contract cancellation, renegotiation

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Specializes in hospice.

I need some insight from seasoned travelers. I was brokered to Agency A, whose census dropped, so they have cancelled my contract. Not a problem. I have verbally accepted a position at Agency B, down the road, who wanted me to start the day I interviewed. (not a possibility.) I have not yet received the contract with Agency B. Now I hear that Agency A's census has gone up and their HR department has contacted my recruiter to try and keep me. Friday is my last day here. I'm planning to fly home for a week, then come back and start the new assignment with Agency B. I've already found a place to live, and paid my first month's rent. At this point in time, I have no contract with anyone past April 29. This looks to me like an opportunity to negotiate, but I am not sure with whom to negotiate, and for what. Does anyone have any sage advice for this travel novice? Thank you!

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I'm not sure what leverage you have. One assignment is over, and you have verbally agreed to do the second and have already incurred expenses on the second. If you bail on the second and go back to the first, you will have burned your bridges with the second agency. Personally, I wouldn't want the risk of going back to the first assignment anyway. Cancel you once without penalty, they will do it again.

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Specializes in Peri-Op.

I'd keep moving forward with the second company. If a hospital and agency cancelled me on the fly like this I would not look back.

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Specializes in hospice.

Problem solved. I got the contract from Agency B. Signed. Done deal. Agency A only wanted to keep me through next week. Geez....

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Yup, I don't think I would take another assignment at that hospital or Agency A.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.

I'm new to the world of interim/travel assignments. I've already had 3 contracts cancelled two days before I was due to start. One company did a bait and switch..said there was a position in Oz...spent 35 minutes speaking to the recruiter who then told me they had no positions in Oz. Next company told me there had an opening for a DON. Great....jumped through hoops, sent everything they needed. Then they tell me it's for a unit manager job. I'm not sure it's me-I have 30+ years as an RN-15 as a DON, or I'm just dealing with nitwits.

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Oz? Like the fairy kingdom or Australia?

Are you dealing with regular travel nurse companies? They don't usually get management postings other than house supervisors. The only company I know of that does managers and above is Tenet. I believe that is also the hospital chain. I know them only because I have met many interim managers, directors, and DONs that are placed with St Joseph Health hospitals in Northern California. I assume they have competitors. Is there a specialty publication for nursing management? That would be where to look for ads.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

I worked with a unit director in OR who was placed at my facility by a company named "Horizen". I think they were from CA. They specialized in health care management (we were a behavioral health facility). They seemed good.

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Specializes in Peri-Op.

The Healthcare Initiative: Focuses in providing management and executive recruiting services specifically to the healthcare industry throughout the United States

This company sends me interim director jobs on occasion. They do manager and above position placements and interim placements.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.
Oz? Like the fairy kingdom or Australia?

Are you dealing with regular travel nurse companies? They don't usually get management postings other than house supervisors. The only company I know of that does managers and above is Tenet. I believe that is also the hospital chain. I know them only because I have met many interim managers, directors, and DONs that are placed with St Joseph Health hospitals in Northern California. I assume they have competitors. Is there a specialty publication for nursing management? That would be where to look for ads.

Oz as in I didn't really want to say the name of the real city.

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Specializes in ICU.
Oz as in I didn't really want to say the name of the real city.

A or B is less confusing.

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