Between 2 jobs

[Ziger]

Hi I could use some advice on 2 hospitals I applied to. Im a relatively new to practice nurse. I’ve been working at a small hospital in NJ for about 8 months on night shift. I love the people I work with and my assist night nurse manager but Im thinking about my career and applied to 2 hospitals that are apart of a much larger health system in the area that offers better tuition benefits than the hospital Im at now. 

I had two interviews I thought both of them went well. Thing is one hospital (I’ll call it Hospital A) called me the day after the interview and already offered me a job. As exciting as it is Im a little worried about working at that particular hospital. Hospital A is one of the busiest hospitals in the area. I’ve heard a lot of nurses have left because of constant 6:1 ratios and they have a policy were ED patient can be dropped off on the floor without the ED nurse giving report to the floor nurse. 

Now Hospital B hasn’t said yes or no whether they will offer me a job. But I have not heard the same issues being associated with the hospital. Hospital B is honestly where I have wanted to be for a long time. However, I don’t want to jeopardize getting into the health system just to maybe possible get into Hospital B. 

I asked HR about hospital B and they said they haven’t heard from that hospital yet and said they would tell Hospital A that I am thinking about the position. Should I just go with Hospital A and maybe try to transfer later? Or wait on Hospital B possibly jeopardizing my offer with Hospital A? Or do neither and just stick with where I am? 

I know this is a long post any thoughts would help ?

[203bravo, MSN, APRN]

Is hospital A and B part of the same hospital system?

If they are something to consider is that most employers have policies that once hired new employees are not eligible to request or receive departmental transfers for a specific amount of time. If I were you I would find out if there was such a policy and if so how long it this waiting period is. So if you were to accept the job at hospital A just to get into the hospital system how long would you have to be there before you would be allowed to request a transfer to hospital B? 

The tone of your post sort of makes it clear that you really have no interest in hospital A... If it were me I would probably stick with the job that I like until I could get into the job I really wanted at hospital B. 

[NurseBlaq]

I agree. Stay where you are until you can get the job you really want because if you take a job at Hospital A and not like it, you may ruin your chances with that system and a shot at getting a job at Hospital B, the place you really want to work. Best to just wait and be patient.