NEED ADVICE 2 job offers….

[Nonie76]

Hello Nursing Colleagues,  

I am in a place not too many finds themselves.  I will be relocating to a new county in a month or so and I had put out my application to various employers looking for hiring.  This is the situation.  I am a hospice RN with 15+ years of experience.  I interviewed at a nice smaller hospice company  that needs a nurse manager, with a remote office in their home to over see day to day business.   I was offered a job at Kaiser for a visiting nurse position also.  This is the kicker.  I interviewed at Kaiser 6 weeks ago.  I didn’t get myself cleared for hiring for over 6 weeks.  I interviewed at the other private hospice several weeks ago.   I accepted the job there as it seemed KP was lost and not going to clear my background.  

#1 KP has rigid rules, is UNION, pays well, excellent insurance benefits.  I would be mobile seeing patients and followed by their IT devices for productivity and closely monitored by management.  

#2 Private Hospice- I would be a nursing supervisor, work from home.  Pay is slightly higher than Kaiser, but insurance sucks. I mean sucks badly.  This company countered offered when I declined based on insurance coverage.  They opted a large increase to offset the insurance issues.. whether I pay for my own, do cobra or use theirs which is horrific.  

Private insurance is not cheap it’s about $12-1400 a month for the non kaiser job.  The increased pay offer does offset this to about 400-600 a month for insurance. 

I could use some advice here. ? I feel lost. 

[TAKOO01, BSN]

Congratulations on having two offers that you want. I'm leaning towards the second one because you don't say anything negative about the job, just about the insurance. 

In your description of the first job, you make the job itself sound bad. Micromanagement, rigid rules...you may not stay long enough to get to use the great insurance ?.

If you are not a sickly person or have sickly dependents, you can maybe get away with trashy insurance. Or if you have a significant other you can get on that person's insurance.  

 

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Working from home is priceless.

[SethH]

Depends on you. Are you okay with following rigid rules/micromanagement? If not you can have great insurance, but burn yourself out at a job you don’t like.

[InHisImage, BSN]

Also consider that working from home, you will save on gas, no wear and tear on your car, no scrubs, and eating at home is cheaper and healthier.  Those cost savings can also offset the additional cost of insurance.