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Hello,
I am in need of some advice. I am a newly board certified FNP. I was just interviewed by a pain management clinic with urgent care (on the side) and was "unofficially hired" by them. I will also be getting an interview for an internal medicine outpatient clinic on thursday. If both would like to hire me, which one should I choose? Both are willing to train a new grad like me. And I do not have any idea yet of the starting salary they would offer me. Is starting in a specialty a good idea for a new NP?
Thanks!!!
When I stated take the IM position over pain, I state that with the presumption all things are relatively equal. With the right group and appropriate focus on improving pain with minimizing use of opiate therapy, you can absolutely use a broader scope of your skill set and perhaps become more versed in an area many pcps are lacking. Obviously I would follow up with internal medicine, but if the offer was right and the practice had a serious multimodal focus to pain management, it would be one of the most important fields of our time just given the pure numbers of patients who need the therapy. Seek out the I'M position, but don't let them take you away from a potentially lucrative alternative. But again, REALLY seek out and understand the position on how the pain clinic practices.
Hi djmatte, I have reached out to them but told me they are still in the process of interviewing other candidates. And I am not sure how many positions they are trying to fill up. And I negotiated with the PM about the salary which they gladly complied to my request. So the $$$ offer is about right and I am happy about it. Thank you for your advice!
Hi there, you said there was urgent care hours on the side - do you know how much would be in urgent care? That would have a good range of experience, so I'm thinking you wouldn't be too specialized with pain if you are doing some urgent. Something to think about! I would like to do urgent care when done, I did a clinical experience there and loved the variety.
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Hi DavidRNNV, thank you for giving me an idea about this dilemma. I was also about to take an interview for hospitalist job but I figured I was not trained for acute care even though they would train me. I thought that would be dangerous and something I should not risk it over. So are you working for a pain management right now?