kruton85 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 $72,500/ year, work 3 -12 hr shifts. 1 week CME 1 week sick days 2 weeks vacation $2000 professional expense allowance health insurance, dental, vision, life, 401k teaching hospital will train only procedures that PA does insert feeding tubes through nose any advice is greatly appreciated!! thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradopa Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 $72,500/ year, work 3 -12 hr shifts.1 week CME 1 week sick days 2 weeks vacation $2000 professional expense allowance health insurance, dental, vision, life, 401k teaching hospital will train only procedures that PA does insert feeding tubes through nose any advice is greatly appreciated!! thanks, Thats in line with new grad pay at our institution in the south. We get PTO instead and get a little more. Who does procedures there? A lot of hospitals are using PAs to cover the ICU 24/7 and if you can't do lines somebody will have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickitabanana Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Where is this located? Salary seems low, but it depends where you are. I second coloradopa -- who does the procedures? Residents? It seems like you should be trained to do more invasive procedures than NG tubes. Heck, I did that as a student! Also, if you ever want to switch jobs down the line I think having a comprehensive ICU procedure skill set would be valuable. Again, the rest of it seems pretty standard so it's really up to you if you'll be happy without doing procedures. (I love them, but other people don't and that's totally okay!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruton85 Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Residents do the procedures :( also located in southeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradopa Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Residents do the procedures :( also located in southeast. That's not totally unusual. The issue is that its in their best interest to have you credentialed to do procedures if things get busy. Also we have had enough resident iatrogenesis that procedures have to be overseen by a PA/NP or attending. Make sure they don't want you to oversee lines and then bill for them. That's an attending thing, not legal for PAs (or NPs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruton85 Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 The pay is so low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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