Offer FM & PS

[Shanny]

Hi everyone!

 

I have two offers one is just a verbal so I don't remember all the details.

 

Plastic surgery( working with cosmetic and breast reconstrution)

Salary 90k with 10,000 raise each year

Benefits : health ins 75% covered by employee

401k 8% match

Malpractice: covered with tail

Cme: 1000 (days weren't discussed)

Bonus: forgot details somewhere around 1500 year

Hours: 9-5 M and Thur approximately. Surgery days tue, wed, thurs hours are per the schedule ( still working out the details).

Travel: between 4 hospitals and offices in north jersey occasionally some in central and south jersey

Call: 1 sat a month ( few hours have to round on pts only)

1 night late call ( need details)

Vacation: 2weeks firsts year, 3 weeks second etc

Holidays, personal and sick days ( still to be discussed )

Location: avg 15-35 mins from my house depending on where the schedule places me that day.

 

Other: gas is paid with receipt, $250 towards car payment after 3 years of hire. All but one PA left because she thought the job was 9-5 but it wasn't. All others have been there >5-6 years first job out of school. They love new grads and train you for 6 months to a year.

 

 

 

Family Medicine

Salary 75k with 5,000 raise each year

Benefits : health ins 100% covered by employee

401k 3% match

Malpractice: covered (with tail???)

Cme: 1 week CME ( $ to be discussed

Bonus: % ( to be discussed)

Hours: Mon 11-7, tue &owed 9-3, Thur 9-5, Friday 11-4 every other sat 8-12 0r 9-1 which ever and the hours are also flexible.

Travel: no travel

Call: every other sat as discussed

Vacation: 3 weeks

Holidays, personal and sick days ( still to be discussed not sure if that's included in the 3 weeks

Location: 1hr 40 mins, I would have to move my mom is 40 mins away and my friend lives 12 mins away

 

Other: eveything is done in house so lots of procedures to learn from, only one doctor to work with and his personality seems very inviting. He expects max 4 pts an hour. When I asked about training he said I would see my own pts which are already established at the practice and if I had questions he'll be there for me to ask. There is no electronic Med records.

 

 

 

About me: Mom of 1 and my goal was to work in Derm/ cosmetic/ mohs ( that didn't work out) but also liked primary care. I feel plastic is a once in a life time and later I can get good hours plus the pay is better and I have higher than average student loans. However, FM is located where the cost of living is cheaper and the hours are great and that could still get me into derm later.

 

I did not negotiate these offers as of yet, so open to suggestions!

[mgriffiths]

Do you like surgery?  Plus plastic surgery is very different from "normal" surgery.  Yes, the pay will be higher, but your patients will be very different than the normal - that can be both a good or bad thing (at the same time!! haha)

 

The plastic surgery job sounds pretty good, but it's all about what you want to do.  If you are correct this plastic surgery practice takes on new grads eagerly, you might not have much room to negotiate.  I'm not sure why they pay towards a car payment.  Honestly, I would try to trade that "benefit" toward a higher starting salary and more starting PTO.  I would personally shoot for 3 weeks PTO, 5 days sick/personal, and 5 days CME.  Also, New Jersey is higher than average cost of living if I'm not mistaken - so I would really try to shoot for closer to $100k starting salary, or maybe a defined annual "loan repayment."

[Shanny]

Thanks for responding

 

They gave the good old "This is the standard for every new grad."

 

The car payment is because the job involves quite a bit of traveling because of the different office locations.

 

Also, I have had no experience with plastic not even a rotation