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I am currently working as a locums psychiatrist and they know I am not staying. For quite awhile there was quite the drought in psychiatry jobs. I am not brave enough to do full time private practice at this time. Then, all of a sudden, it was raining jobs in psychiatry. I want to work in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan and was offered a position for a private practice clinic the week prior to Memorial Day, amazing pay (for the area) no call, no requirement to supervise the midlevel or anyone else 5 weeks PTO) as a clinic employee. The clinic is currently comprised of the owner who is a psychiatrist , a mid-level, and about 7 therapists. He had a 2nd clinic in another city and sold it. I am the first psychiatrist he has ever hired. He is planning to retire in a few years. They are moving SO slow. The lawyer he uses is apparently in the hospital and that is the delay for a contract. I have casually suggested to his office manager (she's my contact person) that I send them documents so they can credential me, that they send me forms for insurance panelling and she doesn't address my suggestions. I turned down another job that was absolutely decent, but pays about 170k less per year. I am turning down other jobs. I can probably stay as a locums until my current position finds someone new, currently we are extending slowly, but obviously it's a 30/30. (I don't want to become an employee at my locums job). On one hand, I kinda understand, they haven't hired a psychiatrist EVER at this clinic, so perhaps they don't understand how long credentialing and paneling take, but are they this naive? I don't want to be stuck with no job or months without a job. The practice manager has emailed me a few times since my virtual interview. Once to offer me the position, once to say that they were confused as to how to word PTO in the contract (sick days and vacation) and asked if 5 weeks PTO was acceptable, once to ask what my BC was , once to ask if I had a Suboxone license (I said no but I will get one) and the last to let me know the delay in the contract was due to the psychiatrist's business lawyer was in the hospital and sick and that was the delay in the contract. I have never had an employed position, only locums or contract (and my micro private practice.) Is it normal to have to sign a contract before credentialing and insurance paneling? I know some places move slower than others. I am currently being credentialed for a weekend moonlighting position for a hospital and we started in March, but they are working on credentialing and paneling no contract- I did moonlight there in the past as a locums years ago and they were slow then too. Anything else I can say to get them to move faster? This position I am waiting for is EXACTLY what I am looking for- outpatient adult, 10 am-6 pm, high paying, no call, very close to home, enough PTO. The only thing that would make it better would be if they allowed me to do psychotherapy, but that's not realistic and I have my micro practice for that. I don't understand why they are moving so slowly. I understand that this position isn't a done deal until we have both signed the contract. I would LOVE for this position to work out, but why are they moving so slow? Anything appropriate I can do to speed things up? Should I interpret their slowness as a lack of interest? During my interview, the owner said he would pay me more than I was currently earning and asked how much it was, I am doing locums and making more than a facility employed position, he matched it. His ad for a psychiatrist is still online. I don't know if one pays for an ad for a period of time and it just stays online? For Michigan, Metro Detroit is definitely one of the best places to work and most difficult places to find a position. Thank you for any advice or input.
