Working for two hospitals

SquishyRN, BSN, RN · Oct 20, 2015

I do. I'm sure plenty of nurses do. Your question is very vague. What in particular did you want to know about working in two hospitals at the same time?

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Oct 20, 2015

I do. I'm sure plenty of nurses do. Your question is very vague. What in particular did you want to know about working in two hospitals at the same time?

I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to include in my post. I wasn't sure if it was possible? If it would be a conflict of interest.

Do you work part time at both hospitals?

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Oct 20, 2015

I do. I'm sure plenty of nurses do. Your question is very vague. What in particular did you want to know about working in two hospitals at the same time?

And are they the same departments?

Whispera, MSN, RN · Oct 20, 2015

Lots of nurses work at two hospitals. I worked full time for one while working per diem at another, in one situation, and part time in two in another situation. One time was the same department, and the other was different departments.

Everyone knew I was working both places. There was no problem.

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Oct 20, 2015

Was there any problem with conflicting orientation or training dates? What about weekend and holiday scheduling?

verene, MSN · Oct 20, 2015

At least two of my coworkers work at two hospitals and I would guess it is fairly common because on our flu-shot form their were boxes to check if you wanted copies of the immunization record send to all the other local hospitals.

One coworker works part-time as an ED tech/CNA at another hospital and part-time as a CNA on my unit. The other works full-time at a another hospital and is per-diem for our unit.

SquishyRN, BSN, RN · Oct 20, 2015

I work full-time in one and per diem in the other. Some hospitals may have a non-compete clause in their employment contracts (which could prohibit you from working elsewhere) but I've never really seen this applied to floor nurses. In fact, at my per diem almost every nurse works at two places, some even full-time at both. I work ER at my full-time and Med-Surg at my per diem, but most nurses I know work the same specialty for both their jobs.

littlepeopleRNICU · Oct 20, 2015

I know a lot of nurses who work at two different hospitals! And they're not always the same departments. One of my friends works with me in the NICU and works at another hospital in the ER. She was part-time both, but has now switched to full-time NICU and PRN ER(their PRN requirements are 3 times a 6 week schedule).

mindofmidwifery, ADN · Oct 20, 2015

I work full-time in one and per diem in the other. Some hospitals may have a non-compete clause in their employment contracts (which could prohibit you from working elsewhere) but I've never really seen this applied to floor nurses. In fact, at my per diem almost every nurse works at two places, some even full-time at both. I work ER at my full-time and Med-Surg at my per diem, but most nurses I know work the same specialty for both their jobs.

I was thinking that with the two hospitals I plan on accepting positions from, there shouldn't be any restrictions because one is a children's hospital and the other isn't. I went to the pre-employment screening at the one that isn't a children's hospital and she told me to indicate if I have any family members who work there or if I work with any other healthcare facilities...I asked her what if I am thinking of working with another healthcare facility? And she said then I don't mark it because I'm not currently employed with another one.

Been there,done that, ASN, RN · Oct 20, 2015

I admire your ambition. It appears that you are planning to accept a position with 2 different facilities.

That would not be considered a conflict of interest.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Oct 20, 2015

There are a few non-compete hospitals out there, but typically these rules are more for management positions. There are plenty of floor staff (CNA's, Tech's, housekeeping, kitchen, therapy, nursing, etc) that work at more than one place. I wouldn't advertise that I was working at more than one place, but I wouldn't worry too much about it.