Bill Jackson Email and Phone Number

The position began as medical secretary in 1985 when I began. I had worked at the U.S. Census Bureau, Avon Military Depot near Lexington, KY and at Ft. Knox within the Judge Advocate General's employee pool part-time. During my employment at the V.A. Hospital in Louisville,KY. , I assisted the nursing staff in transcribing physician's orders which changed from 'hard copy' , hand's-on secretarial work involving several diverse responsibilities to a stream lined version when I took retirement in 2004 with 20 years of government work. I thrived in the environment of and interaction with medical professionals, co-workers, patients, and other job related personnel.

A sedentary job transcribing medical orders somewhat before the heart and soul of a job was upgraded to electronic order input. I witnessed the change from the archaic chain of command when an ink pen was the tool, and transcription was the rule to a dream child introduced the tragic genius of electronics. Whoa to Hippocrates, Literally, the industry standard was changed to supplant the use of computer ordering data. I watched expectations from staff members reach a frenetic level of expectation, and it changed my job description until I became obsolete. The human element was transplanted with profit motives, and from what I can gather, the spirit of enjoying work evaporated. Luckily ( or not), I developed a serious disability, and opted out right on the day my 20 year pension was achieved. Now I write novelettes, play electric guitar like crazy, and do lots and lots of yard work. Retirement is, ironically, when the real work begins. It's TOUGH !!!