NPs help me please!!

I was thinking about this post today and wanted also to say that one of the things I value at my current position is the ability to have a flexible day. I am required to work at least 40 hours and do so every week. However, I do like to work 10-12 hours on Mon-Tues and then take off early on Friday. So....this is one of the intangibles of my job.

Personally, I think the job you are talking about sounds wonderfully interesting.

I totally agree about the 10-12 hr days. I'm not a Mon-Fri 8-5 kind of person. This has been a problem with the primary care clinic where I work 4.5 days per week. We usually start at 8:30, then an hour off for lunch and sometimes I leave early if the schedule is light. The problem is that I don't even get to put in an 8 hr day. However, I can make the time up at the UC clinic...but then I'm working all the time! Also, this clinic is a 40 minute drive one way, so I'm having to pay a lot of $$$ for gas.

I've been offered a job with EMCARE (anyone heard of it?) and they cover ER's at 3 local hospitals - it's in the fast track. The shifts are 10 or 12 hrs, depending on the hospital. I would only have to work a minimum of 10 shifts per month in order to get full benefits. I'm seriously considering making the switch. I'm going to see if I can still work one day a week at the primary care clinic, but I'm going to tell them I need to be guaranteed 8 hrs. I need to keep up to date on all the primary care issues, b/c they are so broad.

The pay at the ER job is $60/hr for part-time and $65/hr for fulltime. They said I could do either. They require 2 years of urgent care experience and thankfully I now have that! I'm just waiting to take my ACLS class and we'll go from there.

For the work u are describing.....I would think the pay should be in the 6 figures to make it worthwhile. It is a lot of work doing inpatient coverage... let alone all the other stuff to boot.

We have made an offer to the last candidate we interviewed, so we'll see what happens. As I mentioned, I don't think salary is the issue, but rather the intimidation factor. This NP is apprehensive, but excited about the opportunity. I'll take that over experience.

Once again, that NP should be pulling in over 100k annually for that job. You can bet they would pay a doctor more than twice that for the exact same duties!

So, my department has had an open position for an NP for 18 months! I just became involved in the interviewing process about 6 months ago, although I knew the previous RNs/NPs in the role (one left to industry, and one went to have triplets and doesn't work FT anymore!).

It's a really interesting position, very busy but a lot of room to make the role their own. There is acute inpt stuff, patient/staff education, outpatient clinic, clinical research/study involvement. Really a varied position, with a very interesting patient population. The CT surgeon who'd be the collaborating physician is good to work with and personable, as are the other engineers and nurses in the team.

The employer is a huge hospital system, with what seems to me to be average-good pay for this area. We're willing to train a new graduate if they are the right candidate.

I guess what I want from you, experienced NPs, is to know what we're doing wrong!? We often get people interviewing/shadowing, then calling to say they're not interested. I assumed NPs would be type A personalities who weren't so intimidated by a busy job... but maybe we're scaring them off? [it's an artificial heart program, which scares some people although it's basically advanced heart failure/device management].

Surprisingly, a lot of candidates admit they didn't want this job in particular, just "any" NP job - I can't believe they admit that to an interviewer! One even emailed saying her preferred job "fell through", so now she's interested in an interview (she had turned an interview down when we initially tried to schedule one after she applied as she was interviewing elsewhere).

What makes you say "I want to work THERE"? Any pointers? (I know it's hard without knowing the people involved).

Thanks for any help! (And if there's any NPs with an interest in cardiac/HF/mechanical support, PM me!).

Hello Ghillbert;

Once i read your message, i felt some what excited. You are in a busy working environment. Even-though you founded it some how difficult to manage with the present man power;i would suggest you to handle it systematically, but definitly it might need more NPs to make it safe. As to me i would have been involved in such a mood, becouse i like a busy working environment. As far as you are asking some one to share your working area. Things might be a bit simplified. It is a nice idea and i love it also,i suggest you are in a nice working environment becouse if you get busy won't let your mind think in the other way round but helping the sick people. and i like such environment.

i wish you a sucess!!!