Renegotiating pay rate... is it too late?

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back ground: currently employed as a per diem RN at an outpatient surgery center in Souther California (Inland empire)

I applied at a medical center a few months ago. I was recently contacted to do a phone interview. I was offered a rate of 45.00/hr as a per diem nurse. I accepted. The nursing supervisor who interviewed me sent this from HR regarding my pay rate  "You can offer 45.00/hr to Nurse B. for the RN, Surgery Center Per Diem position. 

After I accepted, I went visit the facility to meet the staff and had a quick interview. During this time the GI nursing supervisor mentioned there was an outpatient surgery center across the street. I didn't think much of it, I was just so excited to be given the opportunity to work for this center as a PREOP/PACU nurse and possibly be trained to be in the GI room and do conscious sedation for these procedures.

Now that I look back and after listing to a recent voice message by HR; There were 2 job openings that were listed and now I am unsure which I applied for originally. The 2 positions were 1. RN, Surgery Center (PACU/Pre-Op) and 2. RN, Pre-Op/ PACU/GI. 

I met with the GI lab nursing director. And when we spoke over the phone I knew this position was for GI procedures. 

My confusion now comes from not knowing if I was being offered a rate for the RN surgery center across the street from the medical center. Did HR make a mistake and based the pay rate based on what a surgery center nurses gets paid? Was there some type of misunderstanding and HR thinks I'm accepting a posting fromt the outpatient surgery center as opposed to the GI lab PREOP/PACU position where the RN would be performing conscious sedation instead of the anesthesiologist? 

Im so confused because I received a voice mail by HR asking that I schedule a time to fill out paperwork for the RN surgery center position that I recently accepted. Would the pay rate differ within these 2 jobs? IF so, how should I bring this up to their attention. I would imagine since there are no anesthesiologist when performing these GI procedures the RNs do the conscious sedation, the pay rate would be a little more than that of an outpatient surgery center? 

 

Is it too late to renegotiate pay rate? I still haven't gone in to sign paperwork.  

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Well, the logical thing to do is ask HR the questions you are asking here. As far as negotiating a higher wage, I've always thought it never hurts to ask.

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Thank you. I plan to reach out to HR to clarify. If there was a mistake, how should I approach the salary concern with them? Any suggestions? As I’ve already technically accepted the job offer but haven’t signed any paperwork yet.

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“Can we resolve this without problems?”  Or, if you don’t like what they counter with, just rescind your acceptance with the resulting consequences.

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