cshanks Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I am a new Ortho PA. I graduated in 2010 and was immediately accepted into an orthopedics residency which I completed in November. I live in So. Cal, 60 miles east of Los Angeles and had difficulty finding a job where I didn't have a long commute so I recently took a position with a wound care specialist part time. I was offered $45 to start with an increase to $54 after training which they designated as 90 days. I really like the practice and the doc but she is talking about me coming on full time in the next couple of months because she just got a contract with a large medical with multiple locations. My dilemma: If I start full time with this doc I wil no longer be able to work at my second part time job (fee for service job with VA 75-100/pt, currently work for them 2 days/week) and will stop looking for an ortho position so I would like to ask her for benefits. I would like to ask for the practice to pay for my credentialing, $1000 for CME per year, and a 401K. Ideally I would like to ask for yearly bonus based on my billing. I don't want medical or dental benefits because I am covered by my husband. Is this proposal fair? Feedback is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted February 11, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 11, 2012 you went to the trouble of doing an ortho residency. if it was me I would move closer to an ortho job rather than take a job in a field which does not interest me and pays a lot less. as a residency trained ortho pa you can easily make 125k/yr. just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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