Hello everyone! I am a psychiatrist and in the process of starting my own practice, it will deliver transcranial magnetic stimulation, an FDA approved treatment for major depression. It's very safe, well tolerated, and only in extremely rare cases can be associated with a seizure during a treatment. Only 25 or so documented cases of the tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands treatments to date. Some were in people actively drinking heavily and others were from the experimental days of TMS when the treatment intensity was too high. So the likelihood of seizure is very low. I'm looking for advice on how to recruit 1-2 RNs to deliver the treatment. It is a very chill job description, just apply the coil and deliver an 18 minute treatment to the patient (no IVs, draws, nothing). It will be first shift, 0800-1600 and the rest of the time is spent answering the clinic phone, following up phone calls, medical records, etc. I won't be able to offer benefits and the hourly wage I can really offer is $20/hr, for working 50 weeks a year, that is 40k. However, there is a bonus that I am thinking of offering for each billed patient encounter, of $3. I'm projecting about 45 patient encounters billed a week, that's an extra 11k or so and as the practice grows, so does that bonus. Anyone have any input on what population may be interested in this type of opportunity and how I can market this? I have no idea how to find well qualified nurses (good sites to post the listing, or maybe good places to find nurses who are interested in a more chill job description but maybe less competitive pay) and especially someone who can be reliable since the treatments are 5 days a week. There is also the bonus that the nurse can have flexibility in their hours too. Thank you for all the input!
