Nurse Practitioner Jobs Red Flags

[@codycleveland2215]

Hey! You make some great points there. I like how you were able to articulate some differences that may be encountered from a more generalized specialty to a more specialized one. But what if you have applied for a nurse practitioner job that doesn’t even exist yet? In other words, you will be the first person to work in this new role created at say for instance an outpatient clinic/procedural facility? It can be nice to almost create your own job as you go along but will probably encounter some bumps especially through the orientation period. Additionally, do you think it would be good to try and talk to nurse practitioners working there but they were in a completely different role to at the very least ask about various license coverage pay (DEA, malpractice, etc.)?

[@BreeJuskowiak]

Hey, yes you are in pole position actually. You get to create anything you want. There are a lot of NPs who do this. Most of the time I find they end up becoming the lead APP as others are hired in. So what you set up can lead to the defined work culture where you are. Yes, definitely reach out to people you know esp if they are in similar type practices. Find out what worked and didn’t. Be prepared to sort out your values and stand behind them. If you want more training, ask the docs to give monthly lectures. Even just to you. Record them or create guides from your notes so you slowly develop a system that is set up to easily be passed on to new hires. If you want to have a highly autonomous program ask them to help guide you to developing your own panel of patients. If you are interested in certain procedures advocate for them to pay for training. That sort of stuff. As long as you show up with your a game and make their workload easier they will usually entertain most requests on your part. As far as the incidentals you mentioned, unless this is private practice. Meaning if this is a health system owned by a medical service there should be an HR person who can help you through this. But always push for them to pay for the fees required to perform your job.