Does this sound strange to anyone else?

[smalltownnurse2506]

I work for a small rural hospital. I recently applied for a job with the home health agency that is an affiliate of the hospital. However, they function as seperate companies so I have to go through the entire process rather than just tranferring to a different department. With that said, I interviewed on Friday. I received a phone call on Monday that they wanted me to come in to the office to discuss a job offer. I went in today to discuss the offer and was told that they would not contact my references or anyone else until I had gone to administration at the hospital and made my intentions known. They will not go as far as tell me I have the job, but it they want me to make it known that I plan to resign. I was told by the hiring manager that she doesn't know why I leaving so she won't call yet. I told that I am not leaving with hard feelings and that I do not want to make any moves until I have another job, but I was still told to talk to administration. What do you think of this?

The hospital cannot hold me in my current position. I will be resigning and hired as a new employee of a different company. Nothing transfers over.

[rnicare]

I have worked at a place where you must tell your manager your intentions of interviewing for another position. You are not granted an interview unless your manager knows. The HR dept. follows through with contacting the manager and confirms that she/he is aware of you interviewing. I guess they think it is a courtesy. I have seen where someone is blocked from leaving to another area because of business needs. It does make it a tense situation if you are not granted the new position and have to stay in the current area.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

Hiya, corporate girl here. What you have is an "agreement" between employers not to step on each other's toes. This does put you in a spot tho, because it seems you can'd do this under the radar. They aren't trying to get you to confess some awful working environs, it's just a corporate agreement. :behindpc:

[blinks14]

If we want to apply for another position in our hospital we have to have our manager sign our transfer request before we can interview.

[Seishiro]

Sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place, forgiving the cliche. You may just have to bite the bullet and talk to your administration... or you could apply somewhere else that doesn't require this from you.

I don't know though... I didn't think you had to disclose why you left your previous employment.

[sunray12]

I have worked at a place where you must tell your manager your intentions of interviewing for another position. You are not granted an interview unless your manager knows. The HR dept. follows through with contacting the manager and confirms that she/he is aware of you interviewing. I guess they think it is a courtesy. I have seen where someone is blocked from leaving to another area because of business needs. It does make it a tense situation if you are not granted the new position and have to stay in the current area.

I have also worked for an employer who had this rule but it applied to internal transfers and it was computerized - i.e. when you submitted an online application for an internal job posting your supervisor also received an e-notification. OP's situation is different because it sounds like she is not looking for an internal transfer - rather she's applying to a different company. However it sounds like the home health care company and the hospital have some sort of agreement where the hhc won't take hospital employees without an agreement. As far as "reason for leaving" goes I think in this situation expressing an interest in working in home health care would probably be sufficient.

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

usually, when it comes to the business aspect of things, companies seperate their different organizations. Hospital, nursing home, home health, are all their own seperate companies, although they may all be affiliated with the same system. Just sounds like they don't want to be accused of poaching employees from the same system hospital.

If you are planning to leave anyways, not a big deal. Just do what you gotta to work where you wanna.

[DDRN4me]

locolorenzo is right. as are many of the other posters. telling the hospital is to keep peace between the two entities; even though it is not a transfer. If you are worried about repurcusions just tell the manager that you are exploring your options and are applying elsewhere. My company also requires a managers signature for any internal movement. good luck!!