Advice, please! Looking to relocate, need assistance telling my current workplace

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Specializes in NICU, Postpartum.

Hi everyone,

Currently, I work on a postpartum unit at a large academic medical center near my hometown. I started on this unit as a new grad and now I have 14 months of experience. The floor I work on is mostly great, I enjoy my coworkers, I enjoy my patients and I don't dread coming to work (obviously if staffing were better, I'd love that). Given my current life situation, I'm looking to relocate. This was not a rash decision, rather one that I've been pondering for a bit and recently felt as if it were a good time. My boss is currently on maternity leave. Obviously, I would like to list her as a reference on my job application. Should I email her and let her know? Should I do that but also list the person covering for her? Should I apply to jobs and then tell her when they pull references? This process could take months, as everyone knows, so I don't want to bother her on maternity leave if nothing amounts from applying. Inversely, I do not want her to be surprised by an automated email from a future employer!

I know this is vague! I've held one other full time job since college, but I held that one for over 4 years and they knew that I was looking for nursing positions.

Nicole

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

Ideally, you would sit down with your manager, discuss your goals and let her know that you're looking to relocate. You love your job, you're grateful to her and you've learned so much and you wouldn't dream of leaving it it weren't for this relocation thing. Since she's on maternity leave, have the discussion with the person covering for her and ask their advice about naming a reference and speaking with your manager personally.

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Exit graciously. Lie. My husband is being transferred. Or similar.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
Exit graciously. Lie. My husband is being transferred. Or similar.

:roflmao: I'm dying here!:roflmao:

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Specializes in NICU, Postpartum.

Too bad that I'm SO single (part of the reason I need a new city)

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Specializes in NICU, Postpartum.

Thank you, Ruby Vee! I definitely don't want to surprise anyone. The only reason I hesitated to discuss it right away was because my experience in my last job was that once I told my boss I would eventually (at that time, 2 years down the road) be looking for a new role, she stopped challenging me and giving me new short term projects. I'm involved in some QI initiatives, but I'm certainly not going to be a huge loss to those projects.

Thanks again!

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