Job Hopping? Or is it?

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Happy Saturday!
Advice needed please around a potential job hop. I have a full 26 year nhs work history and have generally stayed in roles for 4, 6, 2 years and 12 years in my first job. I took on a role and left after 2 years and decided to have a chance outside of the nhs and I have only been there 1 week.
Prior to me taking this new role I was interested in another role but it was shift work back in the NHS. They contacted me the day before starting my new job to tell me about an opening they had which wasn't shift work so I decided to apply. Long story short I got offered the job!
I feel bad but it is significantly more money, better prospects, better hours and is closer to home.
My thoughts are not to hand my notice in at my new job until my paperwork etc. has gone through for this new one. However, it will be my first job on my resume that is only for a few months. Will this matter? What happens if this role I have just been offered doesn't turn out?
Any opinions out there? I'm not happy about job hopping but it's a better option.
Advice needed please around a potential job hop. I have a full 26 year nhs work history and have generally stayed in roles for 4, 6, 2 years and 12 years in my first job. I took on a role and left after 2 years and decided to have a chance outside of the nhs and I have only been there 1 week.
Prior to me taking this new role I was interested in another role but it was shift work back in the NHS. They contacted me the day before starting my new job to tell me about an opening they had which wasn't shift work so I decided to apply. Long story short I got offered the job!
I feel bad but it is significantly more money, better prospects, better hours and is closer to home.
My thoughts are not to hand my notice in at my new job until my paperwork etc. has gone through for this new one. However, it will be my first job on my resume that is only for a few months. Will this matter? What happens if this role I have just been offered doesn't turn out?
Any opinions out there? I'm not happy about job hopping but it's a better option.
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You've only been in the your new job for a week, so not exactly a fair trial period. Are you sure you haven't just got cold feet, which would be understandable given you've just left the NHS after 27 years?
However, if you're sure it's a better option, then who cares about whether or not it is job hopping (these days the phrase is 'portfolio career', which sounds so much better!).
Wherever you work you never hand in your notice until you have a confirmed offer and start date. Not that either of those things are guarantees of anything, but they are better than nothing
Yes, this is and will be the first time I have done it. I absolutely did want a change and to be fair irrespective of whether I return as a new starter within the nhs the practicalities are of more benefit even as a new starter and the job prospects are better.