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Greetings Palli-SDNer's! This forum is a fantastic trove of information. I have scoured the threads here for more guidance, and while many threads have been helpful for me, I have not been able to find anything that comprehensively answers my question.
For a little background, I am a current HPM fellow set to graduate in June 2022. My HPM board exam will be this fall, and I am already B.C. in Internal Medicine. I have started talking to recruiters and looking into attending jobs for next year, and although I don't intend to start working immediately (residency and the pandemic have each taken their toll...) I also am starting to feel woefully unprepared to navigate the job market and make a decision about my first gig(s). What has amazed me more than anything is the wide variety of jobs that exist (and thank goodness for that, as this seems like a good problem to have, as opposed to unfortunate fields that have had squeezes in job availability lately, e.g. Emergency med)
So besides the obvious dimensions I have been trying to wrap my head around, i.e.
Full time vs Part time
Academic vs Private practice
Inpatient vs Outpatient
Location
etc.
The even bigger question I am trying to address is the (false?) dichotomy between Hospice jobs VS palliative jobs. What am I looking at here???
I know there are going to be plenty of jobs that offer both. And I know it's possible to combine both, for example working part time as a hospice medical director while also keeping a part-time or full-time job in academics or private practice. But for the sake of argument, can anyone with experience highlight the basics on each end of the spectrum? For example if I could reasonably be expected to find Palliative positions that offer Monday-Friday 9-5pm at or above $200,000 , would the same be true for hospice? Or is it more common for hospice work to be limited to part-time/in the neighborhood of $50,000?
The beginning of my job search has revealed the following so far:
1) I've talked with recruiters about one job in Home Health that was looking for geriatricians or palliative care docs, they wanted someone to do purely home visits Mon-Friday (full time), low volume of visits but in a metropolis with a lot of traffic, in the range of $240k base with around $260-280k estimated after bonuses.
2) I've applied for one academic job with a very small and growing palliative department, which is mostly inpatient palliative (no hospice visits), I have not interviewed yet and honestly don't even know what the hours would be (40 hours? less?), and also not sure about starting salary. Due to it being academic, I was thinking in the ballpark of $160k, not really expecting $200k.
3) I've started talking with recruiters in a well known Hospice company that have a wide range of job openings (including 'team physician' and 'medical director'), again I'm not sure of the hours or pay, so I would really like to get input from SDN. I know the hours, responsibilities, call, salary, etc vary tremendously, but I would really benefit at least a couple data points to help me start out. Thanks for any assistance!
For a little background, I am a current HPM fellow set to graduate in June 2022. My HPM board exam will be this fall, and I am already B.C. in Internal Medicine. I have started talking to recruiters and looking into attending jobs for next year, and although I don't intend to start working immediately (residency and the pandemic have each taken their toll...) I also am starting to feel woefully unprepared to navigate the job market and make a decision about my first gig(s). What has amazed me more than anything is the wide variety of jobs that exist (and thank goodness for that, as this seems like a good problem to have, as opposed to unfortunate fields that have had squeezes in job availability lately, e.g. Emergency med)
So besides the obvious dimensions I have been trying to wrap my head around, i.e.
Full time vs Part time
Academic vs Private practice
Inpatient vs Outpatient
Location
etc.
The even bigger question I am trying to address is the (false?) dichotomy between Hospice jobs VS palliative jobs. What am I looking at here???
I know there are going to be plenty of jobs that offer both. And I know it's possible to combine both, for example working part time as a hospice medical director while also keeping a part-time or full-time job in academics or private practice. But for the sake of argument, can anyone with experience highlight the basics on each end of the spectrum? For example if I could reasonably be expected to find Palliative positions that offer Monday-Friday 9-5pm at or above $200,000 , would the same be true for hospice? Or is it more common for hospice work to be limited to part-time/in the neighborhood of $50,000?
The beginning of my job search has revealed the following so far:
1) I've talked with recruiters about one job in Home Health that was looking for geriatricians or palliative care docs, they wanted someone to do purely home visits Mon-Friday (full time), low volume of visits but in a metropolis with a lot of traffic, in the range of $240k base with around $260-280k estimated after bonuses.
2) I've applied for one academic job with a very small and growing palliative department, which is mostly inpatient palliative (no hospice visits), I have not interviewed yet and honestly don't even know what the hours would be (40 hours? less?), and also not sure about starting salary. Due to it being academic, I was thinking in the ballpark of $160k, not really expecting $200k.
3) I've started talking with recruiters in a well known Hospice company that have a wide range of job openings (including 'team physician' and 'medical director'), again I'm not sure of the hours or pay, so I would really like to get input from SDN. I know the hours, responsibilities, call, salary, etc vary tremendously, but I would really benefit at least a couple data points to help me start out. Thanks for any assistance!
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