Conflicted - which would you choose?

[duskyjewel]

OK so I started my new job with the hospice company, and I am so much happier. Right now I am working full time in the night float pool for their inpatient units. The biggest perk to this is that I get to tell them what days I want to work. I have already scheduled days around birthdays, events, etc. I do have obligations as far as sharing holidays and weekend shifts. Also, they pay me mileage for any round trip over 40 miles.

However, now I have found out that a night position is coming available in one of the units, and it's one I like working in. There is a long-term CNA here, who everyone agrees has no intention of moving on, who works Friday, Saturday, Sunday. He has specific reasons for choosing those days and rarely takes them off. So, while I would lose some control over my schedule, I would gain the stability of always working in the same unit and the same days, and almost always have the weekend off. That sounds pretty freaking awesome.

So which would you choose and why?

[JDZ344]

Well, I personally would go for job stability right now, but it depends how much flexibility with shifts you need and how much the job fits with you.

[duskyjewel]

It would be a different position with the same company, and full time either way. So job stability is pretty much a given.

[NightNerd, MSN, RN]

If you don't mind working a few nights in a row (I don't know if you'd be working alongside this one CNA or if you'd be taking up the nights he can't do), I would definitely take the regular job! But are you sure you won't be working every other weekend? Unless it's a pretty small unit, I would think that they would ask for more than one CNA on nights. So other than confirming that, I would think the second option sounds the best. But, you should pick the one that appeals the most to you.