can your current job interfere with credentialing process?

[deleted1100659]

I know they contact current employer, and im sure my current employer will be annoyed to say the least at the idea of me leaving, as weve already had disagreements over what they want me to do. Ive only been at this job half a year, previously was a resident. To what extent will they contact the current employer and will they require a physician reference from the current one? I only work with midlevels and theres not even another physician in my clinic so I wasnt sure..

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[Merovinge]

Just provide references from your residency, there are no MDs at your location so very easy to explain this. They only contact references that you personally provide.

 

[deleted1100659]

Just provide references from your residency, there are no MDs at your location so very easy to explain this. They only contact references that you personally provide.

thanks man!

 

[comp1]

If you recently graduated, sure, provide residency references. Regardless, a new employer will want to contact your most recent employer and it would be highly suspicious if this was made difficult by you. The previous employer making it difficult is different. Ideally the new employer will want to talk to your most recent supervisor. It's helpful if this is a physician, but they are looking into more than clinical skill and a lot of physicians are supervised by non-physicians. Sometimes this check is an absolutely mandatory HR requirement, sometimes not. Hopefully the new employer has been made aware that they are poaching you and will be taking that into account regarding any feedback received. Rest assured this is a commonly tenuous situation. Psychiatrists are in very high demand and everyone is sad/frustrated/upset when one leaves.

 

[deleted1100659]

If you recently graduated, sure, provide residency references. Regardless, a new employer will want to contact your most recent employer and it would be highly suspicious if this was made difficult by you. The previous employer making it difficult is different. Ideally the new employer will want to talk to your most recent supervisor. It's helpful if this is a physician, but they are looking into more than clinical skill and a lot of physicians are supervised by non-physicians. Sometimes this check is an absolutely mandatory HR requirement, sometimes not. Hopefully the new employer has been made aware that they are poaching you and will be taking that into account regarding any feedback received. Rest assured this is a commonly tenuous situation. Psychiatrists are in very high demand and everyone is sad/frustrated/upset when one leaves.

Well no plans to make it difficult on my end. Clinic supervisor isnt a physician though, and the only other clinic physician is the medical director who only does telehealth a few days a week, and they're almost 90 years old. Have only interacted with them a couple times. The rest are midlevel providers in the clinic. I definitely think there may be resentment on their end (administrators not midlevels) as we have had disagreements about procedures/patient care/what they want for me, but ultimately I don't even have a contract, providers here just go off an offer letter (which was a mistake on my part because it gives them the power to make changes to my job/responsibilities as they see fit), but in the same token as least im not bound to the facility. To add to this, im the only physician on site and do all the clinic supervision for 5 midlevels so they will have to try to find someone else, and they have struggled finding people, so I dont think theyll like that.

Regardless when I take a new offer, I do plan on giving current employer ample notice, im not the vindictive type