Hypothetical Question. How quickly could graduating resident find a job at this point?

[ladysmanfelpz]

Considering life choices and decisions. If I were to change my path, how quickly could I get a job? I'm fine with waiting until boards or after. Would that be doable? I did get my license in another state, hedging my bets you could guess, as I have had some second thoughts. Just curious on turn around and don't want to damage long term future potential with large gap in employment, but fine with a few months gap.

Obviously won't be my first pic, but as long as I have some income I'm good.

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[calvnandhobbs68]

I mean it depends on how restricted you are geographically and how picky you are. Want the last like 5 recruiting emails CompHealth keeps throwing in my spam folder since last week?

Outpatient Adult Psychiatrist - Harrison, NY
- 3 days per week in Psych ER, 2 days in OP Mental Health Services Clinic
- 10-12 patients per day
- No call
- Academic Appointment through New York Medical College

Virginia Opportunities:

• Inpatient Adult Psychiatrist No fellowship is required, and J-1 visa sponsorship is available.
• Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist (Hybrid schedule available)
  No fellowship is required, and J-1 visa sponsorship is available.

New England Opportunity:

• Inpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist
  Fellowship not required.

Highlights for All Roles:

• Flexible scheduling options, including hybrid models and four-day workweeks (4x10s)
• Competitive compensation over 350k+ range annually
• PRN positions also available

1. Adult Psychiatrist – Fort Wayne, IN
Schedule: 14 days on / 14 days off

• 100% inpatient setting
• 3-year employment contract
• Approx. 15 patients per day
• Supervision of 3 Nurse Practitioners
• You’re free to leave once all patients have been seen

2. Outpatient Psychiatrist – Beaumont, TX
Child/Adolescent or Adult Focus

• 100% outpatient, on-site (no hybrid/remote)
• Monday–Friday, 32–40 hours per week
• Call schedule to be discussed with client
• Opportunity for resident supervision and academic involvement (not required)
• Brand-new $70 million facility with expanding inpatient and outpatient services
• Currently in the first year of a Psychiatry Residency Program

I could keep going lol.

 

[Merovinge]

If you have a license in the state and mutual parties want to move fast, it can happen awfully quick, certainly within a few months or even less. It also depends on the practice environment for how long credentialing will take. You can always work a (crummy) tele job or locums for a bit so there is no gap in employment, in this era I really wouldn't be worried about a gap.

 

[michaelrack]

find a job - 1 week
get credentialed in a state you are licensed in: 2-4 months
if not licensed in that state; probably 6 months.

 

[mistafab]

I would say 2-4 months at the soonest. The trouble isn't getting the job, it is all the credentialing that slows it down. That is assuming you already have the license in the state in question.

 

[comp1]

It is 3 months typically, 4-6 at the VA unfortunately. I imagine it could happen faster, but I wouldn't trust any HR that said it unless I knew someone personally there.

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

How come so long with credentialing? What all goes into it? Didn't we already have background check with getting the license? I'm guessing its just a lot of the same stuff we always have to do such as CV, references, education and training verification and the delay is between programs and your workplace of interest.

 

[nexus73]

How come so long with credentialing? What all goes into it? Didn't we already have background check with getting the license? I'm guessing its just a lot of the same stuff we always have to do such as CV, references, education and training verification and the delay is between programs and your workplace of interest.

For hospitals at least they have a whole department primarily focused on approving and maintaining credentialing/privileges for doctors. It takes time because it's a laborious process. The annoying thing is you typically have to submit everything to the hospital (e.g. past employers, references, past malpractice insurance documents) all of which takes you a ton of time, but then they have to verify all of that is accurate which also takes a ton of time. And once the hospital gets everything verified and there are no red flags it has to go to a credential committee which may only meet once a month so if you missed the meeting this week, you may not be up for approval for another month. I suspect there is a way to make this much more efficient, but for hospitals it's more of a feature than a bug. For most doctors they don't need you to start this month (and if they do it's sometimes possible to expedite the process). But for employed doctors it creates significant friction which makes it harder to just up and leave for another job because you can't just give 2 weeks and be working at the next hospital within 2 weeks.