A 10-page clinician guide for evaluating a cardiothoracic role before you commit. It works through your priorities, the work itself, schedule and call, team and support, reading the agreement, using published compensation sources, points worth slowing down for, and a weighted decision scorecard.
CT surgeons, APPs, perfusionists, first assistants, and OR and CVICU clinicians
A short exercise to rank what matters in this move before the first interview shapes your thinking.
Questions about current case mix, how cases are assigned, who shares the work, and how the picture has changed.
How call works on a difficult week, who provides back-up, and how the schedule is built.
Team composition, turnover, escalation, outcome review, and who decides on staffing and equipment. Staffing models are set by the employer.
Guarantee period, productivity structure, call pay, sign-on vesting, retention, relocation repayment, malpractice and tail, restrictive covenants, and termination.
A scoring tool that turns competing options into a comparison you can explain to yourself and your family.