Finding a non operative podiatry job

[deleted1162946]

Hello all,

I know there’s been a thread on this before. But I’m almost a year out and I’m already sick of surgery. The stress, complications, terrible inpatient cases, etc. any advice or suggestions on how I find a nonoperative podiatry job where I’m mainly doing in office procedures, routine care, and basic musculoskeletal work?

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[PTPuser]

Hello all,

I know there’s been a thread on this before. But I’m almost a year out and I’m already sick of surgery. The stress, complications, terrible inpatient cases, etc. any advice or suggestions on how I find a nonoperative podiatry job where I’m mainly doing in office procedures, routine care, and basic musculoskeletal work?

I feel you and I'm only a resident. This with the job outlook absolutely destroys any motivation I have left.

 

[AttackNME]

Find a mentor, locally or even influencers online are willing to help, don’t let a few bad cases get to you

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Hello all,

I know there’s been a thread on this before. But I’m almost a year out and I’m already sick of surgery. The stress, complications, terrible inpatient cases, etc. any advice or suggestions on how I find a nonoperative podiatry job where I’m mainly doing in office procedures, routine care, and basic musculoskeletal work?

Kaiser has some and some ortho groups advertise for non-surgical podiatrists.

 

[MicroPod]

Sounds like PP pods try to do less and less surgery because it doesn’t pay and is much less stressful. In a hospital setting likely would be tough to do.

Now that I’m out of residency I appreciate I&D and amp cases much more. Easier and less stressful in my opinion.

 

[Adam Smasher]

If you have an entrepreneurial bent, you could just start up solo. If you don't have enough capital to start an office, mobile podiatry is a lesser-risk venture to start on your own. Learn which geographic sub-regions are more/less saturated and plan your eventual office location that way.

 

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Hello all,

I know there’s been a thread on this before. But I’m almost a year out and I’m already sick of surgery. The stress, complications, terrible inpatient cases, etc. any advice or suggestions on how I find a nonoperative podiatry job where I’m mainly doing in office procedures, routine care, and basic musculoskeletal work?

I can tell you there have been a lot of non-op openings open up in the mid Atlantic area like PA and MD. They are out there!

 

[icebreaker32]

Hello all,

I know there’s been a thread on this before. But I’m almost a year out and I’m already sick of surgery. The stress, complications, terrible inpatient cases, etc. any advice or suggestions on how I find a nonoperative podiatry job where I’m mainly doing in office procedures, routine care, and basic musculoskeletal work?

FQHC is a good option. Some jobs are surgical, but many are not.

The usual nursing home/home visit jobs. Heavily audited type of work.

A few organizational and academic non surgical jobs. Might need to bolster your CV (wound care fellowship, papers etc). Might need to be open geographically and a bit lucky to land job.

Less government non surgical jobs and besides reduction in government now.

A few ortho non surgical podiatry surgical jobs, but a trend towards NPs/PAs.

A few large podiatry groups have a non surgical associate podiatrist. If things slow down you are first to go as a non partner.

Some associate mills that can't fill a job might not care.

A few start a nonsurgical practice and make it work. Need to be in right area and have a way to bring in your own patients (social medial, online advertising etc). Find a way to really bring in lots of cash pay and/or keep overhead extremely low.

A good option is also to try and get someone who is willing to scrub in a few cases with you, refer out cases you realize you don't feel comfortable with and find a job with surgery but less complex cases if necessary.

 

[Feli]

I would strongly suggest just grinding it out... or going self-employed (solo) if doing non-op.

There are tons of minimal/non op DPMs, and the job market doesn't respect them.
PAs can do what they do, surgical DPMs can do what they do... PCPs, Urgent Care, NPs, etc all can. Any non-op DPM job is very likely to be underpaid and/or low job security. It's very likely the employer realizes at some point that they can get a surgical DPM (at least wound/amp/basic ABPM stuff) for about the same price as the non-op.

But make sure to get all your CAQs to be maximally in demand. 😆

 

[MicroPod]

I doubt hospitals really understand or care much about anything podiatry specific. They do understand what makes them money though. At the moment what makes them the most money is more surgery.