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anyone can personally recommend one they have used successfully to find gainful moonlighting?
sites you have used to find moonlighting
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DudesIDidResidencyWithThatMoonlightedSomewhereNearby.com
I think you'll find that's the best site by far.
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You don't have any urgent care near your residency? They are always looking for fresh meat especially for weekend shifts.
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What kind of moonlighting? If you want to work ER or Urgent Care work then contact somebody like Weatherby, etc.. I used them during residency and worked a couple ER's but if you aren't EM trained, I'd recommend an urgent care. Small ERs can look appealing but the reality is that it's just you and the nurses with nobody else around when say... a 2yo with an acute skull fx that starts to herniate on your table, or say... a newborn code comes rolling in at 3a.m. I had both happen. If you aren't confident in dealing with potentially hairy situations then I'd stick with an urgent care and just be upfront with the staffing firm agent about what you are looking for and what kind of situations you are comfortable with... Many times they are just simply trying to fill an open spot and put money in their pocket and aren't looking out for you at all.
Anyway, staffing firms is your answer. Look for the active ones in your area. Ask around. Your local VA might have some openings and you have luxury of sovereign immunity.
Anyway, staffing firms is your answer. Look for the active ones in your area. Ask around. Your local VA might have some openings and you have luxury of sovereign immunity.
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thank you for the answer, I did not specify my specialty which is psychiatry. So ER and urgent cares are no go. It would have to be inpatient/consult coverage or maybe psych ER etc. Here in miami, it is saturated with psychiatrists and moonlighting pay is low. So back to the original questions, concerning any sites you personally used.
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Seriously.
Have you asked the residents in your program?
Most of us, I suspect, found moonlighting opportunities by asking the more senior residents what was available in the area.
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We are a new program, I am the senior.
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Are there no other programs in the area that you could copy?
In that case you have to work the phones and build relationships with potential moonlighting sites -- there's going to be no quick answer. Most residents on SDN are at sites where those relationships got built many years ago. Staffing firms actually won't usually help for this because it a short term part time gig and the hurdles involve licensure, insurance and paperwork they won't want to spend time dealing with or waiting on. Their ability to make money here is usually far too tenuous and delayed that it's just not worth their time. Bear in mind that moonlighting outside of your institution generally requires your having a license, takes a number of months of paperwork (sometime many), may require you to carry your own insurance, and generally has to be allowed by your residency contract and approved by your PD. It's not something you can just line up for, say, September.
