Working in Emergency Medicine in North CA/CEP?

[ED1995]

Hello all,
If you work/worked with CEP and/or in Emergency Medicine in Northern CA please PM me.
I would like to know how difficult it was to get into, what you recommend to a new grad etc.
Thank you.

[Friction]

ED1995, if its ok with you, I'm sure some of the rest of us would like to hear what has to be said on the subject. I'm from Roseville and would really like to hear how the job prospects are as I hope to return here after I start and finish school.

[Friction]

I don't really have a clue, so this is just a guess. But if I had to take a guess, I'd say its much easier for a new grad further north or south of Sac/SF (ie Lassen, Eureka, Modesto, rural Tahoe, Lemoore)

[burnpac]

CEP runs the ER at our facility, and also has a 5 slot PA fellowship at this ER. They traditionally don't hire new grads at any of their facilities unless they enter the year long fellowship. I doubt that they would make any exceptions based on geography. I can say that they are very supportive of PAs and NPs, and one of the largest employers of the same.

[EMEDPA]

Just an FYI- at many places (don't know specifically above Steve's place) corporate em groups like cep and emcare limit pa's to work in triage and fast track areas. probably better at Steve's place since they have an em residency for pa's.

[EMEDPA]

last time I worked in Northern Ca. was > 20 yrs ago so take this with a grain of salt. at least then (in the 90's) np's controlled most of the non physician provider market with a few exceptions like the er's in santa cruz ca which only used pa's. kaiser in santa clara also uses pa's. there is also a group in merced and fresno that staffs pa's in their er's, I still see their ads every few years.

[mooko12]

I read a lot on this forum, but never post! however, your thread caught my eye. I am also a (soon to be) new graduate applying for jobs in the Bay area, although I'm from Indianapolis and living here currently. Anyways, I applied to a few EM jobs on the CEP website and had a recruiter that day contact me wanting to set up a phone interview. When I spoke with her this week, she said that only certain locations have the staff available to do the training required for a new grad and luckily, one of them was the one I applied for. So, there are jobs for new grads, just not at all locations. I am specifically applying to jobs around SF. When I asked about how PAs are utilized at this location, she said they are relied upon heavily in the main ED as well as the RME areas.

I'd say go for it and apply to a few - you can get a better idea if you have the oppportunity to speak to someone.