Working in Bradenton, FL

I am absolutely loving working in Bradenton, Florida. I feel so blessed to have this opportunity. The job itself is wonderful. It’s the same clinic I have worked with in the past in Chicago, Kentucky, and Virginia etc. We have only geriatric patients, and as a result of Covid are doing a mixture of in office visits and telemedicine.

This time I won’t have my own patient panel, which is sort of nice because I won’t get attached to the patients. I am helping out as the walk-in provider and seeing hospital discharges. I also accommodate some scheduled telehealth appointments that cannot fit in their PCP’s schedule.

My patient load is pretty light. On a normal day I see about 10 patients, including scheduled telehealth appointments. On a busy day I see about 15 patients, with the majority of them being in clinic for acute complaints.

The staff is friendly and appreciative. They try not to overwhelm me and communicate well; to make sure I am able to accommodate an acute patient. The medical director is also very welcoming. He is originally from Miami so we get along well.

The best part are the patients. They are so kind and normal. This is in comparison to Kentucky, where the patients were not only very complex medically, but many of them had bad attitudes. Not to mention the plethora of drug use and psychiatric issues the Kentucky patients had.

It’s fulfilling taking care of this Floridian population that always show their gratitude. I also like the diversity here. The patients I see are either African American or Haitian; Caucasian from all parts of the USA; and Hispanics from all parts of the Caribbean and South America.

After being burnt out working in Kentucky, I am so happy to have a job I enjoy again!