Working with multiple HH companies, how does it work?

[asr10 user]

So I am a new LVN and recently got hired by a home health agency and have a chance to start at another agency. Now I have only been working for a few days with the first company but I dont really like it because they have me working (and paying) as a CNA doing shift care. But I need income and experience so its ok for now.

My question is if I accept the other HH position and work both, do I simply juggle each schedule and tell one company I cant work one day and the other I can work. Is this how HH works? Right now my company will just call me and ask me fif I can take X shift, its ok for now, but eventually I would like some stability and a set schedule, is this something I cant do while working HH? Or is it always wait for a call and see if you will work this week. Seems like right now they have me convering other people's shifts who are taking that day off.

And when working two agencies, lets say one pays me much better than the other and I constantly tell the lower paying other company I cant work, will that eventually lead to the lower paying company to stop giving me work?

[caliotter3]

Most of the time one employer will know that you are working for a second employer. Up to you to work out the scheduling. Easier to juggle more than one agency when you get a set schedule. Ask to do set shifts for an extended care case (or cases). Then you will know when you are available for the other company. If you are waiting around for the phone to ring, like now, whoever calls and books you first, is the employer you work for, for that particular shift. Some employers will allow you to tell them when you are available. One way to do things is to tell employer A, that you are available for night shift seven days a week. Tell employer B that you are available for either day shift or PM shift on Saturday or Sunday only. {For example} That way, in your mind, you can anticipate, from one day to the next, what to expect. One agency will probably stop calling you if you keep turning them down. You can be up front with them if the other agency pays better. But whatever you do, do NOT accept a shift with A, then call off the shift when B, calls you afterward, with a better assignment. That is not kosher. If you commit, keep that commitment.