Hey everyone! So I am venturing out to a travel position. I have 5 years of RN experience. BSN. ED, Med Surge, Supervisor/Management experience, Cardiac/Tele, and well as prn on the IV team at my current job. This is the offer I was given. I turned it down because it seemed low to me. I wanted to go with medical solutions because I heard such great things about the company. However trustaff who I heard less than glowing reviews has offered to beat any offer they give me. Medical solutions says they can work on the hourly rate but want me to give them a figure. Are there any nurses out there with traveler experience that can give their opinion. I am accepting a job in NC. Here is what I was offered. Is it fair? If not what would be? Thanks bunches!!
I've only been traveling for 1 1/2 years and that contract seems low to me. I only travel in Florida though, and try to stay within 2 1/2 hours of my home base because I have a family. The lowest I've taken was 1395 a week gross pay for my first assignment. Now my average is 1625 gross for med-surg. What specialty is this contract in? Is the housing in the area affordable? How close is it to home? You seem to have a lot of desirable experience that I didn't have when I started traveling so I would assume that you would make more AND I thought Florida was supposed to take the award for lowest paid state. haha. I think you should get a few more quotes.
But know this, I started with one company who did everything for their travelers, but their pay was lower. It was great to start out like that because I was new to the game. Now fast forward one year and I have switched to a higher paying company, but it has it's downfalls. Example, I have to schedule and pay for any physicals, tb testing, etc whereas my last company took care of that for me payment, location, etc. And my new company is constantly saying "oh we don't have this paper on file" and I have to resend it even though I know they already had it. References again after 2 months of working for them.
New physical because my other is more than 6 months old. That would have made the experience as a new traveler overwhelming. Now I have all my papers neatly organized and when they need something I send it right away and if I do have to pay for something my $200+ per week is more than enough to cover it. Maybe do a contract or two with a lower paying company who has glowing reviews might be worth it until you get your feet wet?
claytonrenee
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I've only been traveling for 1 1/2 years and that contract seems low to me. I only travel in Florida though, and try to stay within 2 1/2 hours of my home base because I have a family. The lowest I've taken was 1395 a week gross pay for my first assignment. Now my average is 1625 gross for med-surg. What specialty is this contract in? Is the housing in the area affordable? How close is it to home? You seem to have a lot of desirable experience that I didn't have when I started traveling so I would assume that you would make more AND I thought Florida was supposed to take the award for lowest paid state. haha. I think you should get a few more quotes.
But know this, I started with one company who did everything for their travelers, but their pay was lower. It was great to start out like that because I was new to the game. Now fast forward one year and I have switched to a higher paying company, but it has it's downfalls. Example, I have to schedule and pay for any physicals, tb testing, etc whereas my last company took care of that for me payment, location, etc. And my new company is constantly saying "oh we don't have this paper on file" and I have to resend it even though I know they already had it. References again after 2 months of working for them.
New physical because my other is more than 6 months old. That would have made the experience as a new traveler overwhelming. Now I have all my papers neatly organized and when they need something I send it right away and if I do have to pay for something my $200+ per week is more than enough to cover it. Maybe do a contract or two with a lower paying company who has glowing reviews might be worth it until you get your feet wet?