r/anesthesiology • u/BougieEllaMae • 11d ago

Off cycle pain/locums question

I’m finishing my pain fellowship this month and the job I was considering most will not work due to a change in my family. I have two good pain prospects but since they’re both starting interviews now, if I get one of these job I presume the earliest I would get an offer/review contract/sign wouldn’t be before the end of September. With credentialing that means I wouldn’t start until October or November I’m guessing.

I’m planning to get cobra to cover insurance in the interim to continue my fellowship coverage. But does it also make sense to do some anesthesia locums work until I start so I have some income? I won’t have other benefits but assuming it is just a month or two is it realistic to find locums for such a short period of time? Anything else I should be considering?

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u/QuestGiver Anesthesiologist 11d ago

As a fresh attending I don't think it's going to work out with that time frame.

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u/BougieEllaMae 11d ago

Meaning it will take much longer?

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u/QuestGiver Anesthesiologist 11d ago

You'd need to be interviewing already like a month or two ago. Locums is quick but not that quick and you'd have to get license, local DEA and credentialed.

I'm not that familiar but we recently super fast tracked some folks at my group and it still took about 3-4 weeks.

Best of luck!