wound care clinic and hyperbaric treatment opportunity

[AndyDufrane]

Hi so in my hospital, an administrator is trying to sell me on becoming more involved w/ wound care clinic, specifically hyperbaric treatment, she says I would essentially just have to be in the building and available to assess the patient while they are getting hyperbaric treatment, a company will provide training for me, then the vascular surgeon who runs the wound clinic approached me too, stating if I was interested in wound clinic, I would be sent away for more training and he would have me follow him to learn debridement, so I told them I will think about, not sure if its worth my time since I am a solo private practitioner, has anyone had any experience with wound care clinics and hyperbaric treatment, any input would be appreciated. thank you

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[RUOkie]

can be lucrative, most surgeons only want to do the OR cases, so the simple debridements can be done by PMR, FP etc.
What you need to ask yourself is : "Is this something I enjoy doing?" They will demand a lot of time from you (I'd guess a few half days a week) and do you want to spend your time on this?

 

[Xardas]

Sounds great but the patients can be complex medically and if things go bad they go bad. Like limbs going bad. I wouldn't go near it.

I've read and replied to a lot of your posts over the years. The hospital you work for seems to try and push you around a lot.

 

[AndyDufrane]

Thanks Xardas, this wound care opportunity was presented to me if I wanted to pursue it, but nothing is being shoved down my throat. And yes, I have gotten pushed around, but I am only out 2 years from training, so I expected it, although it has gotten less as I went from a hospital employed physician to solo private practice, but this is my second hospital system I am dealing with, I have learned real fast that its quite easy to get pushed around by hospitals, less so in a less saturated area