There is a similar thread in the ED forum...
We also can share how job hunting is like... Few people in my class have job offer and salary vary widely--anywhere from 220-350k (hospitalist vs. nocturnist)
I have started looking about a month ago and have not found anything that I like so far. People can share here the type of offers they are getting and what the terms are so some of us can have an idea of what the market is like during this Covid19 era.
In my region, job market has tightened significantly (still jobs out there but fewer) and open moonlighting availability plummeted. Hospital nearby that chronically could not hire fulltime, managed to hire 7-8 new grads that started in July. Moonlighting shifts that are emailed as suddenly available are snapped up within minutes. Small rural hospitals couple hours out closed down/removed hospitalist shifts.
Existing full time positions in the urban/suburban area are stable. I have not heard of pay cuts or any layoffs around here, and at my fulltime gig we had our yearly standard raise and bonuses occur. Plus we got several thousand dollar check as a one time covid bonus pay.
We are much more insulated than ER. Hospital admit volume did not take anywhere as big of a dive as ER did and recovered to new highs in the summer, even before the current covid wave. The bullcrap patients that the ER docs depends on for their paycheck are the whiny worried well folks who never get admitted anyway. While the actual sick people will always come in eventually, which is a saving grace for hospitalists. And elective surgeries resumed, so that consult volume was restored fully as well.
I keep close tabs on jobs in my area and an open suburban nocturnist position i had a phone interview with last month, offered ~330k for 180 shifts a year, closed icu, so not great but not bad.
Regarding PCP job market, I don’t keep track of that.
