Lied to by new employer

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Hello,

I am a new NP, I just started what I thought was my dream job about one month ago. I work in a huge health system in my area. I was hired into a specialty clinic with just the specialist and myself. I thought it was great because he was a great teacher, and I felt that it would be a great long term partnership. At the end of week three of my employment, my supervisor tells me that the specialist is resigning.

I asked the doctor about why he would leave and why no one told me during my interview or when I first started. He showed me a text and email from administration telling him not to tell me! They purposefully lied to me about the position and lied to me about not knowing he was leaving.

Now they are supposedly looking for someone to replace him, but apparently they have been looking for a year and a half and have not found anyone.

I am worried about my job. They are planning on dumping the whole practice on me, which is completely unsafe. The temporary specialist that they're trying to contact will not be invested in me at all.

Do I have any recourse? Should I look for a new job?

If I stay I definitely want a raise given my work will essentially be almost doubled.

Advice?

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Look for a new job. Consider resigning anyway if you don't find one soon. It is not out of the realm of possibilities that a move to a cheaper employee was a welcome fix to an employer dilemma, but you don't want to get dumped on.

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Specializes in DHSc, PA-C.

You really don't have any recourse. You should/could call them out on lying to you and seeing the text email. Will you even be allowed to practice with the specialist leaving? Are you adequately trained to treat patients in this specialty alone?

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IMHO you should be looking for a new job. In a specialty as a newbie you need a solid mentor and to depend on locums or whatever they can get who walks through the door puts your education in that specialty in jeopardy. It takes a solid year to not second guess half of what you are doing. I would have no parts of that...plus I agree above with how could you see patients in the specialty once your doctor is gone? It does not sound like a good situation.

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Specializes in EMS, LTC, Sub-acute Rehab.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice... well you know the rest. Doubling down now is just setting yourself up for failure. Better to just leave those cards on the table and walk away while you can.

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Specializes in Occ. Hlth, Education, ICU, Med-Surg.

They knew he was leaving. They willfully and maliciously ensured that you would not be aware that he was leaving thereby ensuring any employment decision you made was not an informed decision. This leads me to believe that they have always had the intention of "dumping" the position requirements on you especially since they have been unable to locate anyone to replace the specialist in a year and a half!!

My 2 cents...start looking for a new position while giving proper notice of resignation. THEN WALK AWAY AND DON"T LOOK BACK!

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Specializes in Assistant Professor, Nephrology, Internal Medicine.

Resign now, this is just the beginning. It is obvious that they wanted a provider no matter what and didn't care about hiding details to ensure that they convinced you to take the job. This is a slippery slope IMO. What else will they hide from you in the future?

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The employer was shady for doing this. I would resign immediately and just leave them hanging with the problem they created for themselves.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.
Resign now, this is just the beginning. It is obvious that they wanted a provider no matter what and didn't care about hiding details to ensure that they convinced you to take the job. This is a slippery slope IMO. What else will they hide from you in the future?

My thoughts exactly! What a terrible thing to do to a brand new NP, let alone any employee. If they have this much trouble attracting and retaining professionals, that doesn't speak well to their management abilities. I think it's terribly under-handed to do what they did. If she had been given all the information up front, she could have made an informed decision. Terrible on the part of this employer for withholding information that could have swayed her career choice. What else will they conveniently omit? Run for the hills!

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I think instead of resigning immediately I would have a new position lined up. Why miss a paycheck because they lied to you. Also, do not tell them you are actively looking.

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Specializes in Assistant Professor, Nephrology, Internal Medicine.
I think instead of resigning immediately I would have a new position lined up. Why miss a paycheck because they lied to you. Also, do not tell them you are actively looking.

Why? Because they are going to end up dumping a huge amount of patients on her and they will be putting her at risk. Not worth losing sanity. I get that not everyone can just drop a job, but if it's fiscally possible it may be the best choice.

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As a new NP it maybe harder for you to find a new job so if your really unhappy I would look for something else before resigning. But you never know the new provider...who and whenever they start maybe great and you may love your job again. I live in central Texas where NPs seem to be a dime a dozen and it was hard for me to find work as a new grad. Finally I took a PT job that after I started orientation and nearly completed it did the other provider tell me they where quitting leaving me as the sole provider but it worked out and I love my job. So you never know how things will be but I would make sure that you tell "them" that all of the responsibilities could not be dumped on you. I required the company that I work with give me longer appointment times and I will not except walk ins, etc.

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