0.6FTE salary

[yrmd]

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I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to share what their salary is asking at 0.6FTE and if they make extra from bonuses or side jobs

 

[cabinbuilder]

What does 0.6FTE mean?

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

What does 0.6FTE mean?

0.6x full time hours. So if full time is 40 hours, 0.6 would be 24 hours.

 

[cabinbuilder]

So who works only 24 hours a week? Now I'm more confused at the question. What am I missing?

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

So who works only 24 hours a week? Now I'm more confused at the question. What am I missing?

I had a partner at my last practice who worked 2.5 days per week. Officially that's 20 hours per week.

 

[cj_cregg]

So who works only 24 hours a week? Now I'm more confused at the question. What am I missing?

People with family responsibilities, people who are working multiple gigs or are part time clinical work and part time admin/teaching/something else, people who are burned out or working towards retirement and just want to work less hours, etc

OP- I am not down to 0.6 FTE but I am less than full time for clinic work specifically because I also do inpatient coverage and some other stuff. My base salary for the clinical portion is basically pro rated according to what a full time clinic person makes. My RVU targets when I transition to production for productivity bonuses, base pay, etc, are also prorated based on my FTE of clinical work (but includes the hours for my inpatient coverage). All of my job roles add up to 1.0 FTE, but if they were less than that, my PTO and CME money would have been prorated for that as well but otherwise I think I still got the full benefit package.

 

[Sardonix]

People with family responsibilities, people who are working multiple gigs or are part time clinical work and part time admin/teaching/something else, people who are burned out or working towards retirement and just want to work less hours, etc

OP- I am not down to 0.6 FTE but I am less than full time for clinic work specifically because I also do inpatient coverage and some other stuff. My base salary for the clinical portion is basically pro rated according to what a full time clinic person makes. My RVU targets when I transition to production for productivity bonuses, base pay, etc, are also prorated based on my FTE of clinical work (but includes the hours for my inpatient coverage). All of my job roles add up to 1.0 FTE, but if they were less than that, my PTO and CME money would have been prorated for that as well but otherwise I think I still got the full benefit package.

Yup. At my location, no one is a 1.0 FTE due to not being able to hack the demands. Not enough staff, too many patients, too much unpaid inbox/clerical work that builds up to the point of burnout. One may ask why keep a 1.0 at an unmanageable level that no one works. That is an excellent question that thus far admin avoids ever addressing.

 

[cj_cregg]

Yup. At my location, no one is a 1.0 FTE due to not being able to hack the demands. Not enough staff, too many patients, too much unpaid inbox/clerical work that builds up to the point of burnout. One may ask why keep a 1.0 at an unmanageable level that no one works. That is an excellent question that thus far admin avoids ever addressing.

Yeah, honestly, my gig's not bad overall, but even so I can definitely see myself cutting back to like 0.8 FTE at some point in the not so distant future because of the stuff you mentioned.

 

[smq123]

So who works only 24 hours a week? Now I'm more confused at the question. What am I missing?

I am .5 FTE, so I see patients 20 hours a week. I do inbox and other work outside of those hours as well, but those are the hours that I'm required to be at the clinic.

My husband works as a specialist and is building a research career. We don't have a lot of family nearby (and up until recently, my mom was on chemo), so one of us needs to be more flexible. Since he makes A LOT more than I do, that's me.

I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to share what their salary is asking at 0.6FTE and if they make extra from bonuses or side jobs

I work .5 FTE. I don't work a side job - the main reason to go part time was to have the flexibility to take care of other stuff (like homework and the 18 bajillion other things that kids need). My salary is 107K, exactly half of what the full time physicians at my site work (hospital affiliated clinic). I get full healthcare and retirement benefits, but the PTO is prorated. I don't have any debt (yay NHSC), which helps make the money less of an issue.

Looking at your post history, I see that you're probably currently a resident. I actually don't recommend that new grads start out as part time, if they can avoid it. You learn a lot in residency but the learning curve your first few years as an attending is still steep (more if your residency wasn't particularly strong).

 

[cabinbuilder]

My schedule is just so different than the norm. I work Thurs, Friday, Mon, Tues, Wed. 12 hrs shifts in urgent care. Then have a week off. It repeats indefinitely. So I technically have 26 weeks off a year. Work 26 weeks. I can pick up extra shifts on the weeks off to make more if I want.

 

[smq123]

My schedule is just so different than the norm. I work Thurs, Friday, Mon, Tues, Wed. 12 hrs shifts in urgent care. Then have a week off. It repeats indefinitely. So I technically have 26 weeks off a year. Work 26 weeks. I can pick up extra shifts on the weeks off to make more if I want.

I was having trouble finding a decent part time job, so I considered doing this. But kids are still just too little (kindergarten/preschool) so it really isn't that feasible. Maybe when my kids are older and I'm not totally sick of medicine by then.

 

[Ironheme]

I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to share what their salary is asking at 0.6FTE and if they make extra from bonuses or side jobs

You'll have to be a little more specific - urgent care? Outpatient? Inpatient? Academic? Region of the country. I couldn't speak to urgent care. For 0.6 - ballpark:

Outpatient varies widely, depending on bonuses, but roughly $160k for outpatient with 3000 wRVU expected. ~$180k inpatient. $144k academics.

Yes, a lot of my income comes from extras, and my time is worth ~$200/hour.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Full time at my job is 36 patient hours (basically 4.5 days per week).

None of us actually see patients for 36 hours per week. I average 31.

 

[cabinbuilder]

My full time job is a scheduled 10 shifts a months (12 hrs). Base pay is 220K + 115/hr for extra shifts + RVU.

 

[shaggybill]

My full time job is a scheduled 10 shifts a months (12 hrs). Base pay is 220K + 115/hr for extra shifts + RVU.

Not including the extra shift pay, what kind of gross does that come out to with base + RVUs? I imagine a doc can rack up the RVUs if an UC clinic is busy enough.

Also, If you know people on here and that's too nosy of a question, just ignore it.

 

[cabinbuilder]

Not including the extra shift pay, what kind of gross does that come out to with base + RVUs? I imagine a doc can rack up the RVUs if an UC clinic is busy enough.

Also, If you know people on here and that's too nosy of a question, just ignore it.

I'm consistently over 450K on the lower end. We are very very busy all year round.

 

[shaggybill]

I'm consistently over 450K on the lower end. We are very very busy all year round.

That's a great salary. Are you still 1099? Do you ever feel burned out?

 

[cabinbuilder]

That's a great salary. Are you still 1099? Do you ever feel burned out?

I have not been 1099 for 9 years. I feel burned out during flu season and during xmas. After those times are over I don't pick up extra shifts and do extra travelling. Helps having 7 days off inbetween.