Critical care pharmacists practicing outside critical care

[John Detter]

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I am finishing out my PGY2 in critical care over the next couple months and have started looking a jobs. I am geographically limited, so I'm trying to be flexible and am looking at different options.

I just wanted to see how many critical care trained pharmacists are working outside an ICU or emergency medicine environment. How does your position compare to a "traditional" CC or EM position? Pros/cons?

Thanks!

 

[gwarm01]

It would be a real shame to have put in the sacrifice for a PGY2 and not utilize it. Why are you geographically limited? Could you possibly leave the area for a short while to get the job you trained for, then move back in a year or two if something opens up? That's the reality of the market unfortunately.

As for me, I worked in peds critical care (mostly PICU, some NICU and oncology + central staffing) for about 2.5 years before I took my current job in informatics. It was very different from what I did before. The stress level is very low, but it was a difficult transition when you are wired to be constantly doing something. I'd say my quality of life has improved, but I miss a lot about my old job. I also feel like I'm forgetting a lot of my clinical skills even though I still do 20 hours/month at another hospital.

 

[John Detter]

It would be a real shame to have put in the sacrifice for a PGY2 and not utilize it. Why are you geographically limited? Could you possibly leave the area for a short while to get the job you trained for, then move back in a year or two if something opens up? That's the reality of the market unfortunately.

As for me, I worked in peds critical care (mostly PICU, some NICU and oncology + central staffing) for about 2.5 years before I took my current job in informatics. It was very different from what I did before. The stress level is very low, but it was a difficult transition when you are wired to be constantly doing something. I'd say my quality of life has improved, but I miss a lot about my old job. I also feel like I'm forgetting a lot of my clinical skills even though I still do 20 hours/month at another hospital.

I'm geographically limited due to some personal and family commitments. I'm mainly asking to see if there are jobs that I haven't thought of that would still allow me to utilize some of the knowledge from my critical care training outside a purely clinical environment.

 

[joe1969]

Critical care BCCCP 2017 next april and i need advice .I have 2016 accp PDF. looking for either cases study or high yield for any i need help or trade materials if any body wants.

 

[MackandBlues]

Medical school....


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[MackandBlues]

One of my friends is a medial liaison person for a drug company and works from home. She completed a critical care residency along with me. She's also banking the $$$ compared to a CC pharmacist


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[MackandBlues]

How much? I'm looking to get out of clinical/traditional setting when my spouse finishes fellowship

A lot is all I'm saying


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[BenJammin]

I'm geographically limited due to some personal and family commitments. I'm mainly asking to see if there are jobs that I haven't thought of that would still allow me to utilize some of the knowledge from my critical care training outside a purely clinical environment.

Everyone always says that but I have learned from experience that those commitments are easily broken.

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

A lot is all I'm saying


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A lot to me is >250k for 40hr week and would not want to travel more than once per month. Does it meet that?

 

[njac]

A lot to me is >250k for 40hr week and would not want to travel more than once per month. Does it meet that?

My MSL friends make 2/3 of that and travel minimum once per week.

One is based out of Seattle and covers the entire west coast.


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[MackandBlues]

Lol can't give a ballpark?

I don't remember the specifics because it also involved bonuses and a company car. Plus it's significantly more than a CC pharmacist makes is all I remember. I'm not in the pharmacy field very much anymore and not looking for a pharmacist job so I remember thinking wow that's a lot but don't remember the exact numbers or ballpark.


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[rl123]

Are you looking for pure clinical specialist positions? If you're ok with hybrid/unit-based models, you should be able to get an ER position, in my opinion.

You should apply broadly- when I was doing this years ago, I interviewed for more non-CC positions than CC jobs. Outside of CC, emergency medicine positions are the next obvious extension, but don't count yourself out of pediatric critical care, internal medicine/ cardiology, and ID/stewardship positions (IF you're not in a flooded market, just bc there are a lot of ID PGY2's now)

Though honestly, if you were trained in CC, you're most likely going to find IM and ID/stewardship stuff too slow paced and boring- but at the end of the day a job is a job. Weigh out your options and take whatever position you can get, but always keep an eye out for your dream job