I posted couple weeks ago about starting as a new grad with an agency. I got some wonderful feedback from nurses to get out of that environment where I was being thrown into hospitals on various units with absolutely no orientation.
I just wanted to update (due to excitement) that I got an interview for a position on a medicine unit in one of the hospitals that I worked on as an agency nurse.I had the interview early last week and received the call back earlier today.
Finally, after several months of sending applications and resumes everywhere, I got a job! So after all the agency did a huge favor for me by sending me to the unit (before I quit on them).
Thanks for those who gave me the advice to look for other options!! Love you ALLNURSES.
I agree if you work agency you probably have a no hire clause. as a cna if i had gone to work for a facility within 6 months it would have fined the hospital 10 thousand and me 5 thousand. I would check it out because its a legit contract that you sign when you do agency. (our contract was never discussed but it worked into our paystub that hospital charge and i had to sign in order to be paid)
I do work at a facility i was an agency cna at now as an RN and that connection got me that job but i had quit working there for the agency 6 months before
Wow never heard of that part. I asked the agency when I first got the interview and there was no mention of a contract. In fact, I only did an application, confidentiality agreement and licence, gave them a void check. Is this something hidden that pops up at a later point? If that is the case then I dug myself some kind of a deep, deep, deep hole.
I was all celebratory until the fine mentioned from the two nurses above (yikes, should I be worried?). Nothing like this was ever mentioned to me. Got a knot in my stomach. Ouch.
sorry to put that out there. I really hope its not the case for you but we have new grads at our facility through a different agency and they have to wait a full year. I think its pretty standard. I know that they never told me about it either i just am a nerd and read all the fine print and it was hidden there. i would look at your pays stubs and maybe anonymously inquire about a job at the agency and ask if there is a clause. kwim? Congrats on being hired though that says a lot about you.
Specializes in PACU, CARDIAC ICU, TRAUMA, SICU, LTC.
The majority of health care institutions know the rules re: hiring agency nurses. I have worked as an agency nurse in the past. When I worked in the hospital as an agency nurse I was on a 13 week contract. After the contract was completed, I was able to be hired by the hospital, with no consequences to the hospital. At another point in time, I worked at a substance abuse treatment facility. I was not contracted for a specified period, but I worked there 3-4 shifts/week for 1.5 years. I was never canceled, but there was always that chance. The treatment center wanted me to come on staff, but in order to do so, it would have been necessary for me not to work there for 90 days.
My time slip had the R&R on the reverse side. It was clearly spelled out.
As I stated previously, I am certain the hospital where you worked as an agency nurse was well aware of the stipulations that they had to follow re: hiring former agency nurses. If not, someone who co-ordinates the use of agency nurses has been living under a rock..............
sorry to put that out there. I really hope its not the case for you but we have new grads at our facility through a different agency and they have to wait a full year. I think its pretty standard. I know that they never told me about it either i just am a nerd and read all the fine print and it was hidden there. i would look at your pays stubs and maybe anonymously inquire about a job at the agency and ask if there is a clause. kwim? Congrats on being hired though that says a lot about you.
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congratulations :clpty: