Rural Doctoring compiles a list of questions to ask and issues to consider if you’re thinking about entering primary care. It’s thorough, so I won’t repeat everything. Except this:
One mistake I think all new primary care specialty grads make is underestimating the strength of their position in the job market.
Prospective primary care applicants are negotiating from a position of strength. There are shortages in every part of the country, as this physician recruiter laments.
Don’t be afraid to negotiate very favorable terms for yourself. For every practice that passes, 10 more will be waiting in line to hire you. You’re in demand. Milk it.
topics: primary care, negotiating
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First thing to negotiate out is a noncompete. Take away their ability to screw you over by forcing you out of the area. The administration feels their bailiwick is more important than your ability to practice your profession, and even worse, more important than the public’s right to access doctors.
Second thing to negotiate in, is control of your medical practice. So you don’t become the neighborhood candyman. Especially with these community access clinics, some administrative martinet that would be flipping burgers anywhere else, thinks they own you.
For all the crap that PCP’s have to deal with these days, remember there are a dozen other places more than happy to have you. Take advantage of that.
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