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$150/HOUR? Eight Per Diem Physician Assistant Salaries Reviewed | PA Salary Breakdown - YouTube
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Hey what's up guys my name is John and I'm
an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant.
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And in today's video I'm gonna be sharing with
you guys eight per diem moonlighting PA salaries.
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EIGHT!
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Because you know your boy
John won't let you guys down.
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Moonlighting or working per diem
essentially is picking up a second job
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outside of your primary employment.
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So in this video I'm going to explain what
is working per diem or moonlighting as a PA?
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Those incredible PA moonlighting salaries.
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And then lastly I'm gonna share
some caveats behind those salaries.
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Alright, so let's get started.
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So in general, moonlighting or how
I like to say it - working per diem.
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Per diem literally means “by the day” in Latin.
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That you are working a second job;
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you're going to a job to pick up an
extra shift or two here or there.
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While we use the term moonlighting...
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You don't necessarily have to work at night.
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Moonlighting or working per
diem shouldn't be confused
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with something known as Locums Tenens
which is more or less travel medicine.
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So you can work as a nurse or a
Physician Assistant or even a doctor
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and travel to different facilities and
locations around the world and pick up
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various contracts spanning anywhere from a
couple weeks to several months at a time.
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For the purpose of today's video I'm
not talking about travel medicine,
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but we can share that in a different video.
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In a recent forum a few PAs shared and
commented on how much money they're making
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moonlighting or working per diem.
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One PA near New York City had a critical
care job and they were earning $80 an hour
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with a bonus
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and they claimed that they earned
$50,000 last year as a 1099 contractor.
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There was another PA who committed to
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two shifts in the emergency department earning
a hundred dollars an hour as a W-2 employee.
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Which came out to $25,000 extra that year.
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One PA shared that they were working in
urgent care for seventy dollars an hour
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just two Saturdays per month.
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For a commitment of two-to-four shifts a month,
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there's a PA working in hospital
medicine making $90 an hour.
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A psych PA said that they would
moonlight during the weekends...
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They would earn anywhere from
$600 to $1400 every weekend.
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One trauma PA worked per diem said that
they were making $65 an hour which resulted
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to an additional 12 to $18,000 a year that
they were earning on top of their regular job.
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Lastly, we have a PA in California
making $130 an hour per diem.
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And another person claimed that they were
making $150 an hour, however I'm not sure
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where they were or what specialty they were in.
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In general, moonlighting is going to pay you
an additional $5 to $15 above your normal
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hourly PA salary.
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However it could also pay time-and-a-half
over your regular PA salary.
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So I know that some of you guys are hearing these
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per diem moonlighting salaries
and just salivating right now.
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There are a few caveats to
moonlighting as a Physician Assistant.
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First and foremost, a lot of per
diem or moonlighting gigs don't
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really have a long intensive
training period attached to
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it. They kind of expect you to be up
to speed in regards to the medicine.
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So that means these jobs usually
aren't very appealing for a new
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grad PA looking to pay their
student loans very quickly.
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The next issue about per diem
gigs is that they will usually
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always have a minimum commitment required of you.
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Most job listings that I've
seen will usually ask you to do
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anywhere from two-to-four or
even possibly six shifts a month.
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They may ask you to commit to
weekends where traditionally they
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have staffing issues they may also ask you to work
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night shifts it can impact things like your
social life, your family life, and relationships.
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So there should be a balance, right?
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This could possibly lead to burnout
between your regular job and your per
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diem gig especially in a specialty like urgent
care where as a per diem urgent care provider
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you will probably be seeing 30, 40, maybe
even 50 patients a day at some locations.
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A lot of these per diem gigs, unless
they're in the middle of nowhere, you're
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usually fairly active at work.
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The lack of benefits.
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So a lot of the per diem jobs
will give you malpractice,
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however some of them will try to even skirt that.
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Whether you are a 1099 employee or a W-2
employee makes a big difference because if
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you are a W-2 employee you effectively only
have to pay one half of the payroll taxes.
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A lower priority.
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Some jobs will prioritize their per diem
people but a lot of jobs will actually
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fill in the full-time people and then kind of
have you working the more inconvenient shifts
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whether that means weekends nights or
holidays those are usually when they
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want to use per diem people to kind
of fill in the gaps in the schedule.
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So I don't want to be a downer. I'm
going to talk about some of the pros
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of working per diem, which is
obviously additional money.
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Secondly is the ability to see a profession
outside of what you typically do every day.
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Maybe you go get a per diem wound care
gig, dermatology gig, critical care gig,
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or something like that where now you're
learning and being immersed in a different
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aspect of medicine and that might actually
help you in your everyday regular job.
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Lastly having a per diem gig is a good
safety net if anything happens to your
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regular main job and you have a
good rapport with your per diem
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job, you might have a full-time position
lined up for you ready and waiting.
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So guys get out there go get that dough
and go learn a different aspect of medicine
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moonlighting or working per diem for another job.
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Guys, that's all for today's video. If
you have any questions or comments leave
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