Chapter 544: New Generals Give You More Power and Take Private Jobs
"No problem. I will ask Director Lou and Head Nurse Niu for help. We were short of staff before, and you were really working too hard." Zhou Can readily agreed. "Jiang Wei has a lot of experience studying abroad. You can ask her for advice on some things!"
Zhou Can looked at the two of them.
"I have consulted Sister Jiang Wei about some matters concerning studying abroad, and I realized that there is still a big gap, so I proposed to take two days off a week. If possible, three days off a week would be the best, and I am willing to reduce my salary by half."
Her current monthly income should not be less than 25,000 yuan, which is considered a high salary among nurses.
The monthly salary for an average operating room nurse is only about 6,000 to 8,000 yuan, and a senior nurse with a longer working experience can earn more than 10,000 yuan. Qiao Yu's salary is more than double that of an average operating room nurse, and it's all hard-earned money.
Because Zhou Can performed a terrifying number of surgeries in a month, she accompanied him almost throughout the entire process.
She followed Zhou Can in performing as many surgeries as he did.
It's normal to get this income.
"Okay, I will try my best to help you apply. As long as Jiang Wei can replace your job, it won't be a big problem." Zhou Can and Qiao Yu are like a pair of old comrades-in-arms. He is willing to do his best to help her realize her dream.
Studying abroad is not the only way out for nurses, but it is the most promising one.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain an admission letter from a prestigious overseas university, and the cost of studying abroad is also very high, which have become two obstacles for many people who want to study abroad.
If you are studying French, German or Japanese, you will be required to learn an additional foreign language.
The mainstream foreign language currently studied in China is English.
Qiao Yu wants to go to the United States, so she doesn't need to learn any other foreign languages.
"I have no problem at all. I will fully cooperate with whatever arrangements Boss Zhou makes in the future." Jiang Wei said seriously. Then she looked at Qiao Yu and said, "Come on, I believe you will succeed."
"Well, with you as my study abroad advisor, the success rate will definitely be much higher!"
Qiao Yu nodded vigorously.
The meal was quite enjoyable. Jiang Wei has initially integrated into Zhou Can's team and even established a good relationship with Su Qianqian.
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Days passed like this. After a senior nurse came to Zhou Can's surgical team, the number of high-difficulty level 3 surgeries they received gradually increased. Jiang Wei not only performed her job as a nurse well during surgery, but also provided many fruitful suggestions on postoperative nutritional support and postoperative care.
As long as patients follow her nutritional plan, they can often recover quickly.
This also made Zhou Can realize the importance of postoperative nutritional care.
From what Jiang Wei said, her knowledge of nutrition and nursing is only average, far from the top. Her mentor in the United States is really amazing.
There is another thing that made Zhou Can feel favorable towards the new member Jiang Wei.
She would accompany Zhou Can on time for the morning and evening rounds every day.
This is something that even Qiao Yu has never done before.
After get off work every day, Qiao Yu would rush back to the dormitory to study, which was understandable because she had a lot of study tasks.
If conditions permit, Zhou Can would like to set aside some time to study.
Now that Jiang Wei has joined the team, it is definitely a blessing for Qiao Yu.
Zhou Can asked Director Lou and Head Nurse Niu to grant her a three-day leave, so that she could have more time to prepare for studying abroad.
There is one more thing worth mentioning.
After Director Zhang of the Third Hospital threatened Zhou Can, he did not retaliate. Zhou Can was on guard for a long time, but he never received any retaliation. However, he still did not dare to take it lightly.
Some powerful enemies are very patient.
The purpose is to take revenge when he lets his guard down.
The group of medical staff who jumped to the Third Hospital successfully attracted the attention of an important senior official through the incident of Deputy Director Lu jumping off the building. Then an important instruction was made, and with the intervention of the health authorities, the job-hopping personnel reached a settlement with the Third Hospital.
The Third Hospital owed them wages, which they would pay in installments within six months, and they could return to work at Tuya Hospital.
With Zhou Can's advance work on Tuya's side, the leaders also went with the flow and agreed to let this group of people return to cardiothoracic surgery.
However, in order to serve as a warning to others, President Zhu held a meeting of the hospital leadership team and punished these people, saying that they would not be evaluated for excellence within three years and their year-end bonus would be cancelled. This can also be regarded as a warning to all those who are ungrateful and want to change jobs at will.
It's still a major win, no doubt.
