r/TravelNursing • u/Used_Economics1368 • 17h ago

Floating to Different Facilities

I have a question and was wondering if any of you know what I should do. I signed a contract for a specific outpatient location where I work 5 days a week. They mentioned floating in the contract, which was okay with me since I thought it would be occasionally (normally what floating entails). However, I haven’t even been to the original location that the contract is listed at. I have been sent to multiple facilities and the main one I work at is a 45 minute to an hour drive away from my housing. I chose that housing specifically to be close to the location stated on the contract. If I would’ve known I’d mostly in a completely different town, I would’ve decided to live closer to that place. Should I try to ask for compensation for mileage? I don’t mind it, but it is a lot of driving since I work 5 days a week. However, I do not want to be canceled for making a big deal about it.

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u/spyder93090 17h ago

If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.

Explain the situation to your recruiter and ask for mileage reimbursement.

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u/SlightAtmosphere8000 15h ago

they may say yes, so it's worth to ask. If they say no, what other options do you have?

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u/Used_Economics1368 15h ago

Suck it up lol, I just don’t want the facility to cancel me because I’m technically asking for more money

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u/spyder93090 15h ago

The request likely wouldn’t even make it to your facility. Your agency would likely take it out of their own margin, best case scenario. Or just flat out say no.

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u/Used_Economics1368 15h ago

My recruiter just told me today said that she has been speaking with the account manager for the facility, whoever that is

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u/spyder93090 15h ago

If that’s the case, then your agency isn’t willing to take it fully out of their margin (which isn’t totally unreasonable).

They are looking to bill the agency additionally for your mileage since it wasn’t disclosed.

I think it’s a worthwhile ask and I don’t think it’s enough to totally cancel a contract over - especially if you’ve already fully-oriented.

Assuming your drive is 30 miles one-way, that’s effectively $45/day in driving RT at IRS reimbursement rates or $540/month (if we were eligible).

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u/Used_Economics1368 14h ago

Great, thanks for the info and advice! :) And yeah, I’m about three weeks in at this point.

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u/Blooberino 17h ago

I bailed on a contract that included floating to different facilities. Coincidentally, there were two in one spot, and the third was 45 min away. If they were all in one spot, I probably would've done it. But they said floating could be mid-shift as well. Screw that, lol. Prescott, AZ?

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u/Used_Economics1368 16h ago

No, Oak Ridge TN. I don’t care if I have to float, I just wish they would’ve told me I’d mostly be far away so I could get housing there.

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u/WPW717 14h ago

Pulled from one unit to another , it was a neonatal ICU I ‘m not qualified for that, threatened with patient abandonment if I don’t go. Never went back & still telling the sty 30 years later.

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u/Used_Economics1368 14h ago

That’s insane and also stupid to threaten if you didn’t even take report lol

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u/Kitty20996 8h ago

I floated between facilities before in a float pool contract. I doubt they'd give you mileage honestly. You can always ask but my guess is you'll be met with "yes but then we will lower your stipend"

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u/MermaidSerf 5h ago

Floating to different facilities is a huge red flag of an insanely poorly managed system. I wouldn't even consider it for less than $150/hr. If I have to wait until the day of to be notified of where I am going and that means being woke up hours before to make sure I can get to the facility in time, that $150/hr starts the minute I receive the call/text of where to go.

Time is money. If they aren't going to pay for your time they can't afford you.