ambulatory surgery care vs peds office

[NatMarRN]

Hi,

I am a new grad registered nurse (previously a CNA at a med-surge/covid floor in a hospital) and I've recently had a few interviews for outpatient care (I had reconstructive surgery on my right foot that I am still recovering from, so I am currently unable to physically handle the demands of inpatient). I accepted an offer as a pediatric nurse position at a private office and after two weeks of being there I got a call for an offer as a staff nurse at an ambulatory care facility associated with a community hospital.

I love kids and generally enjoy the job, but the job responsibility is very task-oriented and similar to something I had already done before as a medical assistant, the pay is relatively good, but the health insurance benefit is extremely expensive ($600/month and the plan has a high deductible). The ambulatory care (surgery/medicine) facility is associated with a community hospital so the pay is slightly higher but they have a lot of options for health insurance and retirement. I don't know everything about the staff nurse position, but they said that the pt will first be triaged by the PCT, then they would meet with the physician and finally with the nurse. The nurse will witness consent for surgery, provide education, coordinate the patient for any lab work/diagnostic exam/diagnostic imaging and instruct the pt on follow up (surgery procedures are done at a different facility).

All of this to say that I am not sure if I should take the offer, I am not familiar with the ambulatory outpatient world or what the day to day looks like for a nurse in the "surgical" unit (again the surgery is not actually performed here, but the pre-op and post-op follow up seem to be). what attracts me to the staff nurse position is the array of benefits available for a hospital vs the private clinic. any feedback would be greatly appreciated