New Grad Clinical Supervisor? Am I shooting myself in the leg?

[chimichanga18]

Hello and an advanced thank you to everyone for reading this long post!

I received my RN license in December of 2015. Worked as a school nurse through an agency from January 2016 until now. I finally landed a job as a medsurg floor nurse in a small (152 bed) hospital. Now, the agency I'm working at has offered me an RN Clinical Supervisor position for a school district. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's similar to working as an RN overseeing LVNs and patient care in a SNF but with schools and kids.

The clinical supervisor job sounds pretty good with a $75k salary, Monday-Friday, my own office, etc.... But I'm afraid that ultimately I'll be shooting myself in the leg bc I'm a new grad with no acute care experience. If I decide that the clinical supervisor job isn't for me, how will I be able to find an acute care position with no experience and I no longer qualify for new grad opportunities?

TLDR: Offered an office/clerical RN job as new grad, afraid that if I don't like it I'll be screwed with trying to find an acute care position.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

I have a friend who resigned her position with a very large school district - on she had held for > 10 years - because they switched to this type of arrangement. She tried it for a year, but was run to a complete frazzle. In her area, many schools have medically fragile children who have been 'mainstreamed' into their student populations. These kiddos may have a 1:1 caregiver, that individual is not usually a licensed nurse. My friend had to deal with intermittent caths, tube feeding, suctioning, vents (!!), etc. She was constantly on the go from one campus to another for scheduled treatments and responding to urgent situations. According to her, she spent at least another 10 hours 'off the clock' completing all the normal required paperwork.

So - even if you were a very experienced pediatric nurse, this type of situation may just not be do-able.

[chimichanga18]

Oh wow! That sounds completely different from how the agency described it to me! This doesn't even sounds like a position that a new grad should be doing! Thanks for your input!