Henri Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hi. I was offered a role as co-clinical director of a large community health center in a rural setting. The center has 10 clinicians, an in-office lab and x-ray. My role is shared with a physician who has been performing this job for about 3 years. My current salary is approx. $67,000. They have offered me a whopping $500 annually to perform this new role. I also get 2 hours a week administrative time to write meeting agendas, etc. My plan is to ask them to pay for some professional development training. Should I ask for more compensation too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyJ Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Oh wow! 67K is so low. Do you get loan repayment? CME? $500 extra a year would depend on how much actual work it takes I guess. Is 2 hours a week enough time to take care of the responsibilities for the position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted December 2, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2012 when I was a lead pa/associate chief of dept I got about 80k base and 10% over for admin duties..and that was 13 years ago....and it wasn't enough for all the hassles..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Ack, typo on salary. It's actually $72,000. I also get 4 weeks paid time off and $2500 CME. And it qualifies for loan repayment (but that technically should not affect salary). I think it's pretty low as well, but this is a rural place so I understand. Cost of living is low. $500 though was a surprise. I would be responsible for new ACP evaluations for 30-60-90 days. I will run the monthly staff meeting for clinicians. I will handle patient complaints with the center manager, determine patient divorces for no-shows and for other reasons. All this while still seeing 3-4 patients an hour. It seems like a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpackelly Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 This is not a lot. Even in extreme northern Michigan, at a FQHC the PAs make 82K with potential for a bonus and no administrative duties. Most of the clinicians there actually spend 10 hours daily on patient care (8 hours seeing patients and 2 hours doing call backs, EHR, etc.). Often they are charting from home at 10pm. I mean, given that it is essentially a 50 hour a week job, your hourly pay is way under par even for an experienced RN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic207 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Quit working for anything less than 85k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason09 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Being in a rural location does not mean it is OK to take a low salary. It should be the opposite actually as you are sacrificing location so should get paid more. Off of my last 10 e-mails this past week for rural locations, all are well over 100k... Honestly this is a joke of a salary and this new role sounds like A LOT of work with very little compensation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic207 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Being in a rural location does not mean it is OK to take a low salary. It should be the opposite actually as you are sacrificing location so should get paid more. Off of my last 10 e-mails this past week for rural locations, all are well over 100k... Honestly this is a joke of a salary and this new role sounds like A LOT of work with very little compensation. Agree, There are to many PA offers being thrown around that pay in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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