Pros
*They hire new grads. Once new grads realize what this job all entails and they get their experience in they quit-usually after a few months. *Salary is quite competitive but if you value work life balance the salary won’t matter because there is no balance.
Cons
*Working every other weekend is very difficult for people with families. *The hours are very long. It states the clinic is open until 7:30pm but you will almost always be there past 7:30pm especially for clinics that are very busy. *You are required to be on call. *High turn over. *Always short staffed. *You will get bombarded with text messages, phone calls, and emails to ask you to cover shifts when the clinics are short staffed. *The practitioner has to register the patient, this means get their insurance card and have general knowledge in regards to insurances, take cash or credit card payments, order all supplies for the clinic including vaccines and POCT testing, clean the exam rooms, perform all the QC testing, check fire extinguishers near the clinic, perform a fire drill with store personnel, and many many more tasks. *The company is always expanding their services and you are required to learn new systems with minimal help. You must perform DOT exams, wellness exams (similar to the exams required by Medicare), urine and hair drug testing, some chronic care, travel health, STD checks are just a few of the visit types. This is much more than a retail walk in clinic. You might as well work at a family practice clinic. *PTO is accumulated at such a ridiculously low rate. *It is very difficult to get time off approved. Don’t even think about asking off around the holidays. *Most all holidays clinics are open so be prepared to work a few holidays a year. *Management is never accessible. You really are all on your own.