ADMINISTRIVIA

Bonnie Atencio - Administration Section Chief

Hiring Changes
NDMS has implemented a new hiring process. There’s almost all good news with this: (1) The hiring freeze has been lifted; (2) NDMS screens all applicants for qualifications, so the process should run more smoothly, and decreases some of the “waiting to hear” time; and (3) we had some open positions posted for paramedics in January, and several people have let me know they’ve submitted their initial information.

The not-as-good news is that we’re only able to request three position types per month, so that will slow down the general hiring we’ve done in the past. Fortunately, we only have a few position types left to fill, so it shouldn’t take long to work through them. 

Sometime in the first week of every month new positions will be posted on the Public Health Emergency website. The positions will remain posted for two weeks. When they’re posted, I will notify everyone who has contacted me for these positions via e-mail, put the posted positions in Hot News and on the Join Us page of our website, and will send an e-mail to all our members. That's the time to encourage your friends and co-workers to apply!

After the two-week posting period closes, HHS HR will screen the information received and will send us a list of those who qualify for the positions. That should take about a week. We’ll then arrange for interviews, reference checks, and the rest of our internal review process. The process will be the same as in the past after that.

We’ll be posting requests for Pharmacists in the next couple of months. Please ask your favorite Pharmacist (hospital or free-standing pharmacy) to come to the next meeting and see if we can get some fired up and enthusiastic about joining us.

Integrated Training Summit Registration
The ITS is in Nashville this May, and is now accepting registrations. If you intend to go you must do two things:

1.  Register using the information below ASAP. Register soon as the conference hotel fills up fast.  All NDMS personnel should use the NDMS NON-SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE contact type to get the reduced conference fee AND the reduced hotel rate. 

2.  Let Bonnie know. We must submit a list of attendees prior to the Summit in order for you to have USERRA coverage for the event. I can give you a letter for your employer if you need one.

NDMS non-supported employees who wish to attend must register using the official Summit website. Choose the contact type NDMS NON-SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE for the discounted registration fee of $200.00. (If you are not an NDMS employee, you may consider joining your local MRC as they also receive a discounted registration fee to attend the ITS.)

A discounted shuttle link and further transportation information can be found on the Summit website.

GovTrip
GovTrip recently generated some e-mails regarding unsubmitted vouchers. These were sent in error. If you received one, please disregard.

Team Meeting
Just a reminder that we have a team meeting/training in March. This will be a special meeting with a chance to ask our Executive Officer from NDMS, Tim Walton, those “why” questions that have been bugging you. Don’t miss it! We do have USERRA coverage for trainings. I can send you a letter for your employer indicating this, so work shouldn’t keep you away.

Change of Address, etc.

As always, let me know when you move, change phone numbers, banks, etc. There are things you and I both need to do. It’s how you get paid, so don’t delay.