed me to resign due to a lack of confidence in my decision-making skills, even though I excel at my tasks and reports. Now, I'm facing questions from an investigator about why I left. 😬 Here are some suggestions on how t... Source: https://lnkd.in/ggZZukt8 #mymetric360

Are Long-Tail Keywords Impacting My Career Development in Medical Field?   #FirefighterLife #JobStruggles #CareerAdvice Hey there, fellow firefighters! 🚒 Need some advice or guidance in a tough situation. Here's the scoop: So, my job essentially pushed me to resign due to a lack of confidence in my decision-making skills, even though I excel at my tasks and reports. Now, I'm facing questions from an investigator about why I left. 😬 Here are some suggestions on how t... Source: https://lnkd.in/gFi5D_PJ #mymetric360

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Reposting! If you would like to post your opportunities CMSA or CMSA Chesapeake Chapter please let us know if we can be of any help!

Are Long-Tail Keywords Impacting My Career Development in Medical Field?   #FirefighterLife #JobStruggles #CareerAdvice Hey there, fellow firefighters! 🚒 Need some advice or guidance in a tough situation. Here's the scoop: So, my job essentially pushed me to resign due to a lack of confidence in my decision-making skills, even though I excel at my tasks and reports. Now, I'm facing questions from an investigator about why I left. 😬 Here are some suggestions on how t... Source: https://lnkd.in/g4W5QGng #mymetric360

Are Long-Tail Keywords Impacting My Career Development in Medical Field?   #FirefighterLife #JobStruggles #CareerAdvice Hey there, fellow firefighters! 🚒 Need some advice or guidance in a tough situation. Here's the scoop: So, my job essentially pushed me to resign due to a lack of confidence in my decision-making skills, even though I excel at my tasks and reports. Now, I'm facing questions from an investigator about why I left. 😬 Here are some suggestions on how t... Source: https://lnkd.in/g-K3RBUM #mymetric360