Offer Rescinded

trackhead, APRN · Nov 14, 2014

I'm in Phoenix right now, working ER. My contract here almost dissolved in the first week for some confusion between vendor manager, hospital, travel agency. Long story short.....contract is fine, but in the meantime, I looked for other work here and had two offers in the city within 48 hours.

Apply with someone other than Banner. They have 50% of the hospitals, but there are a TON more. Look at Tucson too, lots of needs down there.

The Banner pay is ok, but there silly completion bonus is nothing more than your salary being held ransom until they pay you later.

Banner Schmanner........I worked at Banner Boswell ED last winter, worst ER I've ever worked in. Not a fan of that facility.

Red Kryptonite · Nov 14, 2014

I'm a former Banner employee as well. I'm not a fan. There are other places. Look around.

TravelLusting · Nov 14, 2014

Thanks to you both. I am a dialysis RN. Can you recommend any hospitals in the area?

Red Kryptonite · Nov 14, 2014

I've heard Dignity Health employees usually like where they work. In this area that would be Mercy Gilbert, St. Joseph's, and Chandler Regional. I have not worked for them.

Chandler Regional is expanding, building a whole new tower, and hiring to fill those jobs right now.

I've also heard good things about Scottsdale Healthcare from those who've worked there.

TravelLusting · Nov 14, 2014

Thanks RedKryptonite, I'll look into those.

Trackhead, how did you get two offers within 48 hours? If you have a recruiter to recommend, can you PM me please?

NedRN · Nov 15, 2014

Lots of offers go away, often because of reassessments of needs. Sometimes managers fish for candidates because of real needs only to be overruled by bean counters. Less often it is because of a better qualified candidate, usually when a offer is extended you have the best profile on the table and they don't consider others.

Almost never is it your "fault". Pretty crappy on their part to retract an offer. Agencies seldom fight them even when it is in writing because the client represents too much business. If they do it too often, agencies stop doing business with them and the rates go up to compensate for the risk. Not much risk at this stage but consider the consequences if it happened after two days on the job.

Hope this hasn't put too big a hole in your earnings. It does point out the advantages of a Plan B, and working with another agency because you never know!

trackhead, APRN · Nov 15, 2014

How do you get quick offers? Not really sure, maybe Ned has more insight. Driving here from Texas I had an offer for 4/5 positions submitted for within four days of getting submitted. Maybe travel experience helps, seems to.

There's just a ton of work down here now with the snowbird season ramping up. I know nothing about dialysis needs, so can't really help you there. But there is a large Native American population on the outskirts of town, and they typically have large populations of dialysis patients/centers.

NedRN · Nov 15, 2014

Of course proven successful travel experience gives you a competitive edge. As does years of experience, good hospitals on your resume, a good specialty, certifications, and good interview skills.

Working with say five agencies will give you more options. It stands to reason that if five agencies each submit you to two assignments that you will get some "quick" offers. I like more control over submissions than that though, just an example. There is a learning curve on what will work for each individual traveler and the agencies they are working with. There will be some sweet spot between too many submissions and not enough.