Pros
- Good pay - 3-4 day work week if you are full time. - No charting at home. You get to leave work at work. -Practice guideline are in place and are a good reference.
Cons
-Providers use to be able to set their own schedules. This is no longer the case. There is a template in place. Home providers work out their schedules, and if you have a good partner (or willing to stand up for yourself) you can have a fair schedule. -Some patient's think they can come in and request whatever they want, be it narcotics or an antibiotic for their cold. It can be annoying but I suppose you can see this at any job. -The insurance is awful. Very little coverage, yet the insurance is costly. -Can be difficult to use vacation time accrued due to poor staffing, so there is a high turn over. Most providers work for Minute Clinic to gain experience, and move on to better jobs within 6 months to a year. Some leave in as little as 3 months. - Have to work every other weekend if not grandfathered in. I heard the company is trying to move providers to every 3rd weekend, but the process has been slow. -The provider is responsible for marketing the clinic. Not an appropriate role for a clinician. Providers should be seeing patients, not walking the aisles looking to bring patients into the clinic. It makes it difficult for patient's to take the providers seriously. -CME days were reduced from 4 days to 3 days. CME reimbursement has also been reduced.