Resident Moonlighting Compensation

[Yarr]

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Those who feel comfortable, please share hourly rates. Are you working in an academic setting (i.e. continuation of normal inpatient duties) or covering a private/non-academic hospital? During the moonlighting, are you serving more as an attending or more as a typical resident (still having to receive and/or call attendings about patient specific issues). Thanks!

 

[kchan99]

There is some variability in moonlighting compensation. I've only done in house moonlighting. I've never moonlit at other hospitals. I didn't want to deal with having to get tail malpractice coverage.

During residency, I was paid a flat rate for each in house moonlighting shift. As a resident, many consults were staffed with the attending.

As a fellow, I was moonlighting as an attending, and was paid a flat rate per month for a certain number of hours.

I have also heard of residents paid a rate to carry a call pager, and then a certain amount of money for each admission or consult.

 

[tirral]

At our program we get about $900 (pretax) for a 12-13 hour shift, covering for when the NPs are off on the weekends. Their job is very similar to what we do as PGY-2s, so it's familiar work.

We are not paid per consult/patient, or per hour. We stay until the work is done. We are paid for the shift.

 

[Yarr]

Thanks, that was helpful! We are also looking to fill some NP gaps and in-house moonlighting seems like a good idea.

 

[Postictal Raiden]

$900 for a 12hr shift is a lot less than the number I heard from residents at different sites. However, if the work load is light, then it maybe a good deal.

 

[tirral]

It's not that light. I think they know they can underpay us because we don't have other options until we are BC/BE. Still beats the heck out of our regular job pay (about $200/day for the same work).

 

[oopsy]

I'm curious what the range looks like at other places. At our center, it's 80/hr for residents across the board.

 

[Shazam243]

Do people in neuro moonlight mainly for the extra money, or are there neuro residents who do it because they think they'll actually get valuable experience/additional training from the shifts? In other words, do you think moonlighting shifts provide good additional training?

 

[typhoonegator]

Do people in neuro moonlight mainly for the extra money, or are there neuro residents who do it because they think they'll actually get valuable experience/additional training from the shifts? In other words, do you think moonlighting shifts provide good additional training?

Almost always the money. It's grunt work.

 

[neurochica]

I just met an out of state fellow at my current locum gig in Seattle who said he is getting paid $2000 a day for 8 hr day.

 

[neurochica]

BTW, he is a ncc fellow doing
neurohospitalist work.