Do I look like a job hopper?

Feb 14

Hello Nurse Beth!

I am currently working back in case management and I no longer want to. I started Case management in March 2017 and and it was great! Long story short, I ended up leaving in 2019, as a previous nurse manager I worked for asked me to come back to the floor to be charge nurse; and I wanted the charge nurse experience.

Well let me tell you, that was a bust! Due to staffing issues, and never getting the charge nurse position, I resigned there beginning of 2020 and went to another hospital for a charge nurse position. Then corona hit... hard! Nurses were getting called off (by management) as the patient census was really low on our floor.

Travelers had precedence per their contract, to not be called off, even if census was low. I could no longer afford to keep getting called off (I had no PTO time because I was so new to the floor/hospital). So, after about 5 months, I came back to case management because I NEEDED to work. And since coming back, it has really went downhill with so much extra work put on the case managers, no one can actually keep up and it no longer feels as if I am case managing any of my member's anymore; just pushing papers and submitting reports.

I am afraid to leave this position, because now it looks as if I am a "job hopper" and I don't know what to do. I am afraid my application will get passed up by HR via ATS for any job I apply for because of this. I don't want to leave a gap in my employment on my resume, by omitting anything, because this is apart of my journey! I am sure many nurse managers will understand my situation, as 2020 was not kind to anyone. But getting a seat at the table to explain this will be hard. Any advice would help! Thanks!