Ambulatory or Inpatient?

[gammaknife]

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I have worked in walgreens for a long time and currently working for a hospital as an inpatient Pharmacist. I have been offered an ambulatory position and I am not sure whether to accept the ambulatory position. I am worried if i'll like it? and how the reimbursement for amb care will work in the future. If I take up the amb care position, whether I can get back into inpatient pharmacy in the future if I want to. Any advise please? Thank you

 

[LazyMooch]

1) Compare the compensation packages.
2) Shadow an amublatory pharmacist for a shift or two and ask them the pros and cons of the job. You're never too old or experienced to shadow.

 

[gammaknife]

the compensation part is the same and doesn't affect me much coz they don't pay much in hospital😀 I won't be able to shadow coz it is a diff hospital and my hospital doesn't have one. So I am looking for advise from any amb pharmacists too.

 

[spacecowgirl]

What would your job description be?

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

I don't know if it is possible with this position but I do inpatient and ambulatory at the hospital I am at. The ambulatory component is small but steadily expanding. I enjoy the variety. I think one day if possible I would like to transition to a ambulatory/managed care full time role.

 

[gammaknife]

I don't know if it is possible with this position but I do inpatient and ambulatory at the hospital I am at. The ambulatory component is small but steadily expanding. I enjoy the variety. I think one day if possible I would like to transition to a ambulatory/managed care full time role.

The ambulatory job I have been offered is mainly to work in anticoag clinic and with little inpatient pharmacy. There are other clinics like renal transplant but i don't think they will allow me there with only PharmD😉

 

[gammaknife]

I don't know if it is possible with this position but I do inpatient and ambulatory at the hospital I am at. The ambulatory component is small but steadily expanding. I enjoy the variety. I think one day if possible I would like to transition to a ambulatory/managed care full time role.

Are you planning to do a residency or bcps for your ambulatory position? I haven't heard positively about doing a residency in Ambulatory and community care. That's also one reason for my hesitation