Is it appropriate/possible to work 2 different per diem jobs for the same hospital:

Often one cannot work both agency & on staff at the same facility or healthcare system. Some agencies frown on assignments where you are on staff at the facility as it can be a conflict of interest and may violate the contract between the hospital/facility. Forget us , check with the hospital (and perhaps the agency ) failure to do so may result in loss of opportunity. Years ago ED staffing was cut and a bunch of nurses turned to staffing agencies to supplement their income ( even though the hospital system also had a staffing agency that employees could sign up with if hours lost due to low census. Worked well for the system as it saved time/$$ as the nurses were already trained in the EMR, med systems and P&P ). A nurse was staffed in our ED via agency due to last minute call out. In this case the ED either forgot to call her for OT or it happened that the agency called first (obviously more $$). The proverbial poop hit the fan as administration assumed she refused to come in to cover a coworker call out but jumped for a 3rd party agency. (A fair assumption but not the truth in this case.) as it was less costly to pay overtime rather than the higher wage & administrative expenses charged by the staffing agency. The new policy was out within 24 hrs

I thought I might start asking here because I wasn't sure if it was a given or a dumb question. Anyway, I met with HR to sign all the new hire paperwork and was told that there would be no conflict of interest as long as I disclosed it. I would of preferred to just work directly for the hospital but I feel bad about letting the agency go since they have already invested time and money on me with the drug screen, background check, etc. Thanks again!