Which job should I take?

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I moved to a new part of the country and have two job offers and am torn between which one to accept. If anyone has any advice or insight, I'd love to hear it. Both jobs are about 20 minutes from where I live. I have experience in both of these areas and enjoy both for different reasons.

Job #1- part time nights, newborn nursery at small community hospital. I have small children and would prefer to only work one night a week but I could make part time work, I think. This hospital doesn't have a great reputation in general and the pay is $10/hour less than my other offer. But it is a small, tight knit unit from what I can tell, and the manager seems very supportive. OB/nb nursery is my favorite specialty and I generally find it enjoyable and not stressful.

Job #2- Observation/short stay unit, large hospital system with a good reputation. Per diem nights. Like I said, pay is better. Pros are I could make my own schedule and have more flexibility working per diem. Also, I sometimes worry I am losing my skills by only focusing on OB, so this would help with that. But it also sounds more stressful.

 

What would you do???

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Specializes in PICU.

what are the other benefits such as vacation, sick leave, other types of benefits such as health insurance.

Also, what would you do if there aren't enough per diem days.  Plus, per diem will not count in seniority if you would switch to staff.
 

Please don't think you will lose skills, that really isn't true at all, Skills are re-attainable.  Skills can only be enhances and retaught. 

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The part time job offers benefits, PTO, 401k...all of that. I have benefits through my husband's job so I won't be using them. Per Diem job only offers the 401k. That is a good point about skills! Maybe I shouldn't worry as much about that. I think my biggest hurdle for me is that my family and I are so used to me working per diem that it's hard to swallow thinking about losing that flexibility. Thanks for your insight!

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Which one did you take? Do you like it or regret it?

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