Thanks to Zhou Can's unremitting efforts, the more than 20 medical staff were given a new life.
Today, these twenty-plus people are grateful to Zhou Can and support him very much.
This can be considered as some reward for Zhou Can's good deeds.
With these twenty or so director-level medical staff returning to the cardiothoracic surgery department, the severe shortage of staff in the department has been greatly alleviated.
Director Xueyan, Director Le, Zhou Can and others also felt a lot less pressure at work.
In the past, Zhou Can had to rush to the cardiothoracic surgery department after work.
There is no other way. Many patients with difficult cases or who need to undergo major surgeries are waiting for him to save their lives. If he delays for one day, the patient may die.
Sometimes, no matter how hard or tiring the task is, he can only grit his teeth and work overtime to complete it.
The gains were also great. His medical experience points were increasing rapidly. He was moving towards level 7. Even several surgical skills in orthopedics had been greatly improved.
Pharmacological differentiation is already very close to level six.
Now, pharmacological differentiation is his weakness. Because he is only at level 5, equivalent to the level of associate chief physician, in clinical diagnosis and treatment, he is sometimes even worse than Jiang Wei.
As the leader of the team, he is not as good as a nurse under him in such an important field as pharmacological diagnosis, which is also a challenge to his authority.
Therefore, he was very eager to upgrade his pharmacological differentiation to level six.
Besides, this medical skill plays a decisive role in prescribing medical advice and various clinical medications. If you want to become a truly famous doctor, you must not have any shortcomings in this field.
That day, Zhou Can had just got off work when Jiang Wei approached him mysteriously.
"Boss Zhou, how about we go out and take a private job together?"
We have been together for so long that we have established a certain foundation of trust with each other.
Zhou Can didn't think much about it and asked casually, "Which hospital do you work for?"
As his fame grew, many hospitals invited him to see patients. The cases that these hospitals needed other doctors to consult with were often special.
Refractoryness is their common feature.
Then, some patients have been treated by their superiors, so everyone dares not neglect them. They are somewhat certain, but not very certain. Or even not very certain, because for various reasons, they cannot be transferred and can only be treated within the hospital.
Or if you want to perform a difficult operation like this, on the one hand, it will allow doctors in the hospital to learn from you, and on the other hand, it will also increase the hospital's reputation.
Ultimately, it's all about profit.
Because Zhou Can was very busy with work and his medical level was low, he usually declined politely to avoid unnecessary trouble.
I'm not short of money, so there's no need for me to take on these private jobs.
Except for some trustworthy people.
For example, at the Provincial People's Hospital, after witnessing his skills last time, the director of the neurosurgery department called him personally not long ago and invited him to perform an interventional surgery.
It was quite successful.
Not only did they successfully remove the blood clot in the patient's brain, but they also placed a coil in an environment where the blood vessels were in extremely poor condition and the intracranial environment was very unfavorable, successfully repairing an intracranial aneurysm that could have ruptured at any time.
Jiang Wei has joined his team for more than a month.
She was always well behaved and I never heard that she was short of money. What's more, the clothes she wore and the perfume she sprayed were not cheap.
It was inevitable that people were surprised to see Zhou Can suddenly asked to take private work this time.
"It's a Class II hospital. The patient is a 53-year-old lady with some connections. The old lady's lower limbs are currently severely swollen, and it was found that she had superficial varicose veins, which were completely blocked. I remember that when I first came to Tuya Hospital for an interview, you performed such an operation. When an old classmate found me, I didn't think much about it and reluctantly agreed to do it."
She explained in detail.
"Since the patient has a background connection, shouldn't he be allowed to go to a top-level hospital for treatment and surgery?"
Zhou Can asked her back.
"Well... in the final analysis, it's the face that kills! The director of the second-class hospital patted his chest and agreed on the spot in order to curry favor with the old lady's son. I guess the old lady's son has some official position, but not too high. Otherwise , there is no need to take my mother to the second-class hospital to find acquaintances. She could have gone to a large hospital for diagnosis and treatment. In addition, superficial varicose veins are not a serious problem, so he may have thought it would be more convenient to treat it nearby."
Her explanations make sense.
Zhou Can nodded, indicating his agreement.
"I'm not good at this kind of surgery. If you really want to take this private job and the other party is reliable, I can introduce you to a general surgeon."
Although Zhou Can admires Jiang Wei very much, it is almost a dream to want to gain Zhou Can's trust completely after just one month of knowing each other.
