Hello All,
Truly appreciate your help deciding which job to take..
Job 1:
- Community hospital (affiliated with academic center), so it is pretty secure
- Lower acuity, not very busy but rapidly expanding (1 room after 5 pm, 1 room on weekends)
- Most days you stay till 4-5 pm
- Call: about 6 overnight calls/ month including one weekend (12 hour shifts with post-call day off) , CRNA and MD in house to cover OB/Trauma
- Compensation: salary and retirement contribution around 410-420K (around 10% of which is productivity-based) with ample opportunity to make more (work pre-call,
extra call or work on vacation). Have access to 457b in addition to 401k
- Vacation: 11-12 weeks
- Commute : 50 minutes each way!!
Job 2:
- Community hospital- PE owned, so less secure with risk of being sold, change in reimbursements, no-surprise billing ...etc
- Higher acuity but no trauma, covering 4 rooms almost all the time.
- Some early days ( done by noon ) and some late days (5-6 pm )
- Call 4-5 calls/month, in-house call with CRNA who covers OB, including one weekend/month. weekdays are 24hr call with post-call day off, weekends are 12 hr/shifts
- Compensation: salary and retirement total around 450K
- Vacation: 9 weeks
- Commute: 10 minutes each way
I really like the stability, extra vacation and not having to work pre-call in job 1 but dreading the commute (currently commute around 40 minutes each way) and don't appreciate that I don't have early days. Job 2 is decent, short commute but not as secure and also 24h call in a busy practice.
your thoughts and wisdom are greatly appreciate!
Truly appreciate your help deciding which job to take..
Job 1:
- Community hospital (affiliated with academic center), so it is pretty secure
- Lower acuity, not very busy but rapidly expanding (1 room after 5 pm, 1 room on weekends)
- Most days you stay till 4-5 pm
- Call: about 6 overnight calls/ month including one weekend (12 hour shifts with post-call day off) , CRNA and MD in house to cover OB/Trauma
- Compensation: salary and retirement contribution around 410-420K (around 10% of which is productivity-based) with ample opportunity to make more (work pre-call,
extra call or work on vacation). Have access to 457b in addition to 401k
- Vacation: 11-12 weeks
- Commute : 50 minutes each way!!
Job 2:
- Community hospital- PE owned, so less secure with risk of being sold, change in reimbursements, no-surprise billing ...etc
- Higher acuity but no trauma, covering 4 rooms almost all the time.
- Some early days ( done by noon ) and some late days (5-6 pm )
- Call 4-5 calls/month, in-house call with CRNA who covers OB, including one weekend/month. weekdays are 24hr call with post-call day off, weekends are 12 hr/shifts
- Compensation: salary and retirement total around 450K
- Vacation: 9 weeks
- Commute: 10 minutes each way
I really like the stability, extra vacation and not having to work pre-call in job 1 but dreading the commute (currently commute around 40 minutes each way) and don't appreciate that I don't have early days. Job 2 is decent, short commute but not as secure and also 24h call in a busy practice.
your thoughts and wisdom are greatly appreciate!