urgent care or family practice?

[Power2020]

Hi all!!

SO I need some opinons.

I have a urgent care job going great, just not full time, no benefits $75/hr.

I just got offered a position with a family practice clinic w/a pretty big company full benefits $108/year, 8-5 mon-friday- no call, no weekend work

this family practice job is located about 45min from my house.

There is a huge saturation and I think I am getting this offer because nobody wants to go drive that far and take this family practice job..

My question is : urgent care is really fun, although the clinic I work in may get shut down soon, and no other urgent care hiring locally at this time.

Should I stay with urgent care or take this family practice job? I am feeling VERY intimidated to do 8-5 with a 45 min commute and chart a bit at home...seems like a burnout to me.

I really need to make a decision and feel so worried d/t the commute and simply getting back into family practice.

Urgent care is so acute- you treat em for something very minor and the patient is usually always satisfied and happy...with family practice it is ongoing issues, and lower patient satisifaction in general. People wanting narcotics like crazy too! << worst part of the job!

[ToFNPandBeyond]

The whole narcs deal in FP is real...

Can you negotiate start time? I'd start there. Explain the commute as rationale.

As for your urgent care job, if they're closing, you're left with no job likely no job prospects....

[Power2020]

Hello FNPand beyond

Well I decided aganist the fulltime family practice- an hour commute is going to wear me out very quickly.

I am currently a floater in my urgent care so I kind of fill in when people are sick and therefore am not guaranteed shifts. Historically for the last 5 months I have gotten 8-10 shifts a month which is pretty good. LOTS of work flexibility.

Do you know anything of working at minute clinics? Such as CVS/etc. ? How the job satisfaction is there?

I have a family practice background and what I feel is if patient isn't satisified it is all coming back on you? I go out of my way for patients to provide SAFE care I feel sometimes people stretch protocols to make patients happy such as writing for xanax/ ambien/tramdol, etc.

So my thoughts are like what is the point of working in family practice and why not do something like minute clinic? you know?

[ToFNPandBeyond]

I hear you. I currently work in family practice but will be transitioning to specialty care d/t new mgmt and the push/ pressure to prescribe narcs to those who demand for it. It's starting to feel like a pill mill so I'm leaving.

I've never worked in minute clinic, but from I've learned, it's fast paced so you may like that. However, the job may get boring overtime as you're primarily treating common cold sxs. Obviously do your own research and ask questions to determine if it's right for you. Bestof luck to you!