How do I quit my job the RIGHT way?

[blah_blah_blah]

Hello AN!

I was interviewed and hired today by a facility that I spent over a year trying to get into.

I currently have 3 jobs, I work FT at an office, per diem at a hospital, and I am a sub school nurse.

I know how I'm going to quit my office job and I plan on keeping my school job.

I don't know how to go about quitting my hospital job. I'm per diem so I'm not in a lot. I haven't worked a shift there in at least a month. I feel bad because I really don't enjoy the work there and they call me all the time looking for me to take/fill shifts and I never really return their calls so I'm scared it may be awkward. Like "hey I never call you back or answer the phone when you call me, but I'm putting in my notice." I really like my coworkers and manager, I just dislike the specialty.

Should I stop in and talk to my manager? Do I call her and tell her on the phone? Just send in a letter of resignation? Thanks!

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

Congratulations on your new job!

If you're on the schedule, at all, call and send a formal resignation letter. If you're not on the schedule, the letter alone might work.

[blah_blah_blah]

Congratulations on your new job!

If you're on the schedule, at all, call and send a formal resignation letter. If you're not on the schedule, the letter alone might work.

Thanks! I'm not on the schedule at all. But I just realized that I have to turn in my key and probably my badge.. I kind of want to avoid going in there, I don't want it to be awkward, haha.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

There's no need to resign from PRN/per diem jobs. If you stop signing up for shifts, your employment will automatically enter 'auto-termination' status for not working the minimum amount of hours that per diem employees are supposed to work.

I know auto-termination sounds negative to those who are unfamiliar with the term, but it's a neutral status and you'll be available for rehire.

[blah_blah_blah]

There's no need to resign from PRN/per diem jobs. If you stop signing up for shifts, your employment will automatically enter 'auto-termination' status for not working the minimum amount of hours that per diem employees are supposed to work.

I know auto-termination sounds negative to those who are unfamiliar with the term, but it's a neutral status and you'll be available for rehire.

Really? I didn't know that. I kind of want them to stop calling me though and I feel like going in and saying "I quit leave me alone" is the only way to do it..

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Really? I didn't know that. I kind of want them to stop calling me though and I feel like going in and saying "I quit leave me alone" is the only way to do it..

I used a phone app to block phone calls and texts from my former PRN employer. Eventually, my employment entered auto-termination status. Problem solved. :)

[blah_blah_blah]

I used a phone app to block phone calls and texts from my former PRN employer. Eventually, my employment entered auto-termination status. Problem solved. :)

Ooh that's cold. I like it.

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

I used a phone app to block phone calls and texts from my former PRN employer. Eventually, my employment entered auto-termination status. Problem solved. :)

Yikes! I think they'd start asking co-workers to call me or just show up at my house. My per diem job is pretty aggressive about "getting my days".

My last job kept calling for months even after I formally resigned, but it was full time.

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

I think formally letting them know is the most professional and classy way to do it. Wasting some staffing person's time (while they're calling you to look for coverage) if you have already decided to "auto-terminate" is not cool.

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

I really think the most appropriate way would be to write a letter, take it in and you can turn your badge/etc in at the same time (unless they have you scheduled for any shifts). You could auto-terminate (I didn't even know this was an option and it wasn't an option for my PRN position when I had one), but I don't think that's the *best* way to do it.

For what it's worth, healthcare is a very small world. You and/or your soon to be old manager (or coworkers) could end up working together again (or one of them be in a position to make hiring decisions) at a future job. Hospital systems are merging, it's just too small a world to not leave in the best way possible when you're in a position of control. You also can't discount who knows who and that most likely won't be apparent from first glance.

[emmy27]

My PRN contract specified that it will be considered an automatic resignation if you don't fulfill the contract minimums for two consecutive schedules, but I also know that regardless of what eligibility status HR may give you, unit management will defecate a brick and you won't get rehired there ever if you don't give (and work, if scheduled) actual notice.

So I wouldn't assume that it's kosher to not at least send a letter unless you're one hundred percent certain you never, ever need a reference or a rehire from anyone there again. Really, handing in notice is not that big a deal- they're used to it, you're just one of many employees, and if you already rarely work, they may be glad to have your position open up so they can hire someone who will work more (in which case giving notice opens this option up for them much sooner than just ghosting). It's professional and will leave a nicer impression than just disappearing. I'd give notice under almost any circumstances, even if I'm not contractually obligated to do so.

[Buyer beware, BSN]

OP: blah, blah etc.

You could call your boss a fat philandering, incompetent slob and see where that goes if time is of the essence.