Pros
Salaried position with benefits and paid CME. Established company. Salary range. Largely autonomous in day-to-day duties.
Cons
~ Extremely poor communication by upper leadership. Input of masters and doctorate-prepared NPs is not valued. Leadership expects NPs to happily agree to every change in policy no matter how poorly thought out or potentially dangerous to staff or their licensure. Any employee who wants to discuss changes or raises concerns is labeled "lazy", a "troublemaker" with a "poor attitude" who simply "doesn't like change". ~ Although leadership can change your job duties with zero notice, you must give 4 weeks notice to take a day off. It doesn't matter if it's for medical reasons, they are inflexible on time off even if no patients have been scheduled yet. When co-workers call in sick d/t to this policy, you will have 2-3 patients added to your schedule same day. ~It is not explained upon hiring but this is a metric-based position which includes number of patient visits, number of diabetic exams, etc. It doesn't matter if the call center can't book enough patients to fill your schedule, you are still responsible to complete X amount of visits regardless. Many patients say yes to simply get the appointment scheduler off the phone but then they refuse to complete the visit. ~Lots of driving; Depending on traffic that could be over an hour one way to the first patient. Sometimes NPs have patients to see in multiple cities in the same day, sometimes up to an hour away from each other. Patients are booked on your start time and on your end time, meaning you are working way more than an 8 hour or 10 hour day. ~No prescribing.