Inpatient Hours / Schedule

[HMPA19]

Hi- I currently work as a Hospitalist PA at an academic medical center. Wondering what schedule other PAs have for Hospital Medicine PAs. The two most common schedules that I have discovered include:

1) 7 on, 7 off

2) 12 or 13 12 hour shifts/month

Any other models? What are your PTO benefits? Thanks!

[greenmood]

We do the second option you listed, although we have a very large group (~50) and some of us do 7/7 by choice.

PTO is based on years with the hospital, but for most of us is 10.15 hours per 2-week pay period. They call it “33 days” but that’s 8 hour days. So it’s really 22 days of our 12 hour shifts.

Were you asking about other bennies or just PTO?

[DizzyJ]

When I did inpatient, my schedule was a rotation of 3 12's week one and 4 12's week 2.  The docs did 7 on/7 off.  

Don't remember the benefits as it has been a few years.  

[bike mike]

When I was working inpatient I worked 3 13hrs shifts per week with the option to pick up extra shifts. Loved my schedule with exception of my required night shifts. 

[InternalMedicinePA]

Another option I have heard for hospitalists at academic medical centers is 5 on (mon-friday), 2 off (sat and sun) and then 7 on and 7 off. You work every third weekend but on the weekends you work you pick up your partners list.

[Kaepora]

I'm CCM and we do 6x12s and 1x8 (that is always a 12) each 2 week pay period.  The hospitalist APPs do 4x10s.  We get 26x8 hour shifts, or 17x12 hour shifts of PTO each year.  

[BrianR]

CCM nocturnist, 3 consecutive 12s per week in 300 bed community hospital, PTO similar to Kaepora, plus cme time.

[MediMike]

CCM nocturnist, 10 (12) hour shifts/mo. Self scheduled for the most part. No additional PTO.