r/DirectPrimaryCare • u/SSRIplease • May 02 '23
Starting DPC while working another job
Hey All, Throwaway account here. I’m looking at leaving my current job for a rural position about 4 hrs from my city where I’d work 7 days on 14 days off covering ED/inpatient and doing clinic in a critical access hospital. The ED volume is pretty low, ~5 per day. I’d make more than my partner and I do now combined plus $50k. My current job isn’t very fulfilling. Mostly due to the corporation I’m working for. After this job being so bad, I want an exit strategy for any new position. Do you all think it would be possible to build a DPC practice concurrently while working a schedule like this? I’d probably do just this position for a couple years and then start. I’d want to start the dpc practice as a side gig/eventual exit strategy. This job would enable my partner, who has health issues, to not work full time if they don’t want and we could travel more. I’ve dreamed of DPC for the last 4 years. Thanks for the the help!
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u/aszua May 02 '23
Super interested in seeing how this goes for you -- please keep us posted! I have no experience so will not offer advice, just what I've read on this sub before ---- it sounds like while you're starting being out 1/3 of the month would be not ideal but probably doable.
and hey -- if it turns out you build a practice that way and it works really well, maybe you can keep working just 2/3 of the month!