Zhou Can would definitely not take risks for this kind of private work that suddenly popped up.
But a direct refusal might make Jiang Wei unhappy.
The best way is to help her find a doctor who is willing to take private work.
In Tuya Hospital, Zhou Can basically knows many chief physicians in various departments.
Some chief physicians who are short of money, or those who are more diligent, are very happy to take some private work.
It is legal to earn this kind of extra money.
When it comes to taking jobs, we not only accept orders from other hospitals, but sometimes we also accept orders from other departments of the same hospital, especially the emergency department.
For example, if a patient comes to the emergency department and needs emergency treatment, and a cardiac surgeon is needed to save his life late at night, you need to call the cardiac surgeon to come for the emergency.
Because it is not during normal working hours, the cardiac surgeon we hire is most likely resting at home.
After receiving the call, taking a taxi or driving to the hospital are the two most commonly used modes of transportation.
Sometimes the taxi fare alone costs more than two hundred.
The doctor who came to the emergency department for help must give a red envelope to the doctor who went to the emergency department. First of all, I would like to state that this kind of red envelope is legal.
Some new doctors are ignorant and the red envelopes they give may not even be enough to cover the doctor's travel expenses.
Once the director or senior doctor finds out, they will quickly find a way to remedy the situation.
Give the other party a big red envelope and apologize to them, saying that the newcomer is ignorant and please don't be offended. If you don't do this, they will take a taxi and come here in the middle of the night, and the red envelope they receive is not even enough for the fare. How can you invite them next time?
"That's fine! The surgery will be done around 8 o'clock tonight. It would be better if it can be done earlier. As for whether the person you introduce has strong skills, I am not worried at all. If you fly with the phoenix, you must be a beautiful bird. Your surgical skills are so strong, so the person you introduce will not be weak."
She hesitated for just a second or two before nodding and agreeing.
Zhou Can called on the spot to help her contact a general surgery doctor.
Deputy Director level is more than enough to perform this operation.
One more thing to mention, the cost difference between asking a chief physician to see a patient and asking a deputy chief physician to see a patient is very large.
It is often a waste to use a butcher knife to kill a chicken.
When acquaintances introduce doctors to perform surgeries, the decision is based on the size, difficulty, and cost of the surgery. If the total cost of a surgery is only 5,000, how much red envelope should be given to the director if he is invited to perform the surgery?
One thousand is definitely less.
But if the 2,000 yuan limit is imposed, the hospital that sought help will probably have to pay compensation.
There are quite a lot of details involved.
Also, don't make random introductions with acquaintances you don't trust. Otherwise, if you introduce a doctor to someone, after they get there, they'll ask all sorts of questions, like they're interrogating a spy.
You can tell with your toes that if you want to ask this doctor to see you next time, he will just ignore you.
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Around eleven o'clock that evening, Zhou Can received a WeChat message on his mobile phone.
It was sent by none other than the ordinary foreigner He Hansheng.
"Dr. Zhou, thank you for introducing the private surgery. The experience was good and the surgery was successful. I'd like to buy you a cup of coffee. Please accept it."
He Hansheng was also promoted to associate chief physician last year.
The economic conditions are average.
His surgical skills are quite strong.
He was very happy to receive such a private job.
When Zhou Can was doing regular training in the Department of General Surgery, He Hansheng was in the critical period of striving for the title of associate senior professional. Thanks to Zhou Can's joining Liu's team, he successfully helped Liu get the qualification to build a sub-department.
Mr. Liu was successfully awarded the title of senior professional, and He Hansheng was successfully awarded the title of associate senior professional shortly afterwards.
It must be said that the evaluation of senior and associate senior professional titles is determined by the higher authorities. However, each department of the hospital has a certain quota limit.
It is more difficult for weak departments or departments with little say to be evaluated for associate senior or senior professional titles.
For example, many doctors dislike the anesthesiology department.
This department not only has a lot of work to do and is prone to sudden death, but it is also very difficult to obtain associate senior or full professional titles.
He Hansheng had long regarded Zhou Can as a benefactor, and the two had always maintained a good relationship.
He was also very sensible. After successfully receiving the order, he immediately gave some money to Zhou Can as an introduction fee.
"I appreciate your kindness, but I won't accept the red envelope! How is the old lady doing?"
Zhou Can deliberately inquired about the patient's condition.
I want to see if the private job introduced by Jiang Wei is reliable